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China will launch 'smart' intercontinental high-speed trains by 2020, says
chief engineer

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     * They would be used to transport freight to boost China's
       international trade
     * China has more than 60 per cent of the world's total high-speed
       rail network

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   China is developing 'smart', intercontinental high-speed trains that
   can automatically adjust to the railway tracks in different countries,
   according to the country's chief train engineer.
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   The bullet freight trains could travel at 400 kilometres (248 miles) an
   hour and would enter service by 2020, said Guo Yao, chief designer of
   China's 'Fuxing' high-speed trains. That's an hour and 14 minutes from
   London to Paris.

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   China is developing cutting-edge intercontinental freight trains due to
   enter service in 2020, according to Guo Yao, chief designer of the
   country's 'Fuxing' high-speed trains (pictured)
   China is developing cutting-edge intercontinental freight trains due to
   enter service in 2020, according to Guo Yao, chief designer of the
   country's 'Fuxing' high-speed trains (pictured)

   China is developing cutting-edge intercontinental freight trains due to
   enter service in 2020, according to Guo Yao, chief designer of the
   country's 'Fuxing' high-speed trains (pictured)

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   into international market.

   Mr Guo is the chief designer of  'Fuxing', Beijng's latest high-speed
   train model. The train was launched in June, 2017, and is Beijing's
   self-developed bullet train.
   The Chinese high-speed rail network is the world's largest, covering
   more than 15,000 miles
   The Chinese high-speed rail network is the world's largest, covering
   more than 15,000 miles

   The Chinese high-speed rail network is the world's largest, covering
   more than 15,000 miles

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   Chinese companies spent 13 years learning to build the world-class
   high-speed train after acquiring know-how from leading firms in
   developed countries, such as Japan, France, Germany and Canada.

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   confirming the design of the 135-kilometre-long (84-mile-long) tunnel.

China has more than two-thirds of the world's high-speed railways

   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017
   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017

   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017

   China has the world's largest high-speed railway network,
   which measures a staggering 35,000 kilometres (21,747 miles) as of
   2019, according to China Central Television Station.
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   Nearly 30,000 kilometres (18,641 miles) of tracks, more than half of
   which are high-speed rail, were complete at a total cost of 3.9
   trillion yuan (£428 billion).

   The country's newest high-speed train model is 'Fuxing', or
   'Rejuvenation', which runs at a speed of 350 kilometres (217 miles) an
   hour.
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China will launch 'smart' intercontinental high-speed trains by 2020, says
chief engineer