A Chinese passenger train hit a record speed of 486 kmph yesterday during a test run of a yet-to-be opened link between Beijing and Shanghai.It is believed to be the fastest speed recorded by an unmodified conventional commercial train
A Chinese passenger train hit a record speed of 486 kmph yesterday during a test run of a yet-to-be opened
link between Beijing and Shanghai.It is believed to be the fastest speed recorded by an unmodified conventional commercial train.
Other types of trains in other countries have traveled faster. State television footage showed the sleek white train whipping past green farm fields in eastern China. The line is due to open in 2012 and will halve the current travel time between the capital Beijing and Shanghai to five hours.
The project is part of a massive government effort to link many of China's cities by high-speed rail and reduce overcrowding on heavily used lines. China already has the world's longest high-speed rail network, and it plans to cover 13,000 kilometres by 2012 and 16,000 kilometres by 2020.
The line is expected to carry 80 million passengers a year, double the current capacity on the 818-mile route.
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