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World's longest high-speed rail line makes debut (11)

Xinhua)  13:52, December 26, 2012

Bullet train G801 leaves the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, for Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 26, 2012.(Xinhua/Zhou Guoqiang)

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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