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China will launch 'SMART high-speed railway' with driverless trains and
robotic porters this year in preparation for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

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     * Robots will man all of the seven stations to carry luggage and give
       directions
     * China has the world's largest high-speed rail network,
       measuring 15,534 miles

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   China will start running a 'smart' high-speed railway line equipped
   with automated bullet trains and AI-powered robotic porters by the end
   of this year.
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   The Beijing-Zhangjiakou 'smart' high-speed railway measures 174
   kilometres (108 miles) in length, according to a social media post from
   state-owned China Railway Corporation.
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   They were built with environmental-friendly materials and would be able
   to withstand 'extremely low temperatures'.
   China has the world's largest high-speed rail network, covering 15,534
   miles in distance
   China has the world's largest high-speed rail network, covering 15,534
   miles in distance

   China has the world's largest high-speed rail network, covering 15,534
   miles in distance

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   Last year, China's chief train engineer told media that the country was
   developing 'smart', intercontinental high-speed trains that could
   automatically adjust to the railway tracks in different countries.

   The bullet freight trains could travel at 400 kilometres an hour (248
   miles an hour) and would enter service by 2020, said Guo Yao, chief
   designer of China's Fuxing high-speed trains.

   That's an hour and 14 minutes from London to Paris.
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   human effort, Mr Guo, 41, said in an interview with local media.

China has more than two-thirds of the world's high-speed railways

   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017
   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017

   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017

   China has the world's largest high-speed railway network,
   which measures a staggering 35,000 kilometres (21,747 miles) as of
   2019, according to China Central Television Station.
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   Nearly 30,000 kilometres (18,641 miles) of tracks, more than half of
   which are high-speed rail, were complete at a total cost of 3.9
   trillion yuan (£428 billion).

   The country's newest high-speed train model is 'Fuxing', or
   'Rejuvenation', which runs at a speed of 350 kilometres (217 miles) an
   hour.
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China will launch 'SMART high-speed railway' with driverless trains and
robotic porters this year