David Feng 🚄
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First Class it was — and I paid using points — good to have a little something to drink for the journey.
Watch for my Line by Line overview of this Zhengxu line soon — on YouTube » youtube.com/@DavidFengTrains
Watch for my Line by Line overview of this Zhengxu line soon — on YouTube » youtube.com/@DavidFengTrains
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
First Class it was — and I paid using points — good to have a little something to drink for the journey.
Watch for my Line by Line overview of this Zhengxu line soon — on YouTube » youtube.com/@DavidFengTrains
Watch for my Line by Line overview of this Zhengxu line soon — on YouTube » youtube.com/@DavidFengTrains
After just around half an hour at speeds up to 312 km/h, it’s back to Zhengzhou, specifically, its east station with connections to Metro Lines 1, 5, and 8.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
After just around half an hour at speeds up to 312 km/h, it’s back to Zhengzhou, specifically, its east station with connections to Metro Lines 1, 5, and 8.
Platforms 3 and 4 for northbound trains to Beijing and Northeastern China, as well as to Zhengzhou.
Platforms 5 and 6 for southbound trains to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong.
My train has arrived…
Platforms 5 and 6 for southbound trains to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong.
My train has arrived…
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Platforms 3 and 4 for northbound trains to Beijing and Northeastern China, as well as to Zhengzhou.
Platforms 5 and 6 for southbound trains to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong.
My train has arrived…
Platforms 5 and 6 for southbound trains to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong.
My train has arrived…
…Xuchang East’s odd station configuration!
The station has futureproofed Platforms 1 and 2… it was previously intended for a HSR route to SW China (built in the meantime, but on a newer, faster routing). The Metro didn’t get built there. So now it’s for another line (to Xinyang)…
The station has futureproofed Platforms 1 and 2… it was previously intended for a HSR route to SW China (built in the meantime, but on a newer, faster routing). The Metro didn’t get built there. So now it’s for another line (to Xinyang)…
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
…Xuchang East’s odd station configuration!
The station has futureproofed Platforms 1 and 2… it was previously intended for a HSR route to SW China (built in the meantime, but on a newer, faster routing). The Metro didn’t get built there. So now it’s for another line (to Xinyang)…
The station has futureproofed Platforms 1 and 2… it was previously intended for a HSR route to SW China (built in the meantime, but on a newer, faster routing). The Metro didn’t get built there. So now it’s for another line (to Xinyang)…
Station hall. One set of gates. Boarding begins 12 minutes before the timetabled time of departure for your train. Gates close 4 minutes before departure… not 3, as at some other stations, because…
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Station hall. One set of gates. Boarding begins 12 minutes before the timetabled time of departure for your train. Gates close 4 minutes before departure… not 3, as at some other stations, because…
The ticket hall dates from the era when online ticketing was just getting started. You used to buy tickets at the station, cash only, nothing bookable online. Now, it’s almost always empty — as China goes all e-tickets… and your passport/ID itself is your ticket!…
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The ticket hall dates from the era when online ticketing was just getting started. You used to buy tickets at the station, cash only, nothing bookable online. Now, it’s almost always empty — as China goes all e-tickets… and your passport/ID itself is your ticket!…
Xuchang East station is 777 km from Beijing and is on the Beijing-Hong Kong HSR as in the routing via Wuhan. Station dates from late September 2012 so it’s one of the older stations on the line… there for well over a decade.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Xuchang East station is 777 km from Beijing and is on the Beijing-Hong Kong HSR as in the routing via Wuhan. Station dates from late September 2012 so it’s one of the older stations on the line… there for well over a decade.
Station square briefing… end of the line… and onward connection to 14:26 headed back to Zhengzhou… specifically its east station.
That Hair & Wigs Street… totally not expected!… 😂
That Hair & Wigs Street… totally not expected!… 😂
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Station square briefing… end of the line… and onward connection to 14:26 headed back to Zhengzhou… specifically its east station.
That Hair & Wigs Street… totally not expected!… 😂
That Hair & Wigs Street… totally not expected!… 😂
Huge station obelisk sign thingy now with Xuchang Metro logo. Although it’s not a totally independent system a la say Suzhou Metro vs Shanghai Metro.
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Huge station obelisk sign thingy now with Xuchang Metro logo. Although it’s not a totally independent system a la say Suzhou Metro vs Shanghai Metro.
Side by side: Xuchang East, metro and HSR stations…
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Side by side: Xuchang East, metro and HSR stations…
Icons of Xuchang. Remember this is this part of China settled for millennia… where it all began… He’nan… the great Yellow River…
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Icons of Xuchang. Remember this is this part of China settled for millennia… where it all began… He’nan… the great Yellow River…
My ultimate WTF moment was finding this “Hair & Wigs Street” nearby. Jesus H. Microphone Foam Covers on a Gearstick!! 😆😂🤣
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
My ultimate WTF moment was finding this “Hair & Wigs Street” nearby. Jesus H. Microphone Foam Covers on a Gearstick!! 😆😂🤣
Given it’s a hub with High Speed Rail it certainly appears “big enough”… Xuchang East railway station.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Given it’s a hub with High Speed Rail it certainly appears “big enough”… Xuchang East railway station.
Xuchang East it is. End of the line…
First line wholly completed my end on the Zhengzhou Metro system… and it just happened to be the longest line… 🤣
First line wholly completed my end on the Zhengzhou Metro system… and it just happened to be the longest line… 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Xuchang East it is. End of the line…
First line wholly completed my end on the Zhengzhou Metro system… and it just happened to be the longest line… 🤣
First line wholly completed my end on the Zhengzhou Metro system… and it just happened to be the longest line… 🤣
On approach to Xuchang East railway station… end of the line… after an hour, almost, on the train.
I have a tight rail connection to make so Dirty Burgers planned for my arrival in Zhengzhou instead. 🤣
I have a tight rail connection to make so Dirty Burgers planned for my arrival in Zhengzhou instead. 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
On approach to Xuchang East railway station… end of the line… after an hour, almost, on the train.
I have a tight rail connection to make so Dirty Burgers planned for my arrival in Zhengzhou instead. 🤣
I have a tight rail connection to make so Dirty Burgers planned for my arrival in Zhengzhou instead. 🤣
Finally, no random ads for self-satisfying huge, thick, soft, lickable 🤣 ultra-squishy microphone foam covers 😆😂🤣😜😝🤪 instead what we have are stylised icons of the two cities. Including, of course, the Big of the duo… Zhengzhou. And it’s 7th February Memorial Towers, the “Big Corn” towers, and more…
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Finally, no random ads for self-satisfying huge, thick, soft, lickable 🤣 ultra-squishy microphone foam covers 😆😂🤣😜😝🤪 instead what we have are stylised icons of the two cities. Including, of course, the Big of the duo… Zhengzhou. And it’s 7th February Memorial Towers, the “Big Corn” towers, and more…
Nearing Xuchang Sports Centre and getting closer to the underground part of the line… we are now roughly 50 km away from the Zhengzhou end of the line.
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Nearing Xuchang Sports Centre and getting closer to the underground part of the line… we are now roughly 50 km away from the Zhengzhou end of the line.
As you near Central Xuchang the new high-rises are everywhere.
You know what — China used to be this place where growth was unlimited — until Zero Covid with its anal swabs ruined it all. Now for some time, we’ve seen more dead people than newborns. These buildings may mean big trouble going ahead.
You know what — China used to be this place where growth was unlimited — until Zero Covid with its anal swabs ruined it all. Now for some time, we’ve seen more dead people than newborns. These buildings may mean big trouble going ahead.
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
As you near Central Xuchang the new high-rises are everywhere.
You know what — China used to be this place where growth was unlimited — until Zero Covid with its anal swabs ruined it all. Now for some time, we’ve seen more dead people than newborns. These buildings may mean big trouble going ahead.
You know what — China used to be this place where growth was unlimited — until Zero Covid with its anal swabs ruined it all. Now for some time, we’ve seen more dead people than newborns. These buildings may mean big trouble going ahead.
In the above-ground part, most stops use side platforms — the opposite is true for the underground part.
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
In the above-ground part, most stops use side platforms — the opposite is true for the underground part.
The line goes through parts of Zhengzhou all very much in the outer suburbs — counties or rural area cities of Zhongmu 中牟, Xinzheng 新郑, and Changge 长葛, before heading into the nearby city of Xuchang.
So a mix of farmland and built-up areas, really.
So a mix of farmland and built-up areas, really.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The line goes through parts of Zhengzhou all very much in the outer suburbs — counties or rural area cities of Zhongmu 中牟, Xinzheng 新郑, and Changge 长葛, before heading into the nearby city of Xuchang.
So a mix of farmland and built-up areas, really.
So a mix of farmland and built-up areas, really.
Today I was merely zipping through… next time have got to check out an actual elevated station on this line…
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Today I was merely zipping through… next time have got to check out an actual elevated station on this line…
Like at some stations in Beijing, above-ground stations offer enclosed waiting rooms… just in case the elements make the wait insufferable…
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Like at some stations in Beijing, above-ground stations offer enclosed waiting rooms… just in case the elements make the wait insufferable…
Relatively good skies. Around 56F for the day (roughly 13C), but AQI hovering around 100… although last day we had some epic winds this part of Central China…
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Relatively good skies. Around 56F for the day (roughly 13C), but AQI hovering around 100… although last day we had some epic winds this part of Central China…
About 9 stops further south the train finally heads above-ground — and stays that way for the next 9 stations over roughly 26 km (about a third of the whole line)…
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
About 9 stops further south the train finally heads above-ground — and stays that way for the next 9 stations over roughly 26 km (about a third of the whole line)…
Trains on this line come every 14 minutes!… so usually it is “just” 4 trains per hour per direction of travel.
So finally made it! It will take almost an hour to Xuchang East from here. But will come at a fraction of the price of a rail ticket. CNY 8 Metro; CNY 24 Rail.
So finally made it! It will take almost an hour to Xuchang East from here. But will come at a fraction of the price of a rail ticket. CNY 8 Metro; CNY 24 Rail.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Trains on this line come every 14 minutes!… so usually it is “just” 4 trains per hour per direction of travel.
So finally made it! It will take almost an hour to Xuchang East from here. But will come at a fraction of the price of a rail ticket. CNY 8 Metro; CNY 24 Rail.
So finally made it! It will take almost an hour to Xuchang East from here. But will come at a fraction of the price of a rail ticket. CNY 8 Metro; CNY 24 Rail.