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World's fastest rail journey starts operation in China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-26 11:23

A high-speed train runs into Wuhan Railway Station, in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 26, 2009. The Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway, which boasts of the world's fastest train journey with a 350-km-per-hour average speed, is debuted on Saturday. [Xinhua]

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