China Fast Train Routes Open World's Longest

                            

BEIJING, KOMPAS.com - China opens high-speed railway line in the world's longest between Beijing and Guangzhou, Saturday (22/12/2012). According to the plan, along the 2298 kilometer route that will start operations on Wednesday (16/12/2012) future.

With an average speed of 300 km per hour, these trains will cut the trip between Beijing-Guangzhou that the regular train takes 22 hours so just eight hours.

"This is the longest bullet train line in the world," said Minister of Railways of China Zhou Li.

"And this track is one of the most advanced technology in China and in the world," said Zhou Li.

sophistication of China's government showed off this train by inviting journalists to enjoy the journey. Journalists are invited to Zhengzhou Beijng venture as far as 693 km, which is too fast train routes.

With a speed of 300 km per hour, the train is through the rivers and lakes frozen and snow covered terrain. A journey of nearly 700 miles was reached in just 2.5 hours.

While moving at high speed, trains with a design like the bullet was a very gentle and hardly make a sound other than a small buzzing sound almost along the way.

Along the way between Beijing-Guangzhou there are 35 stops. Besides Zhengzhou, these trains also pass through some major cities such as Wuhan and Changsha. Line between Zhengzhou-Wuhan-Guangzhou Wuhdan and is now in operation.

China has a new high-speed railway in 2007. However, China quickly became a country that has high-speed rail lines in the world. By the end of 2010, China already has a fast rail network along the 8358 km. By 2020, China is expected to have a rail line along more than 16,000 miles.

However, these transportation modes have spotted the fatal accident occurred when a fast train collision in July 2011 that killed 40 people and angered residents.

worst accident since 2008 that the government bombarded with criticism and considered ignoring the factor of safety in the pursuit of development speed. However, now the government guarantees have increased care and supervision of railway infrastructure, including railways, carriages, and emergency response measures in the event of an accident.