China

Country Details

See Wikipedia

Note that this page of the Guide is for the People's Republic of China; for the Republic of China, see Taiwan. There are separate pages for the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

Railway System

Maps

• Online: Railways Through Europe
• Printed: Quail Map Company: China Railway Atlas, 3rd edition (ISBN: 978 1 898319 82 8) was published in 2008. The Atlas includes Mongolia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. See Printed Maps.

Timetable

• Summary timetables are available in some editions of the European Rail Timetable.
• For many years, Duncan Peattie produced an unofficial but comprehensive English language timetable for Chinese Railways, sold via his website, chinatt.org. The last edition produced was the eleventh, in 2019; this is now available as a free download from the website. Printed copies are still for sale via the website.

Information is available at the Man in Seat 61.

Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

None known.