Two CRH (China Railway High-speed) trains run on the new Zhengzhou-XiAn railway in Luoyang, central Chinas Henan province, Saturday, January 25, 2010. The 505-km Zhengzhou-XiAn high-speed railway, the first of its kind in central and western China, cut the travel time between the two cities from former more than six hours to less than two hours, said local railway authorities Saturday (February 6, 2010). The first train left XiAn, capital of Shaanxi province, at 10:50 am and arrived at Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, at 1:15 pm, traveled at 350 kilometers per hour, said Long Jing, head of the XiAn Railway Bureau. The Zhengzhou-XiAn high-speed railway has been built since September 25, 2005, with a total investment of about 35.31 billion yuan (US5.17 billion), said iu Jianfeng, spokesman of the Zhengzhou Railway Bureau.
