The Beijing–Chengde Railway or Jingcheng Railway , is a railroad in northern

North China

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 China

China

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 between Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, the national capital, and Chengde

Chengde

Chengde , previously known as Jehol or Re He , is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China, situated northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing emperors as summer residence...

 in Hebei Province. The line is 256 km (159 mi) long and runs northwest from Beijing Municipality to Chengde in northern Hebei.

Route & history

The Jingcheng Line from Dongbianmen to Huairou, 65.86 km (41 mi) in length was built in 1938 during the Japanese occupation of Beiping. The remaining 169 km (105 mi) from Huairou to Shangbancheng was built from 1955 to 1959. The line emerges north of the Great Wall at Chengzilu and then proceeds to Xinglong County

Xinglong County

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 and Yingshouyingzi before reaching Shangbancheng, where the line joins the Jinzhou-Chengde Railway to Chengde.

Rail connections

• Beijing Railway Station
  Beijing railway station
  Beijing Railway Station is one of Beijing's railway stations, opened in the 1950s, as can be seen from its architecture . It is located in the city's central location, just next to Jianguomen, and is within the confines of the city's 2nd Ring Road...
  
  : Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Beijing-Yuanping Railway
• Beijing East Railway Station
  Beijing east railway station
  Beijing East Railway Station is a railway station in Beijing. The station is located near Sihui.- Schedules :There are 7 passenger trains stop at the station every day:Note: Updated in May 2006, the train schedule will change on April 18, 2007....
  
  : Beijing-Baotou Railway
• Gaogezhuang: Datong-Qinhuangdao Railway
• Huairou: Beijing-Tongliao Railway
• Shangbancheng: Jinzhou-Chengde Railway
• Chengde
  Chengde
  Chengde , previously known as Jehol or Re He , is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China, situated northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by the Qing emperors as summer residence...
  
  : Chengde-Longhua Railway