Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed tickets on sale

 
Tickets for The Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway went on sale after 10 am on Thursday.

The railway, which is the world’s longest, will open on Dec. 26

With this, a trip between Beijing and Guangzhou, a distance of 2,294 kilometers, will be cut from 20 hours to eight hours.

According to the Beijing Railway Bureau, the total price for the G trains, to run at 300 kilometers per hour, will range from 865 yuan ($139) to 2,972 yuan, while the price for the D trains, to run at 250 km/h, will range from 712 yuan to 2,130 yuan, China Daily reported.

The Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway will travel through the cities of Shijiazhuang in North China's Hebei Province, Wuhan in Central China's Hubei Province, and Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong Province, the paper reported earlier.

China now has more than 7,500 kilometers of high-speed railway line in operation, ranking first in the world.