High-speed railway goes into service
With the inaugural train C2001 departed at 10:40 am from Beijing South Railway Station on Friday, Beijing-Tianjin high-speed railway went into service.
The bullet train arrived in Tianjin 29 minutes later. It carried more than 50 passengers, journalists, officials and workers. They all participated in the line’s construction.
“Riding the 350-kph train is totally different from past experience. No loud noices. It’s more like flying,” said Dong Zhiguo, a Beijinger around 30s. He waited hours on Thursday afternoon to buy a ticket for the train.
When the train arrived, he regretted for his return train left at noon. He said that he should have bought a ticket for the train leaving at 3 pm so that he could enjoy the seafood in Tianjin.
The possible reason for the comfortable ride on the high-speed train is the cutting-edge designs. According to what the designer said, the windows are made specially to change the light refraction and reduce dizziness caused by high speed.
Besides, when the crosswind in blows at 15 m per second, wind monitoring equipment can inform the driver to slow down; and inform to stop when it exceeds 35 per second.
It has more than 100 ticket windows and 36 self-service ticket machines to make life easier for passengers, said Wang Yongping, Ministry of Railway’s spokesman, people arriving by taxi need to walk around 150 m to get to their train.
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