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The longest railway line in the world on Wednesday. The line China's capital Beijing with the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. The line is 2,298 kilometers long and across half of China. The first train Beijing station at 9 a.m. and in Guangzhou eight hours later. The super-fast train at an average speed of 300 kph and the journey time from 20 hours to just eight. It at 35 different cities along its route. A total of 310 trains will between the two cities each day. A one-way ticket for the journey US$138. China's government hopes the train will the country's economy as business people can now travel across the country a lot quicker.

Chinese media say the bullet train service on 26 December to the birth of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong. The train is also a sign of China's to become the world's leader in high-speed rail travel. It already 8,600 km of high-speed railway track, which is more than any other country in the world. It to this to 16,000 km by 2015 and 50,000 km by 2020. China Ministry of Railways spokesman Zhou Li told reporters: "The of the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed line China's high-speed railway network has to take shape." A passenger who travelled on the first train how proud she was of the train, saying: "It's amazing China has so quickly".

 


 
 

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