A bullet train makes its debut at a railway station in Shanghai January 28, 2007. The new CRH (China Railway High-speed) bullet train, which has a top speed of 250 kph (155 mph), would cut the journey time on the key Beijing-Shanghai route from nine hours to five.

A passenger speaks to a staff inside the bullet train.

A bullet train pulls in at the railway station in Shanghai.

(China Daily January 29, 2007)