An epic trek that started from Day 1 of High Speed Rail in China.
Now at well over 500’000 km (equivalent to 1 million Chinese miles, or li), this journey across China has been one-of-a-kind… and is still going strong…
Journey 1
01 August 2008, Beijing South
The journey started in the afternoon hours from Beijing South railway station, on the very first day of commercial operations of the Chinese High Speed Railway network…
Rail across the Great Wall
- Journeys from Shanhai Pass (N/NE China) to Jiayu Pass (NW China)
- To the extremes: Stations visited from Qiqihar (northernmost HSR station) to Mohan border station (in SW China)
- Exploring the known and lesser-known: from the double-decker rail hub at Beijing Fengtai to the little known Beijing East station…
A journey that’s also a history lesson…
- Tracking the 1950s Classic and 2010s High Speed routes from Shaanxi to Sichuan, across the Mt Qin Range
- Onboard trains on the Imperial Peking-Kalgan Railway and the modern Beijing-Zhangjiakou HSR
- Along the Eurasian route — from the coast by the East China Sea headed northwest to Europe
Watch, Read, Listen
The journey. Offline and online.
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