Talk:Beijing–Shanghai railway

Completion

The article on the Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway states "The original Beijing-Shanghai railway was completed in 1912". Should this statement be included in this article? Coyets (talk) 08:33, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't think this statemant is exactly correct. In fact, Jinghu railway is composed of 3 parts: Beijing-Tianjin section of Jingshan Railway(Beijing-Shanhaiguan), Jinpu Railway(Tianjin-Pukou, Nanjing) and Huning Railway(Shanghai-Nanjing). These three sections were opened in 1900, 1912 and 1908 respectively. However, Jinpu Railway did not link with Huning Railway because of the separation by Yangtze River. When the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was completed in 1968, these three sections were formally combined and a new offical name - Jinghu railway, existed. ---Alancrh (talk) 14:31, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

The claim that the Shanghai–Nanjing part wasn't completed til 1908 also seems questionable, since the Shanghai–Suzhou part was already running by the late 1890s. Baidu is no more a WP:RS than Wiki is – if anything, less so – so we should really have sb check around. — LlywelynII 14:50, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

The Chinese wikipedia article on the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway has more details and cites some reliable sources that show that the line was fully completed only in 1908. I am taking out the dubious tag. I'm not sure that the Shanghai-Suzhou railway s functional in the 1890s, are you thinking of the Woosung Road by any chance?

I agree that Baidu cannot be cited as a source, the quality of Baidu-pedia is not even comaprable to Wikipedia, it is probably more like Google Answers. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 16:06, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Use full descriptive name of railway for the article names of railways in China

For article names of Chinese railways, the full name of the railway (i.e. both terminal cities) should always be spelled out, rather than merely the two character abbreviation. When the abbreviations are transliterated into English, essential identifying information is lost. E.g.

• Xiangyu, Xianggui, Xiangpu Railways all have different “Xiang” characters;
• Xianggui and Guikun Lines have different “Gui” characters;
• Yiwan and Yijia Lines have different “Yi” characters;
• Yiwan and Wangan Railways have different “Wan” characters;
• Yuli and Licha Railways have different “Li” characters;
• Baolan and Baocheng Railways have different “Bao” characters;
• Lanxin and Lanyan Lines have different “Lan” characters;
• Jiaoji, and Jiaoliu Railways have different “Jiao” characters
• Jiaoji and Jitong Railways have different “Ji” characters;
• Jitong and Tongpu Lines have different “Tong” characters;

The list goes on and on. Many English readers may be unfamiliar with one-character abbreviations of certain Chinese cities and provinces. So Yu for Chongqing, Hu for Shanghai, Jiu for Kowloon adds to the confusion. For consistency and clarity, Wikipedia article names of Chinese railways should always feature the full names. In-article references can use abbreviated names. The only exception may be the Longhai Line, which has become a two-character word in itself. ContinentalAve (talk) 17:16, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

"K-level stops" vs. "T-level stops"

To whoever posted the image (or if anyone else knows), where did you get the information as to what stops are "K-level" vs. "T-level". Is there a defined difference posted somewhere or a station list and it's appropriate level online?  –Nav  ^{talk to me or sign my guestbook} 07:59, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

In Chinese... — LlywelynII 14:51, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Passenger_rail_transport_in_China#Classes; K = Kuaisu (Fast), T = Tekuai (Express). Also, I think replacing the image with a {{BS-map}} would be more consistent and useful.--Kakurady (talk) 16:14, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Also a lot of service changes has happened since six years ago when the image was created, with many new services running on the new parallel high speed railway. --Kakurady (talk) 19:35, 25 August 2012 (UTC)