China completes world’s longest bullet train tracks
Beijing, Sept 10: China's high-speed railway which is making a big pitch to compete in India and global markets has completed over 20,000 kms of track network in the country, becoming world's longest bullet train network.
A high-speed railway linking Zhengzhou in China's central Henan Province with Xuzhou in eastern Jiangsu Province opened today.
With the operation of the new line, China's high-speed railway lines have exceeded 20,000 kmS in total length, the world's longest.
The 360-km line connects high-speed railway in the west with two major north-south lines, helping cut travel time between the west and east.
The travel time between Xi'an and Shanghai is cut to six hours from nearly 11 hours. The line has nine stations and trains run at a speed of up to 300 kph in the initial period.
Construction of the line started in December 2012 and test operation started in April 2016.
China
is
competing
with
Japan
to
market
the
bullet
train
network
in
India
and
various
other
countries.
While
Japan
bagged
the
contract
to
build
Mumbai-Ahmedabad
high
speed
train,
China
is
conducting
feasibility
study
to
build
the
bullet
train
track
between
Chennai
and
New
Delhi.
PTI