Source: People's Daily

With today's sixth railway speedup, China will join the ranks of countries with high-speed rail services.

Trains will be able to run at speeds of up to 200 kph on some 6,003 km of track, and on some sections, the maximum speed will increase to 250 kph.

"That length (6,003 km) exceeds the total amount of rail lines capable of accommodating trains at that speed (200 kph) in nine European countries," said Vice-Minister of Railways Hu Yadong.

"And raising the speed to 200 kph on so much track in only one move is also rare in the world."

As of today, trains will be able to run at speeds of up to 160 kph on 14,000 kilometers of track and up to 120 kph on 22,000 km of track.

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Posted by pichu at April 18, 2007 10:17 AM