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Yearender: Major Chinese high speed railways opened in 2017
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China now has the world's greatest high-speed rail network -- 22,000 kilometers as of the end of 2016, or about 60 percent of the world's total.
Xinhua丨Updated: December 15, 2017
July Baoji-Lanzhou
A bullet train leaves the Baoji South Railway Station in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 9, 2017. The high speed railway line linking Baoji and Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, was officially put into operation on July 9, 2017. It will cut travel time from Lanzhou to Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi, from 6 to 3 hours. [Photo/Xinhua]