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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
September Lanzhou-Chongqing
Photo taken on Sept. 18, 2017 shows a train running on Lanzhou-Chongqing railway, in the Guangyuan section within southwest China's Sichuan Province. Lanzhou-Chongqing railway, a major railway connecting Lanzhou City in northwestern province of Gansu with the southwestern metropolis Chongqing, opened to traffic on Sept. 29, 2017. The railway, which started construction in 2008, also runs through northwest China's Shaanxi Province and southwest China's Sichuan Province. It will play a crucial role in improving transportation efficiency and advance the development program for western China. [Photo/Xinhua]