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FASTEST TRAIN OF THE WORLD ON THE LONGEST TRACK IN THE WORLD!! Thats one hell of a tongue twister :P But Yes….
China launched the worlds fastest train service covering a distance of 1,068 kms at the average speed of 350 kms an hour.This distance between Wuhan in central china and Guangzhou in the countrys south was covered by the high speed train in 2 hrs and 45 minutes,which was orginally covered in 10 hrs.The new service is expected to act as a catalyst in the development of central China that includes backward areas like Xianning bylinking it to the highly developed Pearl River Delhi, which is an industrial hub in south China.
The government recently announced its plans to build 42 high-speed lines by 2012 in order to spur economic growth amid the global downturn.China has unveiled a massive rail development program, considered to be the world’s biggest plan outside the United States.
The goal is to take the rail network from the current 86,000 kilometers to 120,000 kilometers.
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