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World's longest high-speed rail line makes debut (7)

Xinhua)  13:52, December 26, 2012

High-speed train G90 leaves Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, for Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 26, 2012. Zhengzhou is one of the 35 stops of the 2,298-kilometer Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, the world's longest, which was put into operation on Wednesday. (Xinhu/Zhu Xiang)

The world's longest high-speed rail route linking Beijing and Guangzhou started operation on Wednesday.

Running at an average speed of 300 kilometers per hour, the 2,298-kilometer new route will cut the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from more than 20 hours to around eight.

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(Editor:马茜、梁军)

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