Length of high-speed railway lines in China increases to 25,000 km in 10 years

Passengers wait in lines for the train at Wuqing Railway Station in Tianjin, north China, July 11, 2018. On Aug. 1, 2008, the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed train service opened China's first high-speed railway line. The length of high-speed railway lines in China increased from zero 10 years ago to 25,000 km by 2017, accounting for 66 percent of the world's total. (Xinhua/Li Ran)