China launched its first high-speed rail line that will travel across several bays and skim along the coast of the southeastern province of Fujian near the Taiwan Strait, state media reported on Thursday.
A bullet train departed from Fuzhou, the capital of east China's Fujian province Thursday morning, setting up the opening of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou railway, Xinhua reported.
Travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen, an economic hub and popular tourist destination, will be under an hour.
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