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World's Longest High-Speed Rail Line Opens In China

Posted by Soulskill on from the flatten-all-the-pennies dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Today China continued rolling out the future of high speed rail by officially unveiling the world's longest high-speed rail line — a 2,298-kilometer (1,428-mile) stretch of railway that connects Beijing in the north to Guangzhou in the south. The first trains on the new route hit 300 kph (186 mph), cutting travel time between the two cities by more than half."

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  1. Therewhile ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the United States has the longest Slow Speed rail lines of the world.

    1. Re:Therewhile ... by webmistressrachel · · Score: 5, Funny

      And the United Kingdom has the slowest Slow Speed rail lines in the world... we even had a name for it given by the staff of the state operator.

      It's called British Rail Time - around rnd*9 hours behind GMT (or BST), whichever is currently operating. The only timezone in the world defined in pseudocode.

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  2. Catan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess China has cemented their hold on the card for The Longest Road now...

    While I'm here, does anyone care to trade wood for sheep?