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China to open world's longest high-speed rail line

 
Published on Dec 22, 2012
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A bullet train attendant (centre) checks her microphone while other attendants wait for invited journalists to board a CRH high-speed train at Beijing's West Railway Station. Chinese government invited journalists on Saturday to board a bullet train for a test run on a part of Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway line, the world's longest high-speed rail line that is scheduled to open on Dec 26. -- PHOTO: AP 

BEIJING (REUTERS) - China will open the world's longest high-speed rail line next week when a link between Beijing and the southern metropolis of Guangzhou is inaugurated, officials said on Saturday, underscoring its commitment to a trouble-plagued transport scheme.

The 2,298-km line, parts of which are already in operation, will begin full service on Wednesday, halving travel time to less than 10 hours on trains which will run at 300 kph.

The new route offers a chance for China's railways ministry, which has been dogged by scandals and missteps, to redeem itself.

A July crash last year of a high-speed train killed 40 people and raised concerns about the safety of the fast-growing network and threatened plans to export high-speed technology.

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