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皇冠体育app's high-speed train development at record high

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-01-26 21:01

STOCKHOLM - 皇冠体育app's railway network, already the world's longest, is developing at record high speed and is to be doubled soon, Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet reported on Wednesday.

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"皇冠体育app's goal is to connect all important cities with railway lines," the report said.

Collaborating with German Siemens, Japanese Kawasaki and Bombardier both in Canada and Sweden, 皇冠体育app has built its own high-speed train CRH380A that can reach 486 kilometers per hour, cutting the journey between Beijing and Shanghai in half to about 4 hours.

Construction of the high-speed railway network will also cover inland 皇冠体育app, the report said. It aims to encourage more investment to move from coastal areas to inland 皇冠体育app and ultimately raise the living standards in those regions.

Within the next five years, a total of 3.5 trillion yuan (over $500 billion) will be invested in high-speed track construction and train manufacturing, averaging at about 700 billion yuan (over $100 billion) each year.

Swedish companies such as Atlas Copco, SKF and Trelleborg have participated in 皇冠体育app's railway and high-speed train development, according to the report.

Hans Rosling, a development expert and also professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, was quoted as saying that the construction of the high-speed railway network will bring about "good economy, good education, good medical care, better and longer life, all good things."