China Opens World's Longest High-Speed Rail Line
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北京南站待发的和谐号高速动车
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CRH380 (China Railway High-speed) Harmony bullet trains are seen at a high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan, Hubei province, early December 25, 2012.
The world's longest high-speed rail line began operations in China Wednesday.
星期三,世界上最长的高速铁路在中国开始通车。
The first train of the 2,298-kilometer Beijing-to-Guangzhou route departed from the capital at 9:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT), with a second train departing an hour later from Guangzhou.
长度为2298公里的京广铁路的首发列车于当地时间上午9点从首都北京发车,第二次列车于一小时后从广州发车。
Trains on the new route will travel at 300 kilometers an hour, which will reduce the travel time between Beijing and the southern economic hub from more than 20 hours to just eight.
在这条新铁路上,列车的时速为300公里,将把从北京到广州的旅行时间从20多小时缩短到8小时。
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中国京广高铁路线示意图
The Chinese government is planning to build a network of high-speed railways, with four east-west lines and four north-south lines in operation by 2020.
中国政府计划在2020年之前建起一个高速铁路网,由4条东西向线路和4条南北向线路组成。] |