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Traveling by train is usually not easy in China．It can be hard to get a ticket．When you are traveling to the railway station you look at your watch, afraid you will miss your train．
But there is good news for people traveling between Beijing and Shanghai．Construction(建设)on the express railway(高速公路)between the two cities started before the 2007 Spring Festival．When it is finished by 2013, taking a train wilt be as easy as taking a bus．
"There will be trains every several minutes．Buying a ticket, getting through the checkpoint(检查站)to taking your seat, will take just 10 minutes ”, said a message on the Government's website．
There may be high-speed trains running at 350 kilometres an hour．The travel time between the two cities will go down from 10 to about five hours．The trains will carry twice the current number of passengers (乘客)．
The new line will be l,318 kilometres in ________ and go across specially built bridges．It will run alongside the present line．There will be 21 stations, in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu．
"The cost of travelling by the express railway may be around 800 yuan．That will be more expensive than a common train, but cheaper than by air ", said Zhang Xiaoling, a Jiangsu government official．
According to Zhang, the higher price is because of the large cost of the railway project．At about 200 billion yuan, the project may be even more expensive than the Three Gorges Project(三峡工程)．
