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A test train runs on the Western Ring Railway in south China's island province Hainan, Dec. 29, 2015. The 345-km Western Ring Railway in Hainan will be put into operation on Dec. 30, completing the world's first high-speed train line circling an island. The western stretch, with a designed speed of 200 km per hour, has 16 stops in six cities and counties, linking provincial capital Haikou with Sanya, a tropical tourist spot. With a land area of 35,400 square km, Hainan is slightly larger than Belgium. A popular destination for beach lovers, it is expected to receive 47 million visitors this year.
With a newly completed high-speed railway track in the southern Hainan Province, China now has 19,000 kilometers of high-speed rail.
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A test train runs on the Western Ring Railway in south China's island province Hainan, Dec. 29, 2015. The 345-km Western Ring Railway in Hainan will be put into operation on Dec. 30, completing the world's first high-speed train line circling an island. The western stretch, with a designed speed of 200 km per hour, has 16 stops in six cities and counties, linking provincial capital Haikou with Sanya, a tropical tourist spot. With a land area of 35,400 square km, Hainan is slightly larger than Belgium. A popular destination for beach lovers, it is expected to receive 47 million visitors this year.
With a newly completed high-speed railway track in the southern Hainan Province, China now has 19,000 kilometers of high-speed rail.