Editor's Note: China Railway increased the operating speed of its G951 high-speed train from Beijing to Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province, to 350 kph on July 1, the start of the country's annual summer railway schedule.

The increased speed will shorten the trip to less than two and a half hours, about 15 minutes faster than the previous quickest trains on the route. The Beijing-Shenyang route, part of the Beijing-Harbin High-speed Railway, is now the third 350-kph high-speed line operated by China Railway Beijing Group, following the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway and the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway.

An electronic poster at Beijing Chaoyang Railway Station marks the Beijing-Shenyang High-speed Railway raising its operating speed to 350 kph, July 1, 2025. [Photo by Chen Boyuan/China.org.cn]