China Rail Trip MapConcept · Illustrative routes
Concept demo · 18 curated hubs

Explore China’s major rail hubs, then map your route.

Pick an origin and destination among a curated set of major Chinese cities, see the journey on a map, read practical station guidance, and save it to your own local trip list — all in one place, entirely in your browser.

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Curated concept data. Stations, distances, durations, and tips shown here are illustrative and hand-curated for this demo — not live schedules, fares, seat availability, or a booking service.

Plan an illustrative journey

Pick two curated rail hubs to see whether we have a route between them.

Featured curated routes

A sample across flagship, short-hop, cross-boundary, and plateau journeys.

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High-speedFlagship corridorHigh-speed

Beijing → Shanghai

Distance
1,318 km
Duration
~4h30m–6h (illustrative)

China's flagship high-speed corridor, crossing the North China Plain and Yangtze Delta.

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Intercity high-speedShort hopVery frequent

Shanghai → Hangzhou

Distance
200 km
Duration
~45min–1h (illustrative)

A quick intercity hop connecting Shanghai to West Lake's classic scenery.

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Intercity high-speedShort hopVery frequent

Guangzhou → Shenzhen

Distance
140 km
Duration
~30–45min (illustrative)

One of the busiest intercity corridors in the Pearl River Delta megacity cluster.

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High-speedScenicHigh-speed

Guangzhou → Guilin

Distance
660 km
Duration
~3h–3h30m (illustrative)

A popular tourist corridor toward Guilin's karst-mountain landscapes.

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High-speedCross-boundaryShort hop

Shenzhen → Hong Kong

Distance
26 km
Duration
~14–20min (illustrative)

The shortest cross-boundary high-speed hop on this map, linking Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

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Overnight sleeperPlateau railwayOvernight sleeper

Beijing → Lhasa

Distance
3,757 km
Duration
~40h (illustrative, overnight sleeper)

A multi-day plateau railway journey, not part of the high-speed network — famous for crossing the Tibetan Plateau at extreme altitude.

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How this concept works

1

Search a curated hub

Type a city name to find one of the major Chinese rail hubs included in this demo's dataset.

2

See the route and station guidance

View the journey on an interactive map or as a list, plus practical tips for each station.

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Save it to your trip list

Bookmark routes locally in your browser — nothing is sent to a server or account.