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Qing dynasty. The first railways in China were built during the Qing dynasty in the late 19th century, after extensive railway networks were already in place in Europe, North America, India and Japan. [2] The late arrival of railways in China was due both to the lack of industrialization and skeptical attitude of the Qing government. [2]
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Rail transport is an important mode of long-distance transportation in China. As of 2024, the country had more than 159,000 km (98,798 mi) [6] [a] [7] of railways, the second longest network in the world. [2] [8] By the end of 2023, China had more than 45,000 kilometres (27,962 miles) of high-speed rail (HSR), the longest HSR network in the world.
Jan 21, 2019 · However, when the rail was introduced to China, it was strongly rejected by the imperial leaders in the late Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911). It was a time that horses and carts were widely used for transport and the railroad was regarded as a bad scheme that would destroy important military defenses, farmland and Fengshui (a kind of philosophy related to geographical features).
In this paper an introduction is given to the history, current situation and future plans of China's railway industry. The history of China's railway is divided into four development phases: the phase in Imperial China, the phase in the Republic of China and the phases before and after the economic rejuvenation of the People's Republic of China.
- X Xue, F Schmid, R. A. Smith
- 2002
History of transport in China. Horse-drawn conveyances bearing goods and coal on a road in China, 1987. Since 2018, transport occupied a relatively low priority in China's national development. In the twenty-five years that followed the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, China's transportation network was built into a partially modern ...
The first railway that was built by Chinese people was the Tangxu Railway, also known as Kaiping Colliery Tramway. Opened in 1881, this railway ran from Tangshan to Xugezhuang in Hebei Province. This 9.7-kilometer-long railway used a standard gauge of 1,435 millimeters and was built for coal transport.
Current railway network in China, including HSR lines. Rail is the major mode of transport in China. In 2019, railways in China delivered 3.660 billion passenger trips, generating 1,470.66 billion passenger-kilometres and carried 4.389 billion tonnes of freight, generating 3,018 billion cargo tonne-kilometres; both traffic volumes are among the highest in the world.
