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Jinghu Railway

Beijing–Shanghai Railway
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge02.jpg
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, an important part of the railway, was opened for traffic in 1968
Overview
Type Heavy rail
System China Railways
Status In operation
Locale People's Republic of China
Termini Beijing
Shanghai
Operation
Opened 1912 (first section)
1968 (whole line)
Operator(s) China Railways
Technical
Line length 1,462 km (908 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Operating speed 160–200 km/h (99–124 mph)
Route map (selected stations)

The Beijing–Shanghai Railway or Jinghu railway (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: 京滬鐵路; pinyin: ) is a railway line in China between Beijing and Shanghai.

The line has a total length of 1,462 kilometres and connects the municipalities of Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai, as well as the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu. It is commonly referred to as the Jinghu Railway, taking on the abbreviated names of the two terminal cities. In Chinese, Jing means "capital" and refers to Beijing, and Hu is the abbreviated name for Shanghai.

The Beijing–Shanghai railway is composed of three sections. These three sections are some of the earliest railways in China, built before 1910 during the Qing dynasty. The first section is from Beijing to Tianjin, constructed as part of the Imperial Railways of Northern China between 1897 and 1900.

The second section is from Tianjin to Pukou – a suburb of Nanjing – and used to be called the Tianjin–Pukou Railway.

The third section is from Nanjing to Shanghai, built between 1905 and 1908. This section is called Shanghai–Nanjing Railway. During 1927–1949, however, when China's capital was Nanjing, this section alone was called the "Jinghu" railway.


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