High-speed train cuts travel time between Shanghai and Lanzhou by half(1/5)

A high-speed sleeper train linking eastern Shanghai with Lanzhou City in Northwest China’s Gansu Province prepares to depart a station in Shanghai on July 10, 2019. The journey takes about 14 hours and 7 minutes, nearly half of the current travel time by ordinary trains. (Photo: China News Service/Yin Liqin)

A high-speed sleeper train linking eastern Shanghai with Lanzhou City in Northwest China’s Gansu Province prepares to depart a station in Shanghai on July 10, 2019. The journey takes about 14 hours and 7 minutes, nearly half of the current travel time by ordinary trains. (Photo: China News Service/Yin Liqin)

A high-speed sleeper train linking eastern Shanghai with Lanzhou City in Northwest China’s Gansu Province prepares to depart a station in Shanghai on July 10, 2019. The journey takes about 14 hours and 7 minutes, nearly half of the current travel time by ordinary trains. (Photo: China News Service/Yin Liqin)

A high-speed sleeper train linking eastern Shanghai with Lanzhou City in Northwest China’s Gansu Province prepares to depart a station in Shanghai on July 10, 2019. The journey takes about 14 hours and 7 minutes, nearly half of the current travel time by ordinary trains. (Photo: China News Service/Yin Liqin)

A high-speed sleeper train linking eastern Shanghai with Lanzhou City in Northwest China’s Gansu Province prepares to depart a station in Shanghai on July 10, 2019. The journey takes about 14 hours and 7 minutes, nearly half of the current travel time by ordinary trains. (Photo: China News Service/Yin Liqin)