This aerial photo taken on Aug. 31, 2023 shows a bullet train running on the Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway in Duyun City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The 482-kilometer Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, linking Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, and Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, launched its full-scale services on Thursday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

A bullet train runs on the Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway in Duyun City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 31, 2023. The 482-kilometer Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, linking Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, and Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, launched its full-scale services on Thursday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

People in traditional ethnic attire sing on Fuxing bullet train G4308 running from Nanning to Guiyang Aug. 31, 2023. The 482-kilometer Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, linking Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, and Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, launched its full-scale services on Thursday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

This aerial photo taken on Aug. 31, 2023 shows a bullet train running on the Yinpohe Bridge of the Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway in Dushan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The 482-kilometer Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, linking Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, and Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, launched its full-scale services on Thursday.(Photo: Xinhua)

 
A Fuxing bullet train on Thursday morning departed from Nanning, the capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, marking the launch of full-scale high-speed rail services in south China's Karst regions.

Spanning 482 kilometers, the new railway connects Nanning with Guiyang, the capital of the southwestern province of Guizhou, according to China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd.

The Guiyang-Nanning High-Speed Railway was designed to facilitate a top speed of 350 kilometers per hour, and it is the first railway of its kind to be built in either Guizhou or Guangxi, both of which are known for their Karst landscapes.

The time it takes to travel from Guiyang to Nanning has now been reduced from over five hours to approximately three hours, greatly benefiting residents in mountainous areas and contributing to economic growth along the route.

The new railway has 13 stations, with the Guizhou section housing six of those stations and the Guangxi section housing seven stations.