Jingha railway

The Jingha railway (京哈铁路) is the railway that connects Beijing with Harbin in Heilongjiang Province, in mainland China. It spans 1388 kilometers. It is a very prominent route in the Manchurian Provinces of northeastern China.

History

Construction of the section between Tangshan and Tianjin began in 1881. This section is the second oldest railway in China and the oldest still in use. (The oldest railway in China is the Woosung Railway in Shanghai, built in 1876, but it only survived for a year before being demolished.) Later this section was extended west to Beijing, and east to Shanhaiguan. It was further extended to the east and reached Shenyang, Liaoning province, by 1912. Then the whole railway from Beijing to Shenyang was named as Jingfeng Railway (Bei"jing" to "Feng"tian (Shenyang)), later Beining Railway ("Bei"jing/Peiping to Liao"ning").

The section from Shenyang to Harbin used to be a part of the South Manchuria branch of the Chinese Eastern Railway, built from 1898 to 1902. Later, the section from Changchun to Shenyang became part of the South Manchuria Railway. There used to be no linking line between the Jingfeng Railway and the South Manchuria Railway. A bridge was built for the south Manchuria Railway to cross the Jingfeng Railway. The Huanggutun Incident took place on June 4, 1928 right at this bridge, several kilometers east of the Huanggutun railway station on Jingfeng railway. During the Japanese occupation of Manchuria (1931-1945), the Jingfeng railway and the south Manchuria railway was connected together. After 1949, the Jingfeng Railway and the Shenyang to Harbin section of the south Manchuria railway were altogether named as Jingha railway.

Current Status

Currently, between Beijing and Tianjin, Jingha railway shares the route with the Jinghu Railway and has three tracks. Between Tianjin and Shanyang, it has double tracks. From Shanhaiguan to Shenyang, it parallels with the Qinshen Passenger Railway, a dual-track 200km/h express passenger railway diverting the traffic from the Shenshan railway. The section from Beijing to Shanhaiguan sometimes is also referred as Jingshan Railway and from Shanhaiguan to Shenyang Shenshan railway. The section from Shenyang to Harbin is double-track and electrified.

Important cities en route

*Beijing
*Tianjin
*Hebei Province：Langfang, Tangshan, Qinhuangdao
*Liaoning Province：Huludao, Jinzhou, Shenyang, Tieling
*Jilin Province：Siping, Changchun
*Heilongjiang Province：Harbin

Mileage

Station	Mileage (km)
Beijing	0
Langfang, Hebei	74
Tianjin	137
Tanggu	177
Entering Hebei
Tangshan	260
Qu County	331
Beidaihe	400
Qinhuangdao	422
Shanhaiguan	438
Entering Liaoning
Xingcheng	550
Jinzhou	622
Goubangzi	685
Dahushan	727
Shengyang North	867
Tieling	935
Entering Jilin
Siping	1053
Gongzhuling	1107
Changchun	1169
Entering Heilongjiang
Harbin	1411

ee also

*Rail transport in the People's Republic of China
*List of railways in China