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Jingguang Railway

Jingguang Railway is a major artery railway in China, conneting Beijing West Station in Beijing to Guangzhou Railway Station in Guanghzou, Guangdong. The railway is jointed by two sections. The northern section, “Jinghan railway”, is from Beijing to Hankou, and the southern section, “Wuguang railway”, is from Wuchang to Guangzhou. Jinghan railway was finished in [...]

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Shanghai Maglev Train

In cooperation with the Shanghai municipality and the Shanghai Maglev Transportation Development Co. (SMT), German Transrapid constructed the first commercial maglev railway in the world in 2002, from Shanghai’s Longyang Road subway station to Pudong International Airport. Commercial operation started in 2003 . The 30 km trip takes 7 minutes and 21 seconds and reaches [...]

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Wuhan-Guangzhou Passenger Dedicated Line

Commenced on June 23, 2005, the Wuhan-Guangzhou passenger dedicated line has spent an over four years’ construction and finally began the operation on December 26, 2009. The line starts at Wuhan’s New Wuhan Station, travelling through Xianning, Red Cliff, Yueyang, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Shaoguan, Huadu, until Guangzhou’s New Guangzhou Station to reach a total [...]

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