An experimental train - under development by CSR Corp Limited for test but not operational purposes - will 'try to break the 574.8-km/h record' set by France's TGV (Train Grande Vitesse, or high-speed train) in April 2007, CSR sources said at the 7th World Congress on High Speed Rail in Beijing on Tuesday.
On Dec 3, a high-speed passenger train manufactured by CSR set an operating speed record of 486.1 km/h on a test run on the Beijing-Shanghai line.
The sources did not elaborate on the exact date the test will be carried out.
As China's high-speed trains are running faster, its ambition to tap the world's high-speed railway market is also speeding up.
A railway linking Vientiane, capital of Laos, with the Laos-China border, which China will help to build, may see construction start in 2012, Somsavat Lengsavad, standing deputy prime minister of Laos, said on Tuesday."
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