High-speed rail trips get easier as network expands
By Luo Wangshu | China Daily | Updated: 2017-09-11 08:10
Riding China's rails
China's high-speed rail network stretched 22,000 kilometers as of 2016, accounting for 65 percent of the world's total high-speed railway.
The world's longest bullet train service reaches 2,760 kilometers from Beijing to Kunming, Yunnan province.
The world's longest continuous high-speed rail track reaches 2,298 kilometers between Beijing and Guangzhou, Guangdong province.
China is the only country with trains running at 350 km/h. Service on several Chinese lines have reached that speed, including Beijing-Tianjin, Beijing-Shanghai and Shanghai-Ningbo.
