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It may only be a spit away by plane, but for those of us too cheap environmentally concerned to fly, getting up to Beijing for the weekend is a bitch (despite our love of munching through a bottomless nosebag of sunflower seeds to looped pan-pipe renditions of Celine Dion songs). Which is why we don't go. So the proposed high-speed line between Shanghai and BJ, which will reportedly cane it along at 350km/h and take......

We have discussed Shanghai's new bullet trains before, and last week we actually had a chance to ride one. Condensed review: We like. The obvious advantage, of course, is time. We went to Nanjing, what was once at least a three hour journey (and in some cases five or six) is now between two and two-and-a-half hours, depending on the number of stops. (We also like arriving at Shanghai Railway Station — compared to, say,......

This morning, Chinese language news portal 163.com had a great scoop, and revealed the future planning for Shanghai and China's Maglev railway system. Shanghaiist's Chinese ability is sadly limited, but using the new-fangled internet technology we reported on earlier this week, we were able to get the gist of the 163.com article. The article reveals that the current 30km long section of the Pudong Airport-Longyang Road Maglev line will be extended to eventually form a......

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According to Xinhua, these bullet trains are powered by "CRH," which we all know stands for "China Railway Highspeed," and can go 250 km/hour. Six bullet trains will be put into the trial operation next month on the Shanghai-Hanzhou and Shanghai-Nanjing routes, and more will be used on lines across China, according to the SMG. The train is designed with eight carriages and a capacity of more than 610 passengers. They were built on Japan's......