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High Speed Train in China
From the 1st July there is now a new high speed train from Beijing to Shanghai.
The Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway is almost complete with its new 200mph high-speed rail line that links two of China’s most important cities, Beijing and Shanghai.
Also known as the Jinghu High-Speed Railway, this amazing feat of 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.
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 goes across 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.
According to Zhang Shuguang, the deputy chief designer of China's high-speed railway network, the designed continuous operating speed is 220 mph, with a maximum speed of up to 240 mph. The average commercial speed from Beijing to Shanghai was planned to be 210 mph. They plan to have a minimum train interval of 3 minutes.
The cost for this service is from £95.00 for second class and from £145.00 for first class.
China Domestic Flights
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To or |
Flight
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Air fare |
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- 2.5hrs 2.5hrs 1 hr 20 min 50 min 3 hrs 10 min 3hrs 10 min 2.5hrs 1 hr 40 min 1 hr 10 min 2hrs 3.5hrs 1 hrs 3hrs 5hrs 1hr 30min 3 hr 25 min 3 hr 30 min 1.5hrs - 1 hr 20 min 3 hr 30 min 3 hr 10 min 2hrs - 50 min 3 hr 55 min 2 hr 35 min 1hr 40m 2hrs 15m 2 hr 30 min 1 hr 10 min 2hrs 4 hr 30 min 1.15 hrs |
- 157 167 85 55 200 182 190 111 65 129 323 77 193 252 100 325 215 115 - 78 240 166 128 - 74 218 169 123 120 183 83 143 87 83 |
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- 2hrs 1.5hrs 2 hr 10 min 2hrs 1hrs 1 hr 10 min 1 hr 55min 2hrs 2hrs 2hrs 5 min 2hrs 2hrs 20 min 1hr 25min 1hr 30 min |
- 144 113 173 304 112 102 163 177 172 154 174 164 106 77 |
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1.5hrs 1hr 2hrs 2hrs 1hrs 2hrs 2hrs 1hrs 1hr 20min 1.5hrs |
132 87 135 238 85 142 162 85 95 104 |
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- - - - |
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55min 2hrs 50mins 2hrs 2hrs 10min 2hrs 2hrs 1hr 30min 2.5hrs 2hrs 2hrs |
80 120 115 140 154 132 142 108 162 111 149 |
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1hr 40min 2hrs 1hrs - 2hrs 2hrs 1hrs 2hrs |
135 201 100 - 113 144 92 124 |
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2hrs - - - 1hrs - 2hrs |
214 - - - 85 - 128 |
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2hrs 1.5hrs 1.5hrs 2.5hrs 6hrs 2hrs |
196 210 182 190 228 223 |
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30 min 1hrs 40mins 2.5hrs 2.5hrs 2hrs 2hrs |
94 100 107 77 201 145 142 |
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2hrs - - 1hrs - 1.5hrs - |
126 - - 87 - 1123 - |
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2.50hrs - 1.5hrs - 2hrs 6hrs 1.5hrs |
200 - 95 - 140 259 123 |
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1.5hrs - - |
83 - - |
Trains
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Train
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Train fare |
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4hrs 26hrs 25hrs 10hrs 6.5hrs - 22hrs 24hrs 8.2hrs 10hrs 30min 9hrs 25hrs 5,5hrs 40hrs 46.5 hrs 11hrs - 28 hrs 10 hrs 11hrs 6.2hrs 35hrs 28hrs 12hrs 11hrs 10hrs - 30hrs 12hrs 11hrs - 14hrs 20hrs - 6.5hrs |
17 86 88 56 33 - 91 87 63 50 98 175 38 115 270 47 - 82 55 45 38 120 96 93 86 45 - 83 62 70 - 56 68 - 46 |
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2.20hrs 28hrs 25 hrs 41hrs 50min - 20hrs - 46hrs 13hrs - - 15hrs 38hrs 17hrs 17hrs |
45 94 58 100 - 58 - 195 85 - - 98 97 65 50 |
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22.5hrs 25hrs 36.5hrs - 22hrs 34hrs 28hrs 17hrs 16hrs 24hrs |
78 70 80 - 58 76 85 48 63 65 |
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- 7hrs 5hrs 17hrs |
- 40 34 54 |
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13hrs 19hrs 2hrs 25hrs 25hrs 29hrs 23hrs 11hrs 27hrs 23hrs 17hrs |
53 71 54 76 78 85 80 98 84 70 73 |
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24hrs - 22hrs 24hrs - 25hrs 14hrs 27hrs |
83 - 67 72 - 87 62 82 |
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- 6hrs 1hr 40min 3.5hrs 14hrs 2hrs 21hrs |
- 36 18 21 61 23 70 |
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- - - 19hrs - - |
- - - 142 - - |
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- 19hrs 6hrs 50hrs 36hrs 28hrs 36hrs |
- 62 40 106 88 80 79 |
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40hrs 2hrs 1.5hrs 3hrs 1hrs - - |
86 33 29 50 25 - - |
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40hrs 40min 15hrs 1hr 14hrs - 27hrs |
102 16 58 20 68 - 82 |
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30min |
22 |
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15hrs 15hrs 15hrs |
61 72 55 |
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