China is set to add a key link in its expansive high-speed rail network, after a train crossed the 1,318 kilometres between Beijing and Shanghai in just five hours.
The train departed Monday morning carrying officials from the government, businessmen from the companies who built the rail line, and journalists. The trip took half the time it would have using conventional rail.
Hitting speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour, China’s high-speed trains travel more than twice as fast as the fastest train in Canada.
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