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Popular China High Speed Train Cities

Travel multiple cities of China by high speed trains! It is incredibly safe, fast, comfortable and ecological, and an awesome way to discovery China!

In China, there are more than 180 cities in 32 provinces are connected by high speed trains. Therefore, tourists can easily travel between destinations we China Discovery offer and experience the most modern and fashion journey once abroad. To best suit for your interest, time and money, we’ve selected some of the most popular tourist cities and transportation hubs for your reference. Please read our map of high speed train cities to figure out where is your ideal destination locates and which train route you prefer while planning your China travel. With China Discovery, fly nationwide without wings! You can contact us to check more other cities with high speed trains.

Top High Speed Train Cities Overview

China’s top tourist city destinations (including Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Chengdu, Hong Kong, etc.) are the best choices to start your China high speed train travel, because they not only have many notable sites to visit, featured culture and history to experience, but also are well connected with other major cities via developed high speed train network. Thus, you can extend further to cities in every direction in China. Select your BEST departure city from our city list below, and click the maps and titles to read more details about each city’s high speed rail lines and recommended train tours.

High Speed Rail Maps of Major Cities

Among all high speed train cities, Beijing and Shanghai rank the first and third respectively, for their large number of high speed rail lines to nearly 200 cities in China. Conveniently, you can take high speed trains from Beijing to Tianjin, Harbin, Shenyang in northeastern China, to Xian, Taiyuan, and Zhengzhou in central area, to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Nanjing in the east, to Lanzhou in the northwest, to Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, and Guiyang in the south, to Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Zhuhai in southeast. Same like Beijing, else major transportation hub cities such as Shanghai, Xian and Chengdu also provides numerous excellent rail connection and transfer to nationwide. Get inspiration from the following rail maps to design your own train trip of China.

Are you still looking for more useful high speed train travel maps? Feel free to use the thousands of maps on China Tourist Maps. Or you could just contact us for more relevant high quality train maps & travel information.

Recommended Tours

Top 3 tours chosen by most customers to explore in the best way. Check the detailed itinerary, or tailor your own trip now with us.

West Lake Sunset at Changqiao Park
8 Days Shanghai Hangzhou Beijing Highlights Tour by High Speed Train

Shanghai / Hangzhou / Beijing

Tiananmen Square
9 Days Pandas Terracotta Warriors Great Wall Encounter by High Speed Trains

Chengdu / Leshan / Emeishan / Xian / Beijing

Xiapu Xiaohao Village
12 Days China Xiapu Mudflats Xiamen Tulou Coastal Tour by Bullet Train

Shanghai / Hangzhou / Putuoshan / Xiapu / Xiamen / HK

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