China's high-speed rail mileage tops 50,000 km

A train arrives at Peng'an West Station of Bazhong-Nanchong high-speed railway in Peng'an County of Nanchong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 27, 2024. The high-speed railway connecting Sichuan's Bazhong and Nanchong cities was open to operation on the same day. China, home to the world's largest high-speed rail network, has expanded its total operational mileage beyond 50,000 kilometers with the launch of a new high-speed line.

A "Fuxing" bullet train departed Friday morning from Yan'an, a sacred revolutionary heartland in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, for the provincial capital Xi'an, inaugurating the new route. (Xinhua/Liu Yonghong)