China back to realize their ambition. Now successfully built the world's longest train line, which runs from Beijing to Guangzhou and vice versa. The path will be crossed by high-speed train that began operating on December 26, 2012.
Two trains will depart to mark the opening of the 2,298 kilometers long track that stretches more than half of China. Each train departs from the Beijing station at 09:00 local time and from Guangzhou at 10:00. "The opening of the Beijing-Guangzhou line shows the high-speed railway network in China has begun," said Zhou Li, General Director of Sciences and Technology, the China's Ministry of Railways.
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| From 21 hours to 8: Beijing to Guangzhou. (Picture from: http://blogs.ft.com/) |
The new route will cut travel time between Beijing and metropolitan cities in southern China. With an average train speed of 300 kilometers per hour, a trip that previously took more than 20 hours will be cut to about 8 hours. Zhou claimed as many as 155 pairs of trains will traverse new paths every day. Alternative schedules have also been made to face the crowd of passengers on weekends and peak holiday.
The number was complete as many as 183 pairs of trains per day crossed the old Beijing-Guangzhou line. The older train is maintained in order to prevent concerns that passengers who thought the new train line to swallow higher ticket costs. A second-class seat on a high-speed rail must be redeemed at a price of 865 yuan (about U.S. $ 125 or Rp. 1.2 million). While a long bed ticket on the train sold for 430 yuan (U.S. $ 63 or Rp. 600 thousand). *** [XINHUA | MAHARDIKA SATRIA HADI | KORAN TEMPO 4095]
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