- Z-series
"Z-series" (直达列车) is the most luxurious
train service offered by China National Railway. Generally, Z-series trains are overnight, all-sleeper trains that have travel time of around 10–14 hours, with an average speed of around convert|120|km/h|mph|0|lk=on. Most Z-series trains have only soft sleepers. All but one of the Z-series trains stop at either Beijing or Beijing West.Z stands for "Zhida" ("non-stop"). Most Z-series trains do not have any intermediary stops, not even technical stops for changing locomotives or drivers. However, two of these trains later had a few stops added to their schedule to boost the number of passengers.
List of Z-series trains (as of August 1, 2006):
*Z1: Beijing - Shanghai
*Z2: Shanghai - Beijing
*Z3: Beijing West - Hankou
*Z4: Hankou - Beijing West
*Z5: Beijing - Shanghai
*Z6: Shanghai - Beijing
*Z7: Beijing - Shanghai
*Z8: Shanghai - Beijing
*Z9: Beijing - Hangzhou
*Z10: Hangzhou - Beijing
*Z11: Beijing West - Wuchang
*Z12: Wuchang - Beijing West
*Z13: Beijing - Shanghai
*Z14: Shanghai - Beijing
*Z15: Beijing - Haerbin
*Z16: Haerbin - Beijing
*Z17: Beijing West - Changsha
*Z18: Changsha - Beijing West
*Z19: Beijing West - Xi'an
*Z20: Xi'an - Beijing West
*Z21: Beijing - Shanghai
*Z22: Shanghai - Beijing
*Z25/8: Wuchang - Shanghai South
*Z27/6: Shanghai South - Wuchang
*Z29: Beijing - Yangzhou
*Z30: Yangzhou - Beijing
*Z37: Beijing - Wuchang
*Z38: Wuchang - Beijing
*Z41: Tianjin - Shanghai
*Z42: Shanghai - Tianjin
*Z49: Beijing - Nanjing
*Z50: Nanjing - Beijing
*Z51: Beijing - Nantong
*Z61: Beijing - Changchun
*Z62: Changchun - Beijing
*Z73: Beijing - Hefei
*Z74: Hefei - Beijing
*Z77: Beijing - Hankou
*Z78: Hankou - Beijing
*Z85: Beijing - Suzhou
*Z86: Suzhou - Beijing
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