page_title: High-speed rail in China
section_title: National High-Speed Rail Grid
hierarchical_section_title: High-speed rail in China / Track network / National High-Speed Rail Grid
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 建设中的商杭客运专线上跨国道 G105，并行的京九线下穿国道 G105 背景为商合杭铁路河南段商丘制梁场
context_page_description: High-speed rail in China is the world's longest high speed railway network and most extensively used. The HSR network encompasses newly built rail lines with a design speed of 200–350 km/h. China's HSR accounts for two-thirds of the world's total high-speed railway networks. Almost all HSR trains, track and service are owned and operated by the China Railway Corporation under the brand China Railway High-speed.
  High-speed rail developed rapidly in China over the past 15 years. CRH was introduced in April 2007 and the Beijing-Tianjin intercity rail, which opened in August 2008, was the first passenger dedicated HSR line. HSR extends to all provincial-level administrative divisions except Macau and Tibet. The HSR network reached 36,000 km in total length in August 2020. The HSR building boom continues with the HSR network set to reach 70,000 km in 2035.
  China's early high-speed trains were imported or built under technology transfer agreements with foreign train-makers including Alstom, Siemens, Bombardier and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
context_section_description: The centerpiece of China's expansion into high-speed rail is a national high-speed rail grid consisting of mainly passenger dedicated lines that is overlaid onto the existing railway network.
caption: The Shangqiu-Hangzhou HSR, part of the Harbin-Hong Kong (Macau) Passageway, under construction in Shangqiu, Henan Province, in February 2017.  The elevated HSR runs next to the conventional speed Beijing–Kowloon Railway.
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