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China’s 450km/h high-speed CR450 train to be tested this year, set to enter service by 2025
China State Railway Group said it would complete prototype production and testing of CR450 high-speed train, which could reach speeds of up to 450km/h (280mph), this year.
China’s state railway group said it intends to complete prototype production and testing this year of what could potentially be the world’s fastest high-speed train, as it vowed on Tuesday to further upgrade its already massive network. The development by the state-owned China State Railway Group, which operates the world’s largest high-speed rail network, marks a breakthrough for the CR450 technological innovation project launched by Beijing three years ago. The test was carried out on the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge, which is one of the major components of the high-speed rail network between Fuzhou and Xiamen in the southeastern province of Fujian.
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