The same day bullet trains made their maiden journey between Beijing, the capital of China, and Hong Kong. If you have travelled this route before, you know how painfully long the rail journey used to be – no lees than 24 hours spent on the wheels, clickety-clacking wheels! Now you need only 9 hours to get from Beijing to Hong Kong, some 2,250 km south. Amazing, is it not? Passengers will definitely benefit from the new line which will cut the travel time three times wherever along the route your destination is.
As of 2018, the total length of China's high-speed rail network has reached the impressive 25,000 kilometres making it the longest high-speed network in the whole world. Arguably the most stunning feature is that high-speed trains withing the network depart every 10 minutes. Totally, the XRL trains serve 44 stations throughout the country, including Shanghai, Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Hangzhou, Guilin, and Kunming among others. Now tell us which is the best country in the world to travel by train?
Travelling from Beijing to Hong Kong Now Takes Mere 9 Hours
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The Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) was officially opened to passengers on September, 24th. Now your travel between Shenzhen North Railway Station and Hong Kong West Kowloon Railway Station will take 19 minutes maximum, wow!