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86 new high-speed trains to run on intercity railways
(CRIENGLISH.com)
Updated: 2007-04-23 11:41

Another 86 inter-city high speed passenger trains will be put into use starting on April 18 when China is scheduled to further upgrade its passenger train travel speed for the sixth time in ten years.

86 new high-speed trains to run on intercity railways
This undated photo features a China Railway High-speed. [File Photo: CFP]
 86 new high-speed trains to run on intercity railways 

The new inter-city high speed trains, or CRH (China Railway High-speed) trains will travel at a record high speed of over 200 kilometers per hour, bringing travel times between Beijing and other major cities of Shanghai, Wuhan, Shenyang, Changchun, Haerbin and Qingdao shortened by at least two to several hours. However, ticket prices for such CRH trains are expected to be twice as much as that of normal trains. 

Reports say some CRH trains had already been put into trial services during the peak travel season of the past Spring Festival in February.


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