From Chinese Media
High-speed trains will have floating ticket prices
Updated: 2011-06-02 14:44
By Ben Yue (chinadaily.com.cn)
The Ministry of Railways will publish a new national train schedule on July 1, which will add 195 routes and implement floating ticket prices for the China Railway High-Speed (CRH), the Beijing Youth Daily reported on Thursday.
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For example, some trains can run at 200-250 kilometers per hour (km/h) or 300 km/h will run on rail lines designed for the maximum speed,.while ordinary-speed trains and freight trains will run on lines designed for below 200 km/h.
The ministry reported that the new schedule will include a diagram of 2,129 routes, incorporating the 195 new routes that will be capable of carrying 351,000 more passengers.
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