Photographs: Reuters.
On December 3, a high-speed passenger train manufactured by CSR Corporation hit a record speed of 486.1 km/hour on a test run on the Beijing-Shanghai line.
Chinese railway officials said the CRH380A is designed to operate at a cruising speed of 380 kph, is the fastest train in operation in the world.
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China has the world's fastest train!
Image: A visitor looks at the head of a CRH (China Railway High-speed) Harmony bullet train.Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters.
An experimental train - under development will "try to break the 574.8-km/hour record" set by France's TGV (Train Grande Vitesse, or high-speed train) in April 2007, official media here reported.
China has the world's fastest train!
Image: A man wearing a traditional Chinese hat looks at a high-speed train.Photographs: David Gray/Reuters.
China has the world's fastest train!
Image: A resident rides a tricycle past the head of a CRH (China Railway High-speed) Harmony bullet train.Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters.
The Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed rail opened on October 26 this year selected CRH380. In the previous test run, it had reached the world's highest hourly speed of 416.6 kilometres.
China has the world's fastest train!
Image: A visitor looks at a model of CRH (China Railway High-speed) Harmony bullet train.Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters.
This high-speed train's appearance design is more challenging compared to an airplane.
China has the world's fastest train!
Image: Stewardesses work on the bullet trains in new high-speed railway linking Shanghai and Hangzhou.Photographs: Aly Song/Reuters.
Thailand's deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said during the seventh World Congress on High Speed Rail, being held here, that China is cooperating on high-speed railways with the countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
China has the world's fastest train!
Image: CRH380A high speed train.Deputy Prime Minister of Laos Somsavat Lengsavad told the Congress that based on the agreement with China the high-speed railway linking its capital Vientiane with Beijing will begin construction in 2011 and be completed in 2015.
China has the world's fastest train!
Image: A high-speed train travels on the newly built Shanghai-Hangzhou railway in Shanghai.Photographs: Aly Song/Reuters.
Bilateral trade between China and Laos grew by more than half in 2009 to $751.8 million.
Laos is already connected to Thailand by rail, though only up to just outside Vientiane. Both Suthep and Somsavat hoped the high-speed railways will be built as soon as possible to boost the two nations' economic ties with China. < Meanwhile, Chinese high-speed train manufacturers are attracting more multinationals to cash in on the fast-growing market.
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