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[quote=LESAIGNEUR ,4214]First passenger train to Hainan Monday Latest Updated by 2004-12-03 10:27:51 China's first cross-straits passenger rail link will begin operating Sunday (Dec. 5th).The first train will carry passengers from Haikou, capital city of the island province of Hainan, to Guangzhou, a 12-hour journey over land and sea.The train will leave Haikou 6:58 p.m. Sunday. The first passenger train from Guangzhou to Haikou will start 10:26 p.m. Monday (Dec. 6th).The train will be ferried across the Qiongzhou Straits on a 55-minute 24-km journey. However, it will take an additional hour for the train to be loaded and unloaded.Fares for the journey will cost between 138 yuan (US$16.68) for a seat and 400 yuan for a luxurious sleeper. Tickets, available on a national train ticket network, can be booked six days in advance.Freight service for the Guangdong-Hainan railway started in January 2003. At least 10 trials have been conducted for passenger service by Wednesday.People traveling to Hainan previously would have to take ferries or planes. The Guangdong-Hainan railway begins in Zhanjiang, in the north of Guangdong Province, running through the Leizhou Peninsula to join up with an existing railway in western Hainan Island at Chahe, finally terminating in Sanya at the southern tip of the island. The two ferries on the service are designed to carry 18 passenger cars or 40 freight cars, and 1,360 passengers. With a length of 568.3 km, the Guangdong-Hainan railway is a joint investment of the Ministry of Railways, Hainan and Guangdong provinces, costing 4.5 billion yuan (US$542 million).Editor: CatherineSource:szdaily [/quote]
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