1st High-speed Passenger Railway in W China Starts Operation
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Passengers sit on the high-speed Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) train coded G2003 heading to Xi'an in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, on February 6, 2010. The first high-speed passenger railway in western China, which links Xi'an with Zhengzhou, started operation on Saturday morning. The 505-km line will help shorten the travel time between the two major cities to less than two hours from current six hours. [Xinhua] |
With a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, a high-speed Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) train is on test operation en route from Xi'an to Zhengzhou, in Tongguan, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on February 4, 2010. [Xinhua] |