The Chinese Railways Ministry signed a deal Monday to buy 100 high-speed trains for $5.74 billion. The trains, capable of speeds up to 220 mph, will be built by CNR Corp., a state-owned vehicle manufacturer, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The 100 sets of high-speed trains are to begin

Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["China Kicks off Construction of Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed railway" - Xinhua headline] Beijing, Jan.

China's first independently designed and manufactured bullet train capable of speeds of more than 180 mph has rolled off the production line. The eight carriage, seven-ton streamlined aluminum alloy train released Saturday is the latest part of the China Railway High-Speed Series.

Rail services continue to pick up speed in China with new locomotive BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- China's first genuinely fast locomotive capable of traveling at 300 kilometers per hour is scheduled to enter service at the end of the year, Xinhua learned Wednesday from the Ministry of Railways.

BEIJING, May 1 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The new China Railway High-speed (CRH) bullet trains named "Hexie" (harmony) hit the rail on April 18th, 2007, according to the Ministry of Railways. These domestic locomotives are said to run at speeds of more than 124 mph (maximum 155 mph).