Photo gallery: China holds test run on world’s longest high-speed rail
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A high-speed train arrives at a platform in Hebei province south of Beijing on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A passenger takes photos from a window of a high-speed train at the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A stewardess waits to serve journalists aboard a high-speed train at the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A display shows the speed aboard a high-speed train in Hebei province south of Beijing on Dec 22, 2012.-- PHOTO: AFP
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A policeman watches while a CRH high-speed train leaves the Beijing West Railway Station for a test run on part of Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway line in Beijing, China, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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This photo shows a view from the window of a high-speed train during a journey organised for journalists to showcase a newly-built section of track through Hebei province, south of Beijing on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
A high-speed train arrives at a platform in Hebei province south of Beijing on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
A passenger takes photos from a window of a high-speed train at the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
A stewardess waits to serve journalists aboard a high-speed train at the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
A display shows the speed aboard a high-speed train in Hebei province south of Beijing on Dec 22, 2012.-- PHOTO: AFP
A policeman watches while a CRH high-speed train leaves the Beijing West Railway Station for a test run on part of Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway line in Beijing, China, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
This photo shows a view from the window of a high-speed train during a journey organised for journalists to showcase a newly-built section of track through Hebei province, south of Beijing on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
BEIJING - China has tested its 2,298km high-speed rail line, the longest in the world, as it prepares to start passenger service on Wednesday, Dec 26.
Bullet-trains on the line from Beijing to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou can run at an average speed of 300kmh. It will shorten the rail travel time from the capital to the Pearl River Delta to about eight hours from the previous 24 hours.
