Across China: Hubei

Train tickets a fast-seller

China's railway stations began selling passenger tickets on Friday for the Wuhan-Guangzhou express train, which boasts the world's fastest train journey with a 350-km-per-hour average speed.

The service between Wuhan, the largest city in Central China, and Guangzhou, a business hub in the southern Guangdong province, was scheduled to start on Dec 26.