Railways in
China
The first railway line in China was a narrow gauge line between
Shanghai and Woosung (Wusong). It opened in 1876 but was closed and
lifted within two years. The first line to form part of the modern
network was the 11km standard gauge (1435 mm) Kaiping Colliery
Tramway near Tangshan, opened in 1881 as a private mineral line but
later expanded to become part of the China Railway Company.
China now has an extensive network of mainly standard gauge
railways serving most parts of the country, including several modern
high speed lines.
International connections exist with the broad gauge systems of
Mongolia, Russia and Kazakhstan, and with the standard gauge system
of North Korea.
There is no physical connection with the railway system of Vietnam,
but cross-border interchange is possible.
Main Line Railways
- China
Railway state owned national network (Site in
Chinese)
- China Shenhua
operator of an extensive network of mineral (principally coal) railways,
state owned but separate from the national railway company
- Luoding Railway privately owned railway in Guangdong
province (No website located at present)
Metros and Trams
- Beijing
Metro, trams and maglev
- Anren trams (No website located at
present)
- Changchun trams (No website located
at present)
- Changsha
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Chongqing
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Chengdu
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- DongGuan
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Dalian Metro and trams (No website
located at present)
- Foshan
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Fuzhou
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Guangzhou
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Guiyang
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Hancheng proposed monorail (No
website located at present)
- Hangzhou
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Harbin Metro (Site in Chinese,
unsolicited intro with audio if entering from root page)
- Hefei
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Hohhot
proposed Metro (No website located at present)
- Kunming
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Nanchang
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Nanjing
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Nanning
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Ningbo
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Qingdao
- Metro
(Site in Chinese, unsolicited audio on website)
- Trams (No website located at
present)
- Shanghai
- Shenyang
- Metro
(Site in Chinese)
- Trams (No website located at
present)
- Shenzen
- Metro
(Site in Chinese)
- Trams (No website located at
present)
- Shijiazhuang
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Suzhou
- Tianjin Metro and trams (No website
located at present)
- Urumqi
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Wenzhou
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Wuhan
- Metro
(Site in Chinese)
- Trams (No website located at
present)
- Wuxi
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Xiamen
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Xi’an
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Yinchuan monorail (No website
located at present)
- Zhenzhou
Metro (Site in Chinese)
- Zhuhai trams (Site in Chinese)
Funicular
- Xinhai Valley cablecar tourist funicular
in the Huangshang (Yellow Mountain) area. Closed during the winter
months (No website located at present)
See also:
