High Speed Train Beijing Shanghai

The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway is complete with its new 200mph high-speed rail line that links two of Chinas most important cities, Beijing and Shanghai. The first passenger train will run from the 1^st Jul 2011.

The high speed train, also known as the Jinghu High-Speed Railway, began on April 18, 2008 and the final laying of the track was on November 15, 2010. This rail line is the world’s longest high-speed line ever constructed in a single phase. Racing along at over 200 miles per hour this service, making one stop in Nanjing South, takes just under 5 hours to make a full trip. This has taken a whopping 7 hours off the original train journey of 819 miles.

There are two type of high speed train: the 300km/hr train will take 4hrs 48 mins from Beijing to Shanghai  and the 250km/hr train takes 7hrs 56 mins from Beijing to Shanghai.

This service will mean that travellers are able to have a competitive alternative to flying – which takes 2 hours and 10 minutes, but when you including check-in and the all too often flight delays this can take up to 4 hours. 

Specifications

This service is estimated to be used by 220,000 passengers each day – double the current capacity. They hope to achieve this by running trains almost every 5 minutes during peak times. The line is crosses 244 bridges, including the longest and second longest bridges in the world - the 102 mile long Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge and the Viaduct Bridge between Langfang and Qingxian at 71 miles respectively. It also passes through 22 tunnels totaling 10 miles.

For booking a high speed train between Beijing and Shanghai please call Julia on 020 7487299 or email sales@chinaholidays.com