Last week a new pilot high speed freight service with trains operating up to 350kph began between Guangzhou and Wuhan. High speed freight services have been running on a trial basis across China with services between Kunming-Chengdu, Zhengzhou-Chongqing, Nanchang-Shenzhen etc.

I was living in N America in the late 2000s where I mentioned Chongqing, an extremely unknown city at the time, to a non-Chinese friend. The only reaction they gave me was: "Chongching? You got it backwards, you mean Chingchong." Chingchong today:

Video above by ZlUT. The CR450 is designed to accelerate from 0 to 350 kph in 4 mins 40 secs. 100 seconds faster than the CR400. The CR450 has a longer more optimized nose, lower overall profile as well as a full underbody skirt for daily very high speed operations....

Yesterday it was revealed the world's fastest HST, the CR450 series, is being formally field tested around China. A rep from the China Academy of Rail Sciences (CARS) stated final 400kph revenue service testing will be conducted on the Chengdu-Chongqing Central Line next year....