first-class and sleeper second-class, which provide better facilities than Soft and Hard sleepers on conventional trains respectively. Some trains also have second-class seat cars. On June 30, 2011, the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway opened and runs roughly parallel to the Beijing–Shanghai railway. The opening of the high-speed railway relieved the Beijing–Shanghai railway from overcrowding, and it's increasingly shifted to freight traffic. As of 2017, two regular trains per day (not including aforementioned overnight sleepers) go the full way from Beijing to Shanghai on the old line, although hundreds of trains still use selected sections of it. See also Rail transport in the People's Republic of China List of railways in China Stations on the Beijing–Shanghai railway References Railway lines in China Rail transport in Beijing Rail transport in Tianjin Rail transport in Shanghai Rail transport in Hebei Rail transport in Jiangsu Rail transport in Anhui Rail transport in Shandong Railway lines opened in 1968