Tickets on sale for world's longest high-speed rail

(Xinhua) Updated: 2012-12-20 15:20

A man buys a high speed train ticket at the Zhengzhou East Train Station. Tickets for Beijing-Guagnzhou high speed rail line, the world’s longest of the kind, went on sale on Dec 20, 2012. [Photo / Xinhua]

A man gets a high speed train ticket from Zhengzhou East Train Station to Beijing West Train Station on Dec 20, 2012, which costs him 310 yuan. Zhengzhou East Train Station is along the Beijing-Guanghzou high speed rail line.[Photo / Xinhua]

BEIJING - Tickets for the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed rail line, the world's longest of the kind, went on sale at 10 am Thursday.

Ticket prices for the 2,298-km new route range from 865 yuan ($137.3) to 2,727 yuan, based on the speed of the train and the seat class.

The new route, which will be in service from Dec 26, is expected to cut travel times between the two metropolises from 22 hours to around eight.

Tickets can be bought in advance at ticket offices, online ticketing system (www.12306.cn) or through telephone booking (95105105).

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