The rail transport in mainland China is one of the largest in the world. With 70,058 km it ranks third. An historical overview of rail transport in mainland China will be given in this article, including the Qing Dynasty (before 1912) and the Republic of China (1912 to 1949) eras, and present time under the People's Republic of China (1949 onwards). The Qing Dynasty (Chinese: 清朝; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ching chao; Manchu: daicing gurun), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was a dynasty founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China, expanded into China and the surrounding territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing... Motto: None Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei City (de facto) Nanjing (de jure)1 Largest city Taipei City Official language(s) Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang Establishment Xinhai Revolution   - Declared October...

History

The first Chinese train rode in 1876 in Shanghai, see Wusong railway. 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese: ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is Chinas largest city by population. ...

The railway network of China, minus the Qinghai Tibet Railway

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Passenger Transport

Main article: Passenger Transport of China by Railway

High speed train approaching Beijing. Passenger trains offer an easy and affordable way of getting around in China.

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Data

Total: 70,058 km (including 5,400 km of provincial "local" rails)
Standard gauge: 68,000 km 1.435-m gauge (18,668 km electrified; 20,250 km double track)
Narrow gauge: 3,600 km 0.750-m gauge local industrial lines (1998 est.)
Dual gauge: 22,640 km (not included in total) (2003) As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... Sunlight reflects off dual-gauge tracks near Chur, Switzerland Mixed-gauge track and pointwork (1435 mm and 1067 mm) at Odawara in Japan Dual-gauge or mixed-gauge railway is a special configuration of railway track, allowing trains of different gauges to use the same alignment. ...

Currently, China is being served by about twenty principal domestic railway routes.

High-speed Rail

Conventional railroads

• Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail
• Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway

Maglevs

• Shanghai Maglev Train
• Shanghai-Hangzhou Maglev Train

Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail (京津城际轨道交通) will be a high-speed rail system between Beijing and Tianjin. ... Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway (京滬高速鐵路) is one of Chinas ambitious plans for high-speed trains, possibly based on TGV technology. ... Transrapid at the Emsland test facility Maglev in Shanghai Inside the Shanghai maglev Magnetic levitation transport, or maglev, is a form of transportation that suspends, guides and propels vehicles via electromagnetic force. ... Shanghai Maglev Train (Shanghai Transrapid) (上海磁浮示范运营线) is the first commercial high-speed maglev line in the world. ... Shanghai-Hangzhou Maglev Train is a proposed maglev train line from Shanghai to Hangzhou, in eastern China. ...

See also

• List of railways in China
• Transportation in China
• Qingzang railway
• Beijing railway station
• Beijing west railway station
• South Manchuria Railway

The following is a list of railways in the mainland of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Transportation in China may refer to: transportation in mainland China, that is, the Peoples Republic of China, excluding Hong Kong and Macau transportation in Hong Kong transportation in Macau transportation in the Republic of China This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... The Qingzang railway, Qinghai–Xizang railway, or Qinghai–Tibet railway (Simplified Chinese: 青藏铁路; Traditional Chinese: 青藏鐵路; pinyin: QÄ«ngzàng TiÄ›lù), is a railway which connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Beijing Railway Station (September 2004 image) Beijing Railway Station (Simplified and Traditional Chinese: 北京站, Hanyu Pinyin: Beijing Zhan) is Beijings first railway station, opened in the 1950s, as can be seen from its architecture (which merges traditional architecture with 50s-design). ... Beijings West Railway Station, abb. ... The South Manchuria Railway Company (Japanese: 南満州鉄道株式会社 Minami Manshū Tetsudō Kabushiki Gaisha; abbreviated as 満鉄 Mantetsu) was a company founded by Japan in 1906, after the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), and operated in Japanese-occupied Manchuria. ...

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Railways in China

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