Trial prices set for Beijing-Shanghai bullet train
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China.org.cn, June 13, 2011
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The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is to open to public soon. |
China's railway ministry announced the trial prices for the Beijing-Shanghai bullet trains on July 23, 2011.
Tickets for trips on trains running at 300 kph will be sold between 555 yuan (85.6 U.S. dollars) for second-class seats and 1,750 yuan for business class. Tickets for journeys on 250-kph trains will be priced from 410 yuan for second-class seats to 650 yuan for first-class.
There will be 63 pairs of trains with the speed of 300 kph every day, cutting travel time to 4 hours and 48 minutes. The additional 27 pairs of trains running 250 kph will complete the trip in about 8 hours, 2 hours shorter than the current high-speed trains.
The 1,318-kilometer rail will go into commercial service at the end of this month, after trial operations that began May 11.
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