Largest Bullet train in the world
Shanghai Maglev Train
High-speed rail (HSR) in China
is the country's network of passenger-dedicated railways designed for
speeds of 250–350 km/h (155–217 mph). In 2017 HSR extended to 29 of the country's 33 provincial-level administrative divisions
and exceeded 25,000 km (16,000 mi) in total length, accounting for
about two-thirds of the world's high-speed rail tracks in commercial
service.
It is the world's longest HSR network
and is also the most extensively used, with 1.713 billion trips
delivered in 2017 bringing the total cumulative number of trips to 7
billion.
The train left Kunming at 11:05 am on a 2,760-km trip to Beijing, which takes about 13 hours.
The train’s name highlights the world famous resort in Shangri-la of
Yunnan, a name first appearing in British novelist James Hilton’s Lost Horizon.
A ticket for a second-class seat on the train from Kunming to Beijing
costs 1,147.5 yuan ($166). The line is also the longest east-west
high-speed railway in China.
A longer rail line stretching north to south is the 2,298-km Beijing-Guangzhou line, put into operation in 2012. China has built more than 20,000 km of high-speed rail lines.
Mileage will be 45,000 km by 2030
Sources : thehindu.com & Google Images
