The maximum operating speed of China’s Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway is 350 km/h. That speed was restored on scheduled services on 21 September 2017 with the introduction of China’s standardized Fuxing electric multiple-unit trains.
The railway links Beijing South and Shanghai Hongqiao across roughly 1,300 kilometres, passing major cities including Tianjin, Jinan, Xuzhou, Bengbu and Nanjing. It opened to passenger service in 2011 and initially operated at lower speeds, with some trains limited to 300 km/h.
The railway’s original design documentation discussed a continuous operating speed of 350 km/h and a possible maximum of 380 km/h. Those figures can cause confusion: 380 km/h describes a design or potential limit, while 350 km/h is the recognized maximum speed for regular operations. Actual services may run at 300 or 350 km/h depending on the train and timetable.