On June 20, 2022, the Beijing-Wuhan section of the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway was upgraded from the standard operation of 310 km/h to the standard operation of 350 km/h. That means It only takes four hours at the soonest from Beijing to Wuhan. The overall transport capacity of the section will increase by 7%, equivalent to up to 15 new high-speed trains and 18,000 seats per day between Beijing and Wuhan. It will further increase the transport capacity of the high-speed railway into Beijing, creating conditions for more high-speed railway trains in Beijing.
Your Travel Time Has Been Greatly Reduced
As the aorta of the central high-speed railway network, the Beijing-Wuhan section of the Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway connects 12 high-speed railway lines. After the operation of 350 km/h, the radiation effect is very significant, which will further reduce the travel time between the routes and surrounding cities. On the Beijing-Wuhan section of the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed Railway, the fastest travel time from Beijing West to Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou East and Wuhan East is reduced to 1 hour and 01 minutes, 2 hours and 11 minutes and 3 hours and 48 minutes respectively. Through the Beijing-Wuhan section of the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway and the Zhengzhou-Chongqing high-speed railway, the fastest travel time from Beijing west to Chongqing North has been reduced to 6 hours and 46 minutes.The fastest travel time from Guangzhou south to Lanzhou West and from Xi 'an north to Shenzhen North has been reduced to 10 hours 07 minutes and 7 hours 56 minutes respectively.
Furthermore, these bullet trains, the "smart version" of the Fuxing Hao, integrate cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, 5G and other new technologies to achieve a comprehensive upgrade in intelligent services, intelligent operation and maintenance. Further improve the intelligent level of train and passenger travel experience. It has the advantages of more beautiful appearance, more intelligent train, lower carbon operation and more comfortable ride.
The Beautiful Appearance And the Intelligent Facilities
The train adopts the totem elements of dragon and phoenix in traditional culture, and the red and yellow fluttering ribbon, combined with the golden "Fuxing", makes the train even more dazzling.
The carriages are equipped with intelligent services such as intelligent lighting, intelligent temperature control, automatic voice broadcasting, automatic door closing infrared detection and intelligent interaction to improve passengers' travel experience. The intelligent Fuxing hao is equipped with a WiFi system based on 5G technology to provide better mobile network services.
The Comfortable Seats
Business seats adopt a new "fishbone" layout, with smooth big S curve to achieve regional division, one person, one cabin. This layout enhances passengers’ privacy. The seat can switch between sitting, half lying and flat lying posture with one button to improve comfort. Provide information entertainment, wireless screen projection, wireless charging and other rich intelligent interactive functions.
The first class seat has the electric adjustment leg support function; Optimized the seat back curve and cushion shape, soft and hard, stronger sense of covering; It’s equipped with a number of USB ports, seat back set pull type tray tables.
Second class seats add USB charging ports behind the backrest, convenient for passengers to charge. Deepen the tray cup holder groove depth, improve the stability of the cup placement.
Lower Carbon
Using low resistance streamline head, more smooth curve, running resistance reduced by about 2.5%. Air conditioning system adopts frequency conversion control to reduce energy consumption by 10%. With its low-carbon and energy-saving design, the intelligent Fuxing has reduced energy consumption per person by 7.9 percent over 100 kilometers. Add gray water recovery device, save water by 17%; All the carriages have chosen the new environmental protection material.
Further reading:
Bullet Train from Beijing to Shanghai: Timetable, Tickets, Prices
China Entry and Travel Restrictions in 2021
Baggage Rules of China Rail
