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China Raises the Speed Limit of Its Trains
China has increased the speed limit of its passenger trains six times since 1997. These changes reflect the improvements in the rail system. Passenger trains on certain lines have more than tripled from 60km/hr to 200km/hr during this period. Over the next five years, China plans to raise the speed of its passenger trains to this new level on another 13,000 km of existing lines. In addition new high-speed lines will be built to the 200km/hr speed capacity for certain passenger trains.
By the end of June 2009, many of the country's slower Z-trains will be converted into faster D-trains. This is good news, especially for travelers between Shanghai and Beijing, as all of these trains will become the faster D-trains. At present the most are the slower Z-trains and the T-trains. T-trains take up to 13 hours for the journey.
The ticket prices on the new D-trains will range from 655 Yuan to 730 Yuan. Prices on the old service were 478 Yuan to 499 Yuan. The higher ticket prices are expected to be a welcome tradeoff for the time saved. The travel time on Shanghai-Beijing trip will be reduced by almost 2 hours.
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