A Fuxing bullet train reaches Baotou Railway Station in Baotou, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Dec 23. Its arrival marked the completion of the first full-line test runs for the new high-speed railway, linking Baotou with Beijing. [Photo/Baotou Daily] 

The Beijing-Baotou Railway runs from Beijing to Baotou, passing through Zhangjiakou in Hebei province and Ulaanqab and Hohhot in Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

It has a total distance of 659.9 kilometers.

The high-speed rail infrastructure consists of three sections: the Hohhot-Baotou Railway, the Zhangjiakou-Hohhot Railway and the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Intercity Railway. 

The Hohhot-Baotou Railway started operations on Dec 3, 2012, with a design speed of 200 kilometers per hour. 

The Zhangjiakou-Hohhot Railway has a design speed of 250 km/h. 

The east Ulaanqab-Hohhot section of the Zhangjiakou-Hohhot Railway was officially launched in August in 2017. 

In June 2019, the Huai'an-Ulaanqab section of the Zhangjiakou-Hohhot Railway completed commissioning and started trial operations.

As part of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games project, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway started joint testing on Oct 5. It has a design speed of up to 350km/h.

The Beijing-Zhangjiakou Intercity Railway and Zhangjiakou-Hohhot Railway were opened on Dec 30, 2019 and operated in accordance with the unified arrangements of China Railway.