10 years on, Beijing-Shanghai line on fast track to high-speed glory By WANG YING in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2021-06-29 09:13 Share A technician checks a high-speed train in Shanghai. [Photo by Zhang Hengwei/China News Service]
The COVID-19 epidemic hurt China s high-speed railway sector last year, but the Beijing-Shanghai section, which will turn 10 on Wednesday, remained profitable, spurring the introduction of a new model of Fuxing bullet train on the prime stretch, offering better services and safety, said senior executives of the company that operates the line.
Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co Ltd, the operator, listed in Shanghai in January 2020, just before the epidemic broke out. Thanks to a series of efforts, the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway managed to raise the quality of its services and adjust the operational capacity in spite of the impact of the epidemic on passenger numbers.