China gets the world's fastest bullet train
China on Thursday started operating the world's fastest bullet train, Fuxing, between Beijing and Shanghai, the country's busiest route. The train, with an average speed of 350 km/hr and maximum speed of 400 km/hr, will cover the 1,250-kilometres distance in 4 hours 30 minutes. Notably, the country had reduced train speeds after a collision in 2011 killed 40 people.