China intends to produce the world’s fastest train routing the capital Beijing and the financial hub, Shanghai.
The train will have top speed of 380km/h (236mph) causing the current journey to be split in half the ministry of railways says.
The completion of the project should take about four years.
China already has trains running at 350km/h recently opened linking between Beijing and the port city of Tianjin.
These lines are currently cutting the journey to 30 minutes from the previous 2 hour trek.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Police say a Dutch man survived his car being struck in quick succession by two trains traveling in opposite directions.
They say the car was crossing the tracks when it was struck by an eastbound train and dragged several dozen meters until it collided with a westbound train.The accident happened Tuesday in the town of Dorst, 120 kilometers south of Amsterdam.The 59-year-old driver was taken to hospital in critical but stable condition.
China intends to produce the world’s fastest train routing the capital Beijing and the financial hub, Shanghai.