Central China gets first high-speed railway

The first high-speed railway in Jiangxi, the Changjiu railway cost RMB5.8 billion yuan (US$864.95 million) to build and has a total length of 135 kilometers.
The train is designed to reach a speed of 250 kilometers per hour and shorten the travel time from Nanchang to Jiujiang and from Nanchang to Wuchang to 45 minutes and 2.5 hours, respectively.
English People’s Daily Online reports that  the operational mileage of high-speed railways has reached 640 kilometers in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, which have railways managed by the Nanchang Railway Bureau.
For the cities nearby, the high-speed railways not only bring more passengers but also unlimited opportunities for development.