China today implemented a bullet trains slow down over safety concerns

BEIJING: China today implemented a new operation plan for all high-speed trains in the united states by cutting down their speed to address the safety concerns, a proceed that comes following last month's deadly rail crash.

The rescheduled plan involves 498 trains and major rail lines for example Beijing-Harbin, Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Shanghai and Lianyungang-Lanzhou lines, according to the Ministry of Railways.

By earlier this month, high-speed trains between Beijing and Tianjin and between Shanghai and Hangzhou happen to be running at 300 km per hour, down from 350 km per hr, state-run news agency 'Xinhua' reported.

Other high-speed lines adopted the new strategy today. Also, 54 bullet trains have been recalled for inspection following safety concerns associated with their automatic brakes.

After the readjustments, lines that had trains running at 250 km each hour, will run them at 200 km per hour, including high-speed lines in between Hefei and Nanjing, Hefei and Wuhan and Shijiazhuang and Taiyuan.

Other fast trains that run at 200 km each hour will be slowed to 160 km per hour, it added.

Over the course in excess of a month, railway authorities have readjusted the operation plan of railways following a deadly train collision killed 40 people in the city of Wenzhou within east China's Zhejiang Province on July 23.

Last month's crash was largely related to failure of signal equipment.

China's Cabinet, ordered overall safety checks on high-speed railways following the fatal train accident and suspended approval of new railway construction projects.

Ticket prices is going to be reduced by 5 per cent on the affected lines, according to the actual ministry.