(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-04-11 14:10

BEIJING -- China's first domestically produced bullet train, which is able to run at 350 kilometers per hour, rolled off the production line on Friday.

The train, the latest model in the China Railway High-speed (CRH) series, was produced in the northern city of Tangshan by the China Northern Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry Corp.

The eight-carriage train can seat 557 passengers.

Three such trains would begin service on the new 120-kilometer Beijing-Tianjin route before the Olympics starts in August, the manufacturer said.

In all, 57 such trains were expected to be in commercial operation by the end of 2009.