Price of some high-speed rail tickets to be cut

More high-speed trains will soon roll out bigger discounts on tickets, China Railway Corp said on Thursday.

Starting on Wednesday, 28 intercity high-speed railway lines - including Guangzhou to Zhuhai in Guangdong province; Nanjing, Jiangsu province, to Anqing, Anhui province; and the island loop line of Hainan province - will be cut as much as 20 percent from the original price for a second-class seat, the railway authority said.

It is not the first time that tickets have been offered at discounted rates. Floating ticket prices were launched in 2017 on 14 routes, which were offered as much as 10 percent off the fare of some bullet trains running at 200 to 250 kilometers per hour.