World’s Longest High-Speed Railway Network Gets Longer

China put 581km (361 miles) of new railway lines into service in the first four months of the year, Xinhua reported.

The country saw 157.46 billion yuan (over $23.21 billion) in fixed asset railway investment in the period, up 0.6% year-on-year, according to China State Railway Group.

The country’s high-speed railway extended to 38,000km at the end of last year, which was 8,000km longer than the target set by Beijing in 2017.