Milestones in China's high-speed railway development

In September 2017, China increased the maximum speed of bullet trains on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway to 350 kph, making it once again the world's fastest train service some six years after it was reduced to 300 kph. The speed increase will cut the journey between Beijing and Shanghai to 4 hours and 28 minutes.

A Fuxing bullet train (L) is seen running on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 21, 2017. China increased the maximum speed of bullet trains on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway to 350 kilometers per hour, six years after it was reduced to 300 kmh. (Xinhua/Su Yang)