| China's first domestically produced bullet train is on trial operation at a speed of 260 km per hour on the Beijing-Tianjin inter-city railway line, April 23, 2008. The train, capable of reaching 350 km per hour, rolled off the production line of the China Northern Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry Corp. in Tangshan City, north China's Hebei province, on April 11. Three such trains would begin service on the Beijing-Tianjin route before the opening of the Olympics in August. Some 57 such trains are expected to put into service by the end of 2009. (Xinhua) |
