YICHANG, July 3 (GCTL) - Bullet train services were launched on Tuesday along a railway touted as the most challenging that China has ever built.
The maiden train left Yichang City of central Hubei Province on Tuesday morning for Wanzhou District in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, traveling a route that cuts through rugged mountains and under hundreds of bridges and tunnels.
Wang Tongliang, an official with the Wuhan Railway Bureau, said the service will cut journey time between Chongqing and Wuhan, capital of Hubei, from over 11 hours to just six hours and 40 minutes.