The following is a list of conventional lines of

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North–south direction

Beijing-Harbin Corridor

* Jingqin Railway;

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

Qinhuangdao Qinhuangdao (; ) is a port city on the coast of China in northern Hebei. It is administratively a prefecture-level city, about east of Beijing, on the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. Its population during the 2020 national ...

京秦线 * Jingshan Railway;

Shanhaiguan Shanhai Pass or Shanhaiguan () is one of the major passes in the Great Wall of China, being the easternmost stronghold along the Ming Great Wall, and commands the narrowest choke point in the Liaoxi Corridor. It is located in Shanhaiguan Di ...

京山线 * Shenshan Railway; Shenyang-

沈山线 * Qinshen Passenger Railway;

- Shenyang 秦沈客运专线 *Changda Railway; Changchun- Dalian 长大线 *Changbin Railway; Changchun- Harbin 长滨线 * Binzhou Railway; Harbin-

Manzhouli Manzhouli (; mn, Манжуур хот; ) is a sub-prefectural city located in Hulunbuir prefecture-level city, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Located on the border with Russia, it is a major land port of entry. It has an area of and ...

滨洲线 In passenger rail service, Jingshan Railway, Shenshan Railway, Changda Railway, Changda Railway, Changchun- Shenyang Portion and Changbin Railway are collectively called

Jingha Railway Jingha may refer to: * Jingha Expressway, expressway in China that links Beijing to Harbin * Jingha railway, railway in China that connects Beijing with Harbin {{Disambig ...

(

- Harbin).

East Coast

*Changda Railway; Changchun- Dalian 长大线, Shenyang-Dalian Portion (沈大段) *Yanda Railway Ferry 烟大铁路轮渡 * Lanyan Railway; Lancun-

Yantai Yantai, formerly known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao on the ...

蓝烟线 * Jiaoxin Railway; Jiaozhou- Xinyi 胶新线 *

Xinyi–Changxing railway The Xinyi–Changxing railway or Xinchang railway (), also known as the Xinchang line (), is a single-track railway line in eastern China between the cities of Xinyi in Jiangsu Province and Changxing County in Zhejiang Province. It runs north-sout ...

; Xinyi-

Changxing () is a county of the prefecture-level city of Huzhou, in the northwest of Zhejiang province, China. Situated on the southwest shore of Lake Tai, it borders the provinces of Jiangsu to the north and Anhui to the west. It has a total area of an ...

新长线 * Xuancheng–Hangzhou railway

Xuancheng Xuancheng () is a city in the southeast of Anhui province. Archeological digs suggest that the city has been settled for over 4,000 years, and has been under formal administration since the Qin dynasty. Located in the lower Yangtze River drainage ...

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whic ...

宣杭线, Hangzhou-Changxing Portion (杭长段) *

Xiaoshan–Ningbo railway The Xiaoshan–Ningbo railway or Xiaoyong railway (), is a double-track railroad in eastern China between Hangzhou and Ningbo in Zhejiang Province. Its name in Chinese, the Xiaoyong Line, is named after the railway's two terminal stations, Xiaos ...

;

Xiaoshan Xiaoshan is one of ten urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, East China. Xiaoshan was formerly a city in its own right, separated by the Qiantang River from Hangzhou proper, but the municipal ...

Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...

萧甬线 * Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou Railway

Wenzhou Wenzhou (pronounced ; Wenzhounese: Yuziou �y33–11 tɕiɤu33–32 ), historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China. Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east ...

甬台温铁路 *

Wenzhou–Fuzhou railway The Wenzhou–Fuzhou railway, also known as the Wenfu railway, () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line running between Wenzhou in Zhejiang and Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian. The line has a total length of and forms part of the ...

- Fuzhou 温福铁路 *

Fuzhou–Xiamen railway The Fuzhou–Xiamen railway or Fuxia railway (; Foochow Romanized: ''Hók-â Tʰiā-le̤'') is a dual-track, electrified, higher-speed rail line in eastern China. The line is named after its two terminal cities Fuzhou and Xiamen, both coastal ci ...

Fuzhou-

Xiamen Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an ...

福厦铁路 * Yingtan–Xiamen railway;

Yingtan Yingtan () is a prefecture-level city in the east of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Fujian to the southeast. Its location near the trisection of Jiangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang has made it a strategically important city for ...

-Xiamen 鹰厦线, Zhangping-Xiamen Portion (漳厦段)

Beijing-Shanghai Corridor

* Jingshan Railway; Beijing-

京山线, Beijing-Tianjin Portion (京津段) * Jingpu Railway;

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...

Pukou Pukou District (), is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China, lying northwest across the Yangtze River from downtown Nanjing. The district was formerly the southern terminus of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway; railcars ...

津浦线 * Huning Railway;

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

沪宁线 Jingshan Railway Beijing-tianjin Portion, Jingpu Railway and Huning Railway are collectively called

Jinghu Railway Jinghu may refer to: * Jinghu (instrument) (京胡), Chinese bowed string instrument in the ''huqin'' family Places *Jinghu District (镜湖区), a district in Wuhu, Anhui, China *Jinghu Subdistrict (镜湖街道), a subdistrict in Ningjiang Dist ...

(京沪线) in passenger rail service.

Beijing-Kowloon Corridor

* Jingjiu Railway 京九线 / 京九鐵路; Beijing-

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

(and onward into Kowloon, Hong Kong) * Guangshen Railway; Guangzhou-

广深铁路 Jingjiu Railway uses the same line as Guangmeishan Railway between Longchuan and Dongguan. It also uses the same line as Guangshen Railway between

Dongguan Dongguan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. An important industrial city in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the ...

and

. It then crosses the border and follows the

East Rail line The East Rail line () is one of ten lines of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. It used to be one of the three lines of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR) network. It was known as the KCR British Section () from 1910 to 199 ...

to Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Beijing-Guangzhou Corridor

* Jingguang Railway; Beijing-Guangzhou 京广线

Datong-Zhanjiang Corridor

* Beitongpu Railway; Datong- Fenglingdu 北同蒲线 * Taijiao Railway; Taiyuan-

Jiaozuo Jiaozuo ( ; postal: Tsiaotso) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Henan province, China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the south, Xinxiang to the east, Jiyuan to th ...

太焦线 * Jiaoliu Railway; Jiaozuo-

Liuzhou Liuzhou (; , IPA Pronunciation:) is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. The prefecture's population was 3,758,700 in 2010, including 1,436,599 in the built-up area made of 4 urban ...

焦柳线 * Shichang Railway; Shimenxian-

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a popul ...

石长线 * Xianggui Railway;

Hengyang Hengyang (; ) is the second largest city of Hunan Province, China. It straddles the Xiang River about south of the provincial capital of Changsha. As of the 2020 Chinese census, Its total population was 6,645,243 inhabitants, whom 1,290,715 l ...

Pingxiang Pingxiang () is a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in western Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. Geography and climate Pingxiang is a city situated near the border of Jiangxi with Hunan province. Approximately 110 kilometer ...

湘桂线 * Yuehai Railway;

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

Haikou Haikou (; ), also spelled as Hoikow is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is on the ...

粤海铁路

Baotou-Liuzhou Corridor

* Shenmu–Yan'an railway神延铁路 * Xi'an–Yan'an railway 西延铁路 *

Xi'an–Ankang railway The Xi'an–Ankang railway or Xikang railway (), is a single-track, electrified railway line in Shaanxi Province of China between Xi'an, the provincial capital, and Ankang. The line is long and was built from 1995 to 2001. As of June 2009, a se ...

西康铁路

Baoji-Kunming Corridor

* Baocheng Railway;

Baoji () is a prefecture-level city in western Shaanxi province, People's Republic of China. Since the early 1990s, Baoji has been the second largest city in Shaanxi. Geography The prefecture-level city of Baoji had a population of 3,321,853 accord ...

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese pro ...

宝成铁路 *

Chengdu–Kunming Railway The Chengdu–Kunming railway or Chengkun railway (), is a major trunkline railroad in southwestern China between Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province and Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. The line is long and traverses rugged ...

; Chengdu- Kunming 成昆铁路

East–west direction

Beijing-Lhasa

* Fengtai–Shacheng railway; Fengtai- Shacheng 丰沙铁路 * Beijing–Baotou railway;

- Baotou 京包铁路 * Baotou–Lanzhou railway; Baotou- Lanzhou 包兰铁路 * Lanzhou–Qinghai railway; Lanzhou-

Xining Xining (; ), alternatively known as Sining, is the capital of Qinghai province in western China and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau. The city was a commercial hub along the Northern Silk Road's Hexi Corridor for over 2000 years, and w ...

兰青铁路 * Qinghai–Tibet railway;

Lhasa Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China. The inner urban area of Lhas ...

青藏铁路

Eurasian Land Bridge The Eurasian Land Bridge (), sometimes called the New Silk Road (, ), is the rail transport route for moving freight and passengers overland between Pacific seaports in the Russian Far East and China and seaports in Europe. The route, a transc ...

* Longhai Railway;

Lianyungang Lianyungang () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, China. It borders Yancheng to its southeast, Huai'an and Suqian to its south, Xuzhou to its southwest, and the province of Shandong to its north. Its name derives f ...

-Lanzhou 陇海铁路 *

Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway The Lanzhou−Xinjiang railway or Lanxin railway (), is the longest railway in Northwestern China. It runs 1904 kilometres (1,183 miles) from Lanzhou, Gansu, through the Hexi Corridor, to Ürümqi, in Xinjiang. It was Xinjiang's only rail link ...

; Lanzhou-

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

兰新铁路 * Northern Xinjiang Railway;

Ürümqi Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...

- Alashankou (Alataw Pass)北疆铁路 * The Second Ürümqi-Jinghe Railway (乌精二线) * Nanjing–Xi'an railway;

Xi'an Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqi ...

宁西铁路

Yangtze River Valley

* Nanjing–Qidong railway 宁启铁路 * Nanjing–Tongling railway 宁铜铁路 (including Nanjing-Wuhu Railway 宁芜铁路) * Tongling–Jiujiang railway 铜九铁路 *

Wuhan–Jiujiang railway The Wuhan–Jiujiang railway or Wujiu railway (), is a double-track, electrified railroad in central China between Wuhan in Hubei Province and Jiujiang in Jiangxi Province. The line is long and follows the south bank of the Yangtze River from Wuc ...

武九铁路 * Wuhan-Yichang Railway 汉宜铁路 * Yichang–Wanzhou railway 宜万铁路

Shanghai-Kunming Railway (Hukun Line)

* Shanghai–Hangzhou railway; Shanghai-Hangzhou 沪杭铁路 * Zhegan Railway; Hangzhou-

Zhuzhou Zhuzhou (, ), formerly Jianning (建宁), is a prefecture-level city of Hunan Province, China, straddling the Xiang River southeast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is part of the " Greater Chan ...

浙赣铁路 * Xiangqian Railway; Zhuzhou-Guiyang 湘黔铁路 *

Shanghai–Kunming railway The Shanghai–Kunming Railway or Hukun Railway (), also known as the Hukun Line, is a major arterial railroad across eastern, south central and southwest China. It connects Shanghai, whose shorthand name is ''Hu'', and Kunming. The line has a ...

; Guiyang- Kunming 贵昆铁路

South Coast

Xiamen–Shenzhen railway The Xiamen–Shenzhen railway, also known as the Xiashen railway, () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line connecting the major coastal cities of Xiamen in Fujian and Shenzhen in Guangdong. The line has a total length of and form ...

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厦深铁路 * Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway;

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

–Meizhou– Shantou 广梅汕线 * Guangzhou–Sanshui railway; Guangzhou–

Sanshui Sanshui District, formerly romanized as Samshui, is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Foshan in Guangdong province, China. It had a population of 622,645 as of the 2010 census. It is known for the " Samsui women", emigrants who la ...

广三线 *

Guangzhou–Maoming railway The Guangzhou–Maoming railway or Guangmao railway (), is a railroad in Guangdong Province of China between Guangzhou, the provincial capital, and Maoming. The line has a total length of and comprises the Guangzhou–Sanshui railway (Guangsa ...

; Sanshui–Longhua 三茂线 * Hechun–Maoming railway; Hechun–Maoming 河茂线 * Litang–Zhanjiang railway; Litang–

Zhanjiang Zhanjiang (), historically spelled Tsamkong, is a prefecture-level city at the southwestern end of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, facing Haikou city to the south. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,981,236 (6,994,832 ...

黎湛线 * Hainan eastern ring high-speed railway * Yuehai railway;

–Haikou 粤海铁路 *

Guangdong–Hainan railway The Guangdong–Hainan railway or Yuehai railway () is a railway that operates from Haikou railway station in Hainan, via South Port, a few hundred metres north-west on the coast, and the Qiongzhou Strait ferry, to Zhanjiang, at the tip of the L ...

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Other inter-regional railways

* Xinjiang–Tibet railway (proposed) * Huanghua–Dajiawa railway 黄大铁路 (freight only)

Regional railways

North North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north ...

* Beijing–Zhangjiakou railway; Beijing–

Zhangjiakou Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the south ...

京张线 * Beijing–Chengde railway; Beijing–

Chengde Chengde, formerly known as Jehol and Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated about 225 km northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by ...

京承线 * Chengde–Longhua railway; Chengde– Longhua 承隆线 * Yeboshou–Chifeng railway; Yeboshou–

Chifeng Chifeng ( zh, s=赤峰市), also known as Ulanhad ( mn, (Улаанхад хот), ''Ulaɣanqada qota'', , "red cliff"), is a prefecture-level city in Southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It borders Xilin Gol League to the ...

叶赤线 * Ningwu–Kelan railway 宁岢铁路 * Handan–Changzhi railway 邯长铁路 * Handan–Jinan railway 邯济铁路 * Xinxiang–Yanzhou railway 新兖铁路 *

Yanzhou–Shijiusuo railway The Yanzhou–Shijiusuo railway or Yanshi railway (), is a railroad in northern China between Yanzhou and Rizhao railway station (formerly known as Shijiusuo railway station) in Rizhao. The entire line, in length, is located in Shandong Province a ...

兖石铁路 * Zibo–Dongying railway 淄东铁路 * Dongdu–Pingyi railway 东平铁路 * Ciyao–Laiwu railway 磁莱铁路 * Xindian–Taian railway 辛泰铁路 *

Yangpingguan–Ankang railway The Yangpingguan–Ankang railway or Yang'an railway (), is a single-track, electrified railroad in China between Yangpingguan and Ankang in southern Shaanxi Province. The line, in length, follows the upper reaches of the Han River and was ...

阳安铁路 *

Yangquan–Dazhai railway The Yangquan–Dazhai railway () is a single-track electrified railway line Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term ''railroad'' and the international term ''railway'' (used by the Interna ...

阳大铁路 *

Tianjin–Jizhou railway Tianjin–Jizhou railway or Jinji railway () is a 92 km long minor railway line in China connecting urban Tianjin and Jizhou. In 2015, a number of regional rail services referred as Line S9 started operating on the line. Stations for passenge ...

津蓟铁路 *

Tangshan–Caofeidian railway The Tangshan–Caofeidian railway is a railway line in China. The railway connects Tangshan to the ports at Caofeidian. History Construction of the railway began in 2015. It opened on 30 June 2018. A passenger service between Tangshan railway st ...

* Jiexiu–Yangquanqu railway

Northeast

* Beijing–Tongliao railway; Beijing–

Tongliao Tongliao (; mn, ''Tüŋliyou qota'', Mongolian Cyrillic: Байшинт хот) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The area is and as of the 2020 census, its population was 2,873,168 (3,139,153 ...

京通铁路 * Jinzhou–Chengde railway;

Jinzhou Jinzhou (, ), formerly Chinchow, is a coastal prefecture-level city in central-west Liaoning province, China. It is a geographically strategic city located in the Liaoxi Corridor, which connects most of the land transports between North Chin ...

–Chengde 锦承线 *

Weizhangzi–Tashan railway The Weizhangzi–Tashan railway is a single-track railway line in China. It is long and was built between 1970 and 1973. The current level of service is one train in each direction per day. Connections *Western terminus: Jinzhou–Chengde railway ...

; Weizhangzi– Tashan 魏塔线 *

Jining–Tongliao railway The Jitong-Tongliao Railway () is a railway in Inner Mongolia, China, that opened in 1995. Its starting point is at Jining and ends at Tongliao. The Jitong Railway is a joint venture between China Railway and the government of Inner Mongolia. S ...

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Jining Jining () is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong province. It borders Heze to the southwest, Zaozhuang to the southeast, Tai'an to the northeast, and the provinces of Henan and Jiangsu to the northwest and south respectively. Jinin ...

–Tongliao 集通线 * Jinzhou–Nanpiao railway; Jinzhou–

Nanpiao Nanpiao District () is a district under the administration of the city of Huludao, Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. It is a mostly rural district containing no large urban centres, and comprises an area of , in the northernmost part ...

南票线 * Xinlitun–Yixian railway; Xinlitun– Yixian 新义线 * Gaotaishan–Xinlitun railway; Gaotaishan–Xinlitun 高新线 * Goubangzi–Tangwangshan railway; Goubangzi– Tangwangshan 沟海线 * Yingkou–Dashiqiao railway;

Yingkou Yingkou () is a coastal prefecture-level city of central southern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, on the northeastern shore of Liaodong Bay. It is the third-smallest city in Liaoning with a total area of , and the ninth most popul ...

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Dashiqiao Dashiqiao () is a county-level city in south-central Liaoning province, Northeast China. It is under the administration of the prefectural city of Yingkou, the downtown of which is to the west. Administrative Divisions There are five subdist ...

营口线 * Zhoushuizi–Lushun railway; Zhoushuizi– Lushun旅顺线 * Jinzhou–Chengzidan railway;

– Chengzidan 金城线 * Chengzidan–Zhuanghe railway; Chengzidan–

Zhuanghe Zhuanghe () is one of the two "northern county-level cities", the other being Wafangdian, under the administration of Dalian, located in the south of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Its area is and its permanent population is ...

城庄线 * Qiqihar–Bei'an railway;

Qiqihar Qiqihar () is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up (or metro) area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts had 959,787 inhabitants, while the total populat ...

– Bei'an 齐北铁路 *

Fuyu–Nenjiang railway Fuyu–Nenjiang railway or Funen railway (), is a single-track railroad in northeastern China between Fuyu and Nenjiang in Heilongjiang Province. The line is long and was built between 1930 and 1937 and rebuilt in 1946. Major towns along rou ...

; Fuyu– Nenjiang 富嫩铁路 * Nenjiang–Greater Khingan Forest railway; Nenjiang– Greater Khingan Forest District 嫩林铁路 *

Tongliao–Ranghulu railway The Tongliao–Ranghulu railway or Tongrang Railway (), is a railroad in northeastern China, between Tongliao station in Inner Mongolia and Daqing west station (formerly Ranghulu station) on the Harbin–Manzhouli railway in Heilongjiang Provin ...

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– Daqing 通让铁路 * Baiyinhua–Xinqiu railway 巴新铁路 (freight only) * Xiangyangchuan–Hayudao railway 向阳川－哈鱼岛铁路

Northwest

* Tianshui–Longnan railway 天陇铁路 (under construction)

East and Southeast

* Anhui–Jiangxi railway Wuhu–Guixi 皖赣铁路 * Hengfeng–Nanping railway Hengfeng–Nanping 横南铁路 *

Nanping–Fuzhou railway Nanping–Fuzhou railway or Nanfu railway (), is a railroad in eastern China between Nanping and Fuzhou in Fujian Province. The line is long and was built between 1956 and 1959. Other Names Since 1956, the Nanping–Fuzhou railway has been refer ...

Nanping (Waiyang Station)–Fuzhou 外福铁路 * Zhangping–Quanzhou–Xiaocuo railway Zhangping– Quanzhou 漳泉肖铁路 * Xiangtang–Putian railway

Nanchang Nanchang (, ; ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east ...

– Fuzhou, Putian 向莆铁路 * Zhangping–Longyan railway; Zhangping–

Longyan Longyan (; Hakka: ''Liùng-ngàm''; Longyan dialect: ''Lengngia'') is a prefecture-level city in south-western Fujian Province, China, bordering Guangdong to the south and Jiangxi to the west. History In 736 AD, (the Tang dynasty), the prefec ...

漳龙铁路 * Meikan railway;

Meizhou Meizhou (, Hakka Chinese: Mòichû) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China. It has an area of , and a population of 3,873,239 million as of the 2020 census. It comprises Meijiang District, Meixian District, Xingning Cit ...

– Kanshi 梅坎铁路 *

Longyan–Xiamen railway The Longyan–Xiamen railway () is a dual-track, electrified, high-speed rail line in Fujian Province, China. The line, also known as the Longxia railway, is named after its two terminal cities Longyan and Xiamen, and has a total length of .

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龙厦铁路 *

Ganzhou–Longyan railway The Ganzhou–Longyan railway or Ganlong railway () is a railway connecting Jiangxi and Fujian Provinces, in southeastern China. The line is named after its two terminal cities Ganzhou and Longyan, and has a total length of . Construction bega ...

Ganzhou Ganzhou (), alternately romanized as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in the south of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, and Hunan to the west. Its administrative seat is at Zhanggong District. Hist ...

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赣厦铁路 * Jinhua–Wenzhou railway Jinhua–

金温铁路 * Ganzhou–Shaoguan railway

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Shaoguan Shaoguan (; Hakka: Seukoan) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province ( Yuebei), South China, bordering Hunan to the northwest and Jiangxi to the northeast. It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth Zen Buddhist patriarch ...

赣韶铁路 * Quzhou–Ningde railway * Dezhou–Dajiawa railway

Dezhou Dezhou () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Liaocheng to the southwest, Binzhou to the northeast, and the province of Hebei t ...

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Weifang Weifang () is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The city borders Dongying to the northwest, Zibo to the west, Linyi to the southwest, Rizhao to the south, Qingdao to the east, and looks out to the ...

德大铁路 (freight only east of

Dongying Dongying (), a prefecture-level city, lies on the northern (Bohai Sea) coast of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. As of the 2020 census, 2,193,518 people resided within its administrative area of and 1,188,656 in the built-up area ...

) * Dongying Port railway 东营港疏港铁路 (freight only) * Longkou–Yantai railway * Xiangtangxi–Le'an railway (freight only, partially abandoned) *

Xingguo–Quanzhou railway The Xingguo–Quanzhou railway or Xingquan railway () is a single-track railway line in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by popul ...

(under construction) * Binhai Port railway (under construction) *

Jinhua–Taizhou railway The Jinhua–Taizhou railway is a single-track electrified passenger and freight railway in China. History Construction on the railway began in 2016. It had been expected to be finished by the end of 2020, but opening was delayed. It opened on 25 ...

(under construction)

South Central

Jingmen–Shashi railway Jingmen–Shashi railway or Jingsha railway (), is a single-track regional railroad in Hubei Province of central China between Jingmen and Shashi District of Jingzhou. The line is long, and was built between 1986 and 1989. It opened in May 19 ...

荆沙铁路 * Hankou–Danjiangkou railway 汉丹铁路 * Huaihua–Shaoyang–Hengyang railway 怀邵衡铁路 * Huizhou Port railway 惠州港铁路 (freight only) * Nansha Port railway 南沙港铁路

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Xiangyang–Chongqing railway The Xiangyang–Chongqing railway or Xiangyu railway (襄渝铁路), also known as the Xiangfan-Chongqing railway and Xiangyu line (襄渝线), is a single-track electrified railroad in central China between the cities of Xiangyang, formerly known ...

; Xiangyang–Chongqing 襄渝铁路 *

Dazhou–Chengdu railway Dazhou–Chengdu Railway or Dacheng Railway (), is a double-track, electrified railroad in Sichuan Province of southwest China. The railway is named after its two terminal cities Chengdu and Dazhou. The line has a total length of and opened in ...

达成铁路; Chengdu–

Dazhou Dazhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northeast corner of Sichuan province, China, bordering Shaanxi to the north and Chongqing to the east and south. As of 2020 census, Dazhou was home to 5,385,422 inhabitants whom 1,850,869 lived in t ...

* Chengdu–Chongqing (Chengyu) railway; Chengdu–Chongqing 成渝铁路 * Suining–Chongqing railway; 遂渝铁路 * Yuli railway; Chongqing–Lichuan 渝利铁路 *

Chongqing–Huaihua railway Chongqing–Huaihua railway or Yuhuai railway (), is a single-track, electrified railroad in southwest China between Chongqing Municipality and Huaihua in Hunan Province. The line is long and was built between 2000 and 2005. Cities and towns al ...

; Chongqing–Huaihua 渝怀铁路 * Sichuan–Guizhou railway; Chongqing– Guiyang 川黔铁路 * Guizhou–Guangxi railway Guiyang–

黔桂铁路 * Hunan–Guangxi railway

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湘桂铁路 * Nanning–Kunming railway; Nanning– Kunming 南昆铁路 * Neijiang–Kunming railway; Neijiang– Kunming 内昆铁路 * Yunnan–Vietnam railway; Kunming–Hanoi 昆河铁路 * Guangtong–Dali railway; Guangtong Station– Dali 广大铁路 * Dali–Lijiang railway; Dali–

Lijiang Lijiang (), also known as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of and had a population of 1,253,878 at the 2020 census whom 288,787 lived in the built-up area (metro) made of Gucheng ...

大丽铁路 * Kunming–Yuxi railway; Kunming–

Yuxi Yuxi () is a prefecture-level city in the central part of Yunnan province of the People's Republic of China. The administrative center of Yuxi is Hongta District. Yuxi is approximately south of Kunming. Geography Yuxi is located in the center ...

昆玉铁路 *

Weishe–Hongguo railway The Weishe–Hongguo railway or Weihong railway (), is a branch railroad of the Nanning–Kunming railway in Guizhou province of Southwest China. The Weihong Line branches off of the main Nankun Line at Weishe Township in Xingyi municipality and ...

; Weishe–Hongguo 威红铁路 *

Pan County West railway The Pan County west railway or Panxi railway (), is a single-track electrified railroad in Southwest China between Zhanyi County in eastern Yunnan province and Baiguo Township in Pan County in western Guizhou province. The line is in length an ...

; Hongguo–

Zhanyi Zhanyi District () is a district of the city of Qujing, Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). T ...

盘西铁路 *

Liupanshui–Baiguo railway The Liupanshui–Baiguo railway or Shuibai railway (), is a single-track electrified railroad in western Guizhou province in Southwest China. The line runs from Baiguo in Pan County to Liupanshui municipality, and was built from 1998 to June 20 ...

; Liupanshui–Baiguo 水柏铁路 * Yulin–Tieshangang railway; Yulin– Tieshangang 玉铁铁路 * Wen'an–Machangping railway 瓮马铁路 (under construction) * Dali–Ruili railway 大瑞铁路 (under construction)

Northwest

* Linhe–Ceke railway; Linhe–

Ejin Banner Ejin or Ejina ( Mongolian: Эжэн-э қосиу ''Ejen-e qosiɣu''; ) is a banner in the far west of Inner Mongolia, China. It is under the administration of Alxa League and is the westernmost county-level division of Inner Mongolia, borderin ...

临策铁路 * Jiayuguan–Ceke railway; Jiayuguan–

嘉策铁路 * Southern Xinjiang railway;

Turpan Turpan (also known as Turfan or Tulufan, , ug, تۇرپان) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. It has an area of and a population of 632,000 (2015). Geonyms The original name of the cit ...

– Kashgar 南疆铁路 *

Kashgar–Hotan railway The Kashgar–Hotan railway or Kahe railway (, abbreviated ), is a single-track, non-electrified, railway in Xinjiang, China between Kashgar and Hotan. The railway is in length and runs along the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, connecting ...

; Kashgar– Hotan 喀和铁路 *

Jinghe–Yining–Khorgos railway The Jingyihuo railway (), short for Jinghe–Yining–Khorgas railway, is the first electrified railway in operation in Xinjiang, China. The line is 286 km in length and connects Jinghe, Yining and Khorgos.(Chinese"新疆首条电气化铁� ...

; Jinghe–

Yining YiningThe official spelling according to (), also known as Ghulja ( ug, غۇلجا) or Qulja ( kk, قۇلجا) and formerly Ningyuan (), is a county-level city in Northwestern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China and the seat of the Ili Kazakh ...

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Khorgos Khorgas, officially known as KorgasThe official spelling according to , (Beijing, '' SinoMaps Press'' 1997); ( zh, s=霍尔果斯, t=霍爾果斯, p=Huò'ěrguǒsī; kk, قورعاس, Qorǵas), also known as ''Chorgos'', ''Gorgos'', ''Horgos ...

精伊霍铁路 * Kuytun–Beitun railway;

Kuytun Kuytun or Kuitun (), is a county-level city with about 285,000 residents (2000 census) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. Kuitun is located between Wusu and Shihezi on the railway from Ürümqi to Kazakhstan, close to a d ...

–Beitun 奎北铁路 * Ürümqi–Dzungaria railway;

–Jiangjunmiao 乌准铁路 * Hami–Lop Nur railway;

Hami Hami (Kumul) is a prefecture-level city in Eastern Xinjiang, China. It is well known as the home of sweet Hami melons. In early 2016, the former Hami county-level city was merged with Hami Prefecture to form the Hami prefecture-level city with t ...

– Lop Nur 哈罗铁路 * Hotan–Ruoqiang railway (under construction)

Coal transport railways

* Datong–Qinhuangdao railway 大秦铁路 * Ningwu–Jingle railway 宁静铁路 * Shenhuang railway * Houma–Yueshan railway 侯月铁路 * Xinxiang–Yueshan railway 新月铁路

Intra-city Metros

* Urban rail transit in China *

Rail transport in Hong Kong Hong Kong's rail network mainly comprises public transport trains operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC). The MTRC operates the metro network of the territory and the commuter rail network connecting the northeastern and northwestern ...

Former railways

* Woosung Road

International railways

* China–Nepal railway * China–Pakistan railway * China–Laos railway * China–North Korea railway * Yiwu–London railway line * Chongqing–Xinjiang–Europe Railway * Yiwu–Madrid railway line * Trans–Mongolian Railway

External links

Individual China Rail Passenger routes
displayed in Google Maps with timetable (Chinese and English)
Railway map of China (1)
Showing double track lines, eletrified lines and planned lines in detail around year 2001.
Railway map of China (2)
Showing railway network in 1990s.
Railway map of China (3)
Showing railway network in 1980s.

Showing railway network by 2006.

Very Large railway map of China in Both English and Chinese by 2006. {{Transport in China China

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