High-speed rail cuts greenhouse gas emissions


A trial train hits 220kph on a section of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Railway during a top-speed test run last year. - China Daily/ANN

CHINA (China Daily/Asia News Network): China's high-speed railway network has led to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a recent study has shown.

Published in the journal Nature Climate Change last month, the study was carried out by researchers from Singapore, Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland.

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