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China to launch high-speed railway from central to south China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-09 21:09

China to launch high-speed railway from central to south China
A driver leads the train through the tunnel on the Wuhan-Guangzhou Railway, December 9, 2009. The High-Speed Passengers-dedicated Wuhan-Guangzhou Railway, which extends 1,068.6 km in full length and scheduled to be operational by the end of 2009, made its trial operation on wednesday.[Xinhua]
China to launch high-speed railway from central to south China

WUHAN: A railway linking Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province and Guangdong's capital Guangzhou city was set for trial run on Wednesday.

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It took three hours for trains to cover the 1,068.6-kilometer railway, said an official with the railway bureau of Wuhan.

The railway costs about 116.6 billion yuan (about 17 billion US dollars) and shortens the 10.5-hour trip between Wuhan and Guangzhou to three hours.

Trial operation of the railway shall start on December 20, according to the official.

China is in a fervor of improving its railway system amid transportation pressure. As planned, it will build 42 high-speed passenger rail lines with a total length of 13,000 kilometers in the three years.

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