First high-speed train hits the rail

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-04-18 08:53

An elderly couple walk along the platform to board D460, the first high-speed train to hit the rail, in Shanghai early Wednesday morning, April 18, 2007. The train marks the beginning of the sixth "speed boost" of Chinese railways, which has been hard-pressed to cope with the country's hunger for bigger transport capacity. [Xinhua]

 


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