New high-speed trains carry 460,000 on Beijing-Shanghai in 1st month

The new high-speed trains, Fuxing, carried 460,000 passengers between Beijing and Shanghai in their first full month of operations at maximum speed, Beijing railway bureau said Saturday.

A "Fuxing" high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai high speed railway line is pictured before it leaves Beijing South Railway Station for Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in Beijing, China, 26 June 2017. [Photo: IC]

On Sept. 21, China increased the maximum speed of Fuxing trains on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway to 350 kilometers per hour.

Fuxing trains are also used on Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway and Beijing-Tianjin intercity rail, but they are allowed to run at 300 kph only for the time being. 

Fuxing trains on the Beijing-Guangzhou line reached 100 percent capacity, with 420,000 passengers carried.

A "Fuxing" high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai high speed railway line leaves the Ji'nan West Railway Station in Ji'nan city, east China's Shandong province, 26 June 2017.[Photo: IC]

The Fuxing, literally meaning Rejuvenation, became the world's fastest train service some six years after speeds were reduced to 300 km per hour on the Beijing-Shanghai line.

China has the world's longest high-speed rail network, with 22,000 km currently in operation. About one-third of the country's high-speed railways were designed to run at a speed of 350 km per hour.