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Submitted by ctv_en_3 on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 10:38
China has announced plans to build 42 new high-speed railway lines over the next three years.

In a breakthrough, China has developed trains that can run on both high-speed and normal lines, said railway official Zhang Shuguang.

A 500km/h train will be tested by the end of next year, Mr Zhang said.

China will have added 13,000km of high-speed lines by 2012, shortening journey times considerably for the expected seven billion annual passengers.

Journey times from the capital Beijing to most provincial capitals will be as short as seven hours, said Mr Zhang, the Chief Engineer of the Chinese Academy of Railway Sciences.

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