China to expand railway lines starting Sunday

(CRI) China's national rail system is set to become a lot more crowded as of this Sunday when the country will see its largest increase in passenger rail service in a decade.

The China Railway Corporation, the former Ministry of Railways, has announced it's putting an additional 34-hundred new passenger trains into service as of Sunday.

More than half of them will be on high-speed rail lines.

Most of the newly added high-speed services will be added to routes which service s mall-and-medium-sized cities and in the country's western regions.

Around 100 new inter-city trains are also going to be added to the lines to help people commute between big cities and their neighboring small towns.

In addition, 69 new railway lines are going to be opened specifically for day-trips outside of major cities in an attempt to increase weekend tourism.

In announcing the additional services, China Railway Corporation says ticket prices will remain the same.

China put nearly 10,000 kilometers of rail lines into operation in 2015.

More than 2.5 billion trips were made last year through the country's railways.

Source: CRI

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