Far Eastern Extreme-Speed Railway System (finished) by dutchfriez_
created at 2023-08-03T08:04:45.557Z
updated at 2023-11-03T23:34:25.139Z
What a Far Eastern Railway System (excluding Russia) might look like if everyone (including China) just agreed to cooperate in an EU-like organization centered around China. It's another random but interesting map. It's not political and does not take current politics into account.
It's called extreme-speed because it only hits *relatively* major cities but is very quick. It transports goods and people around East Asia really quickly. As for the slower rails that are the various HSR systems, they still exist. They are not shown, though, as this is for a new imaginary railway system. Some railways do get extreme counterparts, though.
Now, you may be asking, why China and Japan as well? They have high-speed rail, and both have plans for maglev railways*, which are much faster than the regular high-speed trains. Well, extreme-speed trains are like high-speed trains, but faster. Research in transportation may indeed give us something like the "extreme-speed" trains shown here.
*This is not until at least 2025 in China, and 2027 in Japan. Please add this mode of transportation in the near future.
Legend:
BR - Branched Railway (breakoff railway that comes back to the source line and helps to reach more people)
IR - Isolated Railway
MR - Minor Railway
RGR - Regional Railway
RR - Regular-Length Railway
VC - Vital Connector
VR - Vital Railway
Map type: extra long distance | Total track length: 46092 miles | Center coordinate: 19.12991056459562, 119.20849452355888 | * VC Busan-Singapore Coastal Axis: (High speed rail, 45 stations) 부산 釜山 Busan, 대구 大邱 Daegu, 대전 大田 Daejeon, 서울 首尔 Seoul, 개성 開城 Kaesong, 사리원 沙里院 Sariwŏn, 평양시 平壤 P'yŏngyang/Pyeongyang, 丹东 Dandong, 大连 Dalian, 威海 Weihai, 青岛 Qingdao, 日照 Rizhao, 盐城 Yancheng, 上海 Shanghai, 杭州 Hangzhou, 温州 Wenzhou, 福州 Fuzhou, 厦门 Xiamen, 汕头 Shantou, 深圳 Shenzhen, 广州 Guangzhou, 澳门 Macau, 湛江 Zhanjiang, 海防 Hải Phòng, 南定 Nam Định, Thanh Hóa, 榮 Vinh, 化 Huế, 峴港 Đà Nẵng, Hồ Chí Minh | Sài Gòn 西貢, 芹 Cần Thơ, ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ Sihanoukville, บางกอก Bangkok, หัวหิน Hua Hin, ชุมพร Chumphon, สุราษฎร์ธานี Surat Thani, เทศบาลนครนครศรีธรรมราช Nakhon Si Thammarat, สงขลา Songkhla, ปัตตานี Pattani, كوت بهار Kota Bharu, كوالا ترڠڬانو Kuala Terengganu, كوانتن Kuantan, مرسيڠ Mersing, جوهر بهرو Johor Bahru, 新加坡 Singapura/Singapore
* VR Beijing-Qingdao Railway: (High speed rail, 5 stations) 青岛 Qingdao, 潍坊 Weifang, 东营 Dongying, 天津 Tianjin, 北京 Beijing
* BR Bohai Railway: (High speed rail, 9 stations) 大连 Dalian, 营口 Yingkou, 盘锦 Panjin, 秦皇岛 Qinhuangdao, 唐山 Tangshan, 天津 Tianjin, 东营 Dongying, 潍坊 Weifang, 青岛 Qingdao
* VR Southern Chinese Freight Railway: (High speed rail, 18 stations) 宁德 Ningde, 福州 Fuzhou, 泉州 Quanzhou, 厦门 Xiamen, 漳州 Zhangzhou, 汕头 Shantou, 汕尾 Shanwei, 深圳 Shenzhen, 广州 Guangzhou, 江门 Jiangmen, 玉林 Yulin, 南宁 Nanning, 崇左 Chongzuo, 河内 Hà Nội, 南定 Nam Định, Thanh Hóa, 榮 Vinh, 化 Huế
* VR Yangtze Railway: (High speed rail, 7 stations) 重庆 Chongqing, 武汉 Wuhan, 安庆 Anqing, 马鞍山 Ma'an Shan, 南京 Nanjing, 南通 Nantong, 上海 Shanghai
* BR Shandong Peninsular Line: (High speed rail, 5 stations) 威海 Weihai, 烟台 Yantai, 潍坊 Weifang, 临沂 Linyi, 盐城 Yancheng
* VR Southern Chinese Passenger Railway: (High speed rail, 18 stations) 宁德 Ningde, 福州 Fuzhou, 泉州 Quanzhou, 厦门 Xiamen, 漳州 Zhangzhou, 汕头 Shantou, 汕尾 Shanwei, 深圳 Shenzhen, 广州 Guangzhou, 江门 Jiangmen, 玉林 Yulin, 南宁 Nanning, 崇左 Chongzuo, 河内 Hà Nội, 南定 Nam Định, Thanh Hóa, 榮 Vinh, 化 Huế
* RR Southeast Chinese Railway: (High speed rail, 8 stations) 无锡 Wuxi, 苏州 Suzhou, 杭州 Hangzhou, 上饶 Shangrao, 南昌 Nanchang, 赣州 Ganzhou, 梅州 Meizhou, 汕头 Shantou
* VR West Korean Line: (High speed rail, 10 stations) 여수 麗水 Yeosu, 광주 光州 Gwangju, 전주 全州 Jeonju, 대전 大田 Daejeon, 서울 首尔 Seoul, 개성 開城 Kaesong, 해주 海州 Haeju, 남포 南浦 Nampo/Nampho, 평양시 平壤 P'yŏngyang/Pyeongyang, 안주 安州 Anju
* RR Hebei Line: (High speed rail, 9 stations) 秦皇岛 Qinhuangdao, 承德 Chengde, 北京 Beijing, 保定 Baoding, 石家庄 Shijiazhuang, 邯郸 Handan, 安阳 Anyang, 郑州 Zhengzhou, 洛阳 Luoyang
* MR Min Line: (Metro/rapid transit, 6 stations) 南平 Nanping, 福州 Fuzhou, 莆田 Putian, 泉州 Quanzhou, 厦门 Xiamen, 梅州 Meizhou
* RR Guangxi Line: (High speed rail, 6 stations) Cao Bằng, 崇左 Chongzuo, 南宁 Nanning, 柳州 Liuzhou, 桂林 Guilin, 贵阳 Guiyang
* RR Hujiang Railway: (High speed rail, 8 stations) 杭州 Hangzhou, 宁波 Ningbo, 台州 Taizhou, 温州 Wenzhou, 南平 Nanping, 南昌 Nanchang, 长沙 Changsha, 娄底 Loudi
* MR Hainanese Line: (High speed rail, 5 stations) 湛江 Zhanjiang, 雷州 Leizhou, 海口 Haikou, 儋州 Danzhou, 三亚 Sanya
* RR North Korean Line: (High speed rail, 6 stations) 라선 羅先 Rasŏn, 청진 淸津 Ch'ŏngjin, 김책시 金策 Kimch'aek, 함흥 咸興 Hamhŭng, 안주 安州 Anju, 丹东 Dandong
* RR Malay Peninsula Railway: (High speed rail, 8 stations) ชุมพร Chumphon, ระนอง Ranong, สุราษฎร์ธานี Surat Thani, ภูเก็ต Phuket, جورج تاون George Town, ولايه ڤرسکوتوان کوالا لومڤور Kuala Lumpur, باندراي ملاک Melaka/Malacca, جوهر بهرو Johor Bahru
* VR West Indochinese Railway: (High speed rail, 11 stations) ကျိုင်းတုံ Kyaingtong/Kengtung, ຫ້ວຍຊາຍ Houayxay, ໄຊຍະບູລີ Xayaboury, ວຽງຈັນ Viangchan/Vientiane, ວຽງຈັນ Pakxan, ເຊກອງ Xekong, ອັດຕະປື Attapeu, ស្ទឹងត្រែង Stung Treng, កំពង់ចាម Kampong Cham, ភ្នំពេញ Phnum Pénh, ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ Sihanoukville
* IR Taiwanese Railway: (High speed rail, 5 stations) 台东/臺東 Taitung, 高雄 Kaohsiung, 台南/臺南 Tainan, 台中/臺中 Taichung, 台北/臺北 Taipei
* MR Han River Railway: (High speed rail, 6 stations) 강화 江華 Ganghwa, 고양 高陽 Goyang, 서울 首尔 Seoul, 충주 忠州 Chungju, 정선 旌善 Jeongseon, 동해 東海 Donghae
* RR Southeast Korean Railway: (High speed rail, 9 stations) 여수 麗水 Yeosu, 진주 晉州 Jinju, 창원 昌原 Changwon, 부산 釜山 Busan, 울산 蔚山 Ulsan, 포항 浦項 Pohang, 동해 東海 Donghae, 강릉 江陵 Gangneung, 속초 束草 Sokcho
* VR Phillipine Metropolitan Railway: (High speed rail, 10 stations) Laoag, Baguio, Maynila / Manila, Lungsod ng Batangas / Batangas City, Lungsod ng Sorsogon / Sorsogon City, Catarman, Tacloban, Butuan, Davao, Lungsod ng Cotabato / Cotabato City
* MR Northeast Korean Line: (High speed rail, 4 stations) 함흥 咸興 Hamhŭng, 원산 元山 Wŏnsan, 통천 通川 T'ongch'ŏn, 속초 束草 Sokcho
* IR Jeju Circle: (High speed rail, 3 stations) 제주 濟州 Jeju, 서귀포 西歸浦 Seogwipo, 제주 濟州 Jeju
* IR Tasmanian Railway: (High speed rail, 4 stations) Hobart, Tunbridge, Launceston, Ulverstone
* VR Sumatran-Javan Line: (High speed rail, 14 stations) Denpasar, Banyuwangi, Jember, Yogyakarta, Bandung, Jakarta, Serang, Bandar Lampung, Palembang, Jambi, ڤكنبارو Pekanbaru, Medan, لڠسا Langsa, بند اچيه Banda Aceh
* VR Peacock Railway: (High speed rail, 9 stations) မန္တလေး Mandalay, နေပြည်တော် Nay Pyi Taw, တောင်ငူTaungoo, ရန်ကုန် Yangon, ပဲခူး Pegu, မော်လမြိုင်မြို့ Mawlamyine, ထားဝယ် Dawei, မြိတ် Myeik, ชุมพร Chumphon
* IR Timor Railway: (High speed rail, 4 stations) Lospalos, Dili, Suai, Kupang
* RR North Sumatran Line: (High speed rail, 4 stations) باندراي ملاک Melaka/Malacca, دوماي Dumai, ڤكنبارو Pekanbaru, ڤادڠ Padang
* RR North Bornean Line: (High speed rail, 6 stations) Sandakan, Kota Kinabalu, بندر سري بڬاوان Bandar Seri Begawan, Bintulu, کوچيڠ Kuching, Pontianak
* MR Tumen Minor Railway: (High speed rail, 4 stations) 图们 도문 Tumen, 珲春 훈춘 Hunchun, 원정 Wonjong, 라선 羅先 Rasŏn
* MR Wan Line: (High speed rail, 4 stations) 马鞍山 Ma'an Shan, 合肥 Hefei, 蚌埠 Bengbu, 徐州 Xuzhou
* MR Zheng Line: (High speed rail, 4 stations) 徐州 Xuzhou, 商丘 Shangqiu, 开封 Kaifeng, 郑州 Zhengzhou
* VC Central Chinese Railway: (Metro/rapid transit, 10 stations) 石家庄 Shijiazhuang, 太原 Taiyuan, 西安 Xi'an, 汉中 Hanzhong, 成都 Chengdu, 重庆 Chongqing, 遵义 Zunyi, 贵阳 Guiyang, 南宁 Nanning, 湛江 Zhanjiang
* VR Rising Sun Express Railway: (High speed rail, 20 stations) 鹿児島 Kagoshima, 熊本 Kumamoto, 福岡 Fukuoka, 北九州 Kitakyushu, 広島 Hiroshima, 岡山 Okayama, 神戸 Kobe, 大阪 Osaka, 京都 Kyoto, 名古屋 Nagoya, 静岡 Shizuoka, 東京中駅 Tokyo Central, 宇都宮 Utsunomiya, 福島 Fukushima, 仙台 Sendai, 盛岡 Morioka, 青森 Aomori, 函館 Hakodate, 札幌 Sapporo, 旭川 Asahikawa
* RR South Bornean Line: (High speed rail, 4 stations) Samarinda, Balikpapan, بنجر ماسين Banjarmasin, Pontianak
* VR Thai Railway: (High speed rail, 7 stations) ชุมพร Chumphon, หัวหิน Hua Hin, บางกอก Bangkok, นครราชสีมา Nakhon Ratchasima, พิษณุโลก Pihitsanulok, อุตรดิตถ์ Uttaradit, เชียงใหม่ Chiang Mai
* RR North Thai Railway: (High speed rail, 6 stations) ອັດຕະປື Attapeu, ປາກເຊ Pakse, อุบลราชธานี Ubon Ratchathani, ສະຫວັນນະເຂດ Savannakhet, อุดรธานี Udon Thani, อุตรดิตถ์ Uttaradit
* VR Honshu Western Seaboard: (High speed rail, 11 stations) 青森 Aomori, 秋田 Akita, 酒田 Sakata, 新潟 Niigata, 上越 Jōetsu, 富山 Toyama, 金沢 Kanazawa, 福井 Fukui, 敦賀 Tsuruga, 鳥取 Tottori, 松江 Matsue
* RR Jingdong Railway: (Metro/rapid transit, 7 stations) 北京 Beijing, 天津 Tianjin, 沧州 Cangzhou, 济南 Jinan, 曲阜 Qufu, 枣庄 Zaozhuang, 徐州 Xuzhou
* VR Northeast Chinese Line: (High speed rail, 9 stations) 上海 Shanghai, 无锡 Wuxi, 台州 Taizhou, 盐城 Yancheng, 徐州 Xuzhou, 菏泽 Heze, 邯郸 Handan, 太原 Taiyuan, 呼和浩特 ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ Hohhot
* RGR Hong Kong Central Railway: (High speed rail, 5 stations) 中環 Central, 西九龍 West Kowloon, 沙田 Sha Tin, 大埔 Tai Po, 深圳 Shenzhen
* RGR Hong Kong Central Railway - Tung Chung: (High speed rail, 5 stations) 香港國際機場 Hong Kong Intl, 東涌 Tung Chung, 沙田 Sha Tin, 大埔 Tai Po, 深圳 Shenzhen
* RR Northern Japanese Coastal Railway: (High speed rail, 0 stations)
* MR Cebu Line: (High speed rail, 5 stations) Tacloban, Baybay, Maasin, Lungsod ng Cebu, Bacolod
* RR Southwest Philippine Line: (High speed rail, 6 stations) General Santos, Koronadal, Lungsod ng Cotabato / Cotabato City, Pagadian, Ipil, Lungsod ng Zamboanga / Zamboang City
* VC East Australian Railway: (High speed rail, 8 stations) Cairns, Mackay, Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong, Canberra, Melbourne
* MR Shan Railway - Lower Shan: (High speed rail, 3 stations) ကျိုင်းတုံ Kyaingtong/Kengtung, လွိုင်ကော် Loikaw, နေပြည်တော် Nay Pyi Taw
* MR Shan Railway - Upper Shan: (High speed rail, 5 stations) လားရှိုး Lashio, သီပေါ Hsipaw/Thibaw, တောင်ကြီး Taunggyi, လွိုင်ကော် Loikaw, နေပြည်တော် Nay Pyi Taw
* RR Irawaddy Valley Railway: (Metro/rapid transit, 7 stations) မြစ်ကြီးနား Myitkyina, ဗန်းမော် Bhamo, မန္တလေး Mandalay, မကွေး Magway, ပြည် Pyay, ပုသိမ် Pathein, ရန်ကုန် Yangon
* RR Yunnan Railway: (High speed rail, 6 stations) 重庆 Chongqing, 昭通 Zhaotong, 昆明 Kunming, 玉溪 Yuxi, 普洱 Pu'er, ကျိုင်းတုံ Kyaingtong/Kengtung
* VC Beijing-Kowloon / Jingjiu Railway / Kingkow Railway: (High speed rail, 11 stations) 北京 Beijing, 衡水 Hengshui, 聊城 Liaocheng, 菏泽 Heze, 商丘 Shangqiu, 阜阳 Fuyang, 南昌 Nanchang, 赣州 Ganzhou, 河源 Heyuan, 深圳 Shenzhen, 西九龍 West Kowloon
* MR Shikoku Line: (Metro/rapid transit, 6 stations) 大阪 Osaka, 神戸 Kobe, 淡路 Awaji, 徳島 Tokushima, 高知 Kōchi, 四万十 Shimanto
* RR Khmer Railway: (High speed rail, 7 stations) Cà Mau, 芹 Cần Thơ, Châu Đốc, ភ្នំពេញ Phnum Pénh, សៀមរាប Siem Reap, ប៉ោយប៉ែត Poipet, บางกอก Bangkok
* RR Manchu Railway: (High speed rail, 6 stations) Хабаровск Khabarovsk, 佳木斯 Jiamusi, 哈尔滨 Harbin, 长春 Changchun, 沈阳 Shenyang, 盘锦 Panjin
* VR Inner Mongolian Railway: (High speed rail, 6 stations) 鄂尔多斯 ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠰᠬᠣᠲᠠ Ordos, 呼和浩特 ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ Hohhot, 乌兰察布 ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠴᠠᠪ Ulanqab, 克什克腾旗 ᠬᠡᠰᠢᠭᠲᠡᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ Heshigten Banner, 通辽 Tongliao, 长春 Changchun
* RR Korean Mountain Railway: (High speed rail, 8 stations) 울산 蔚山 Ulsan, 대구 大邱 Daegu, 안동 安東 Andong, 제천 堤川 Jecheon, 원주 原州 Wonju, 춘천 春川 Chuncheon, 신계 新溪 Sin'gye, 평양시 平壤 P'yŏngyang/Pyeongyang
* Brown Line: (Metro/rapid transit, 0 stations)
* RR Meitei Line: (High speed rail, 6 stations) မန္တလေး Mandalay, မုံရွာ Monywa, ဟားခါး Hakha, अइज़ोल Aizawl, इम्फाल Imphal, कोहिमा Kohima
* RR Jilin Railway: (High speed rail, 8 stations) Хабаровск Khabarovsk, 牡丹江 Mudanjiang, 吉林 Jilin, 长春 Changchun, 辽源 Liaoyuan, 通化 Tonghua, 강계 江界 Kanggye, 함흥 咸興 Hamhŭng
* VR Bay of Bengal Line: (High speed rail, 6 stations) ঢাকা Dhaka, কুমিল্লা Cumilla, চট্টগ্রাম Chattogram / চাটগাঁ Chittagong, কক্সবাজার Cox's Bazar, စစ်တွေ Sittwe, ပုသိမ် Pathein
* RR Melaide Railway: (High speed rail, 5 stations) Adelaide, Hosham, Ararat, Ballarat, Melbourne
* IR Sulawesi Railway: (High speed rail, 3 stations) Makassar, Palopo, Palu
* VR New Guinea Line: (High speed rail, 5 stations) Alotau, Port Moresby / Pot Mosbi, Marauke, Agats, Sorong
* RR North New Guinea Line: (High speed rail, 4 stations) Jayapura, Wewak, Lae, Port Moresby / Pot Mosbi
* VR Amur Railway: (High speed rail, 4 stations) Благове́щенск Blagoveschensk, Хабаровск Khabarovsk, Владивосто́к Vladivostok, 라선 羅先 Rasŏn
* VR Dian Railway: (High speed rail, 7 stations) 拉萨 ལྷ་ས Lhasa, 林芝 ཉིང་ཁྲི་གྲོང Nyingchi, 察隅 རྫ་ཡུལ་ Zayul, 丽江 Lijiang, 大理 Dali, 玉溪 Yuxi, Cao Bằng
* RGR Singaporean Railway: (High speed rail, 4 stations) 樟宜 Changi, 新加坡 Singapura/Singapore, 裕廊 Jurong, 大士 Tuas
* IR Batam Railway: (High speed rail, 2 stations) باتام Batam, Sembulang
* VR New Zealand Railway: (High speed rail, 9 stations) Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill
* BR Maori Railway: (High speed rail, 4 stations) Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wellington
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