Fengtai–Shacheng railway

Fengtai–Shacheng railway
Fengtai–Shacheng railway
	The K729 train on the Fengsha railway in Mentougou District, Beijing
Overview
Termini	Beijing Fengtai; Shacheng;
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Technical
Line length	121 km (75 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV/50 Hz AC overhead
Operating speed	60–80 km/h (37–50 mph)
Route map
	Where the tracks are separated, distances are measured on the original; track. Distances on the other track (which has stations with appended; directions) officially have the same chainage as the station they are; named after although they may be several km apart.

The Fengtai–Shacheng railway or Fengsha railway (simplified Chinese: 丰沙铁路; traditional Chinese: 豐沙鐵路; pinyin: Fēngshā Tiělù) is a dual-track, electrified, railway in northern China. The Fengtai–Shacheng railway runs 105 km (65 mi) from Fengtai District in western Beijing Municipality to Shacheng Town in Huailai County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province. The line passes through Beijing's Fengtai, Shijingshan and Mentougou Districts, and Huailai County in Zhangjiakou City, northern Hebei. The original single track line was built from 1952 to 1955. The second track was added in 1972. The line was electrified in 1984.

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