Houston Community News >> China to Add More Fast Trains
4/13/2007 BEIJING (UPI) --
China plans to have more than 500 indigenously-made high speed trains in
operation by this year, averaging speeds of up to 155 mph. The new system will
help boost passenger capacity by 18 percent and cargo capacity by 12 percent,
the state-run Xinhua news agency reported quoting the railway ministry.
China has a 48,000-mile railway system.
The ministry said 280 high-speed trains will be put into service next week, and
the total will be raised to 514 by the end of the year.
The ministry said travel time between major cities will be cut by half with the
faster trains. The current average speed of trains is 72 mph.
(Courtesy of UPI)