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China's first high-speed train takes the rail

A train designed to run at speeds up to 250 km per hour left Shanghai for Suzhou early Wednesday morning, ushering in the era of high-speed rail travel in the world's fastest growing economy.

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·	Shanghai bullet train makes first high-speed trip
	A home-made bullet train left Shanghai Railway Station this morning in China's first commercial high-speed train operation. The D460 train set off at 5:38am on a round trip to Suzhou in neighboring Jiangsu
·	China boosts speed of trains to keep up with transport demand
	Chinese trains running at up to 200 kph (124 mph) began service on Wednesday as part of a new bid to keep up with ballooning transport demand, state media reported. The first of scores of high-speed
·	High ticket prices put brakes on bullet trains
	The arrival of China's bullet trains has been accompanied by much fanfare. However, public reaction has been disappointing, with pre-sale tickets hardly in hot demand. The Ministry of Railways
·	China's first high-speed train takes the rail, pulls China into high-speed era
	A train designed to run at speeds up to 250 km per hour left Shanghai for Suzhou early Wednesday morning, ushering in the era of high-speed rail travel in the world's fastest growing economy.
·	China considers cutting ticket prices for bullet train services
	China's Ministry of Railways are considering cutting ticket prices for the new bullet train services, which begin on April 18, after disappointing initial sales. The bullet trains promise to
·	China starts selling bullet train tickets
	Tickets for China's new high-speed trains went on sale on Saturday as the first bullet trains will hit the track next Wednesday, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Railways here Saturday in Beijing.


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·	High-speed train leaves Beijing for Tianjian
	An elderly passenger waves from a high-speed train as it leaves for Tianjin from Beijing railway station April 18, 2007. High-speed trains with a speed of 200km per hour or more will hit Chinese railways on Wednesday, marking
·	Bullet trains ready to go
	A passenger walks past high speed trains at a railway station in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 17, 2007. China will launch a revamped, faster rail service this week after investing $4 billion to ease

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