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Hefei trip to be cut to 3 hours

BULLET trains will be added to the Hefei-Nanjing line from August 1, shortening the journey time between Hefei and Shanghai from over six hours to just under three hours. The journey time from Hefei, capital of... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Jul 22 2008

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