Two bullet trains glided silently out of a gleaming new station Tuesday to inaugurate China’s latest high speed rail line, as officials boasted of setting world records using domestic technology.
Many, but not all, of the trains plying the new railway between Shanghai’s western suburb of Hongqiao and Hangzhou will travel the 200 kilometers (126 miles) in 45 minutes, about half the time trains usually take to make the trip at their fastest speeds.
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