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Two high-speed rail links start April 1

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-03-24 14:22

Service starts April 1 on two 250-km per hour passenger rail lines in central and north China, the Ministry of Railways said Tuesday.

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The Hefei-Wuhan line will connect Hefei in Anhui province and Wuhan in Hubei province. Along with the Hefei-Ningbo line, it will shorten travel times between the Yangtze River Valley and central south China.

Passengers will be able to travel from Wuhan to Hefei in 1 hour and 55 minutes, saving 5 hours and 40 minutes.

The other route, linking Shijiazhuang in Hebei province and Taiyuan in Shanxi province, will take 59 minutes, saving 4 hours.

The line will facilitate transportation between west and north China, said Zhang Shuguang, deputy chief engineer of the ministry.