A Chinese worker stands beside CRH380 (China Railway High-speed) trains at a high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan city, central China's Hubei province, 25 December 2012. China will open the world's longest high-speed rail line on 26 December that links China's capital Beijing and southern metropolis of Guangzhou. EPA
BEIJING: China started service Wednesday on the world's longest high-speed rail route, the latest milestone in the country's rapid and - sometimes troubled - super fast rail network.
The opening of the new 2,298-kilometre (1,425-mile) line between Beijing and Guangzhou means passengers will be whisked from the capital to the southern commercial hub in just eight hours, compared with the 22 hours previously required.
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