Train speeds drop in major overhaul

BEIJING - More high-speed trains, including those on trunk lines, will be running at slower speeds from Sunday, greatly altering the country's train schedules.

According to the new schedule issued by the Ministry of Railways, high-speed lines with a designed speed of 350 km/h will be allowed to run at 300 km/h from Sunday.

Lines operating at 250 km/h will now run at 200 km/h, and passenger trains that used to run at 200 km/h on older lines will operate at 160 km/h.