The Beijing–Tongliao or Jingtong railway (simplified Chinese: 京通铁路; traditional Chinese: 京通鐵路; pinyin: jīngtōng tiělù), also known as the Shahe–Tongliao or Shatong railway, is a railroad in northern China between Beijing, the national capital, and Tongliao in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The line is 804 km (500 mi) long and runs northwest from Beijing Municipality through Hebei Province to southeastern Inner Mongolia.
[1] Major cities and counties along route include Beijing, Luanping, Longhua, Chifeng and Tongliao.
At Changping North Station, the lines branches off of the Beijing–Baotou railway and then heads northeast through Huairou and Miyun Districts and leaves the city at Gubeikou Pass in the Yan Mountains.
The line continues north through Luanping and Longhua counties of Hebei Province before reaching Chifeng in Inner Mongolia.