4月18日铁路第六次大面积提速，这标志着中国铁路进入一个新时代，从此跨入世界铁路先进行列。
铁道部新闻发言人王勇平昨日表示，刚刚开行的时速为200公里及以上动车组的票价比其他列车要贵一些，与动车组本身的技术含量高、投入成本大、时速快、服务优质等因素有关，铁道部将根据市场规律，考虑今后票价的下浮问题。
王勇平提到，铁道部正在对“五一”黄金周客流进行预测及准备相应对策。第六次大提速将使“五一”黄金周购票难的情况得到一定缓解。
“十一五”期间我国将增加17000公里铁路，2020年铁路将达到10万公里，那时将不再出现买票难、出行难的问题。这次提速实现了中国铁路既有线时速200公里及以上提速资源零的突破，已使既有线列车运行速度达到了世界既有线铁路速度的最高目标值，这意味着铁路不会再进行大规模的既有线提速。
据悉，首列时速300公里动车组将在今年年底竣工下线。
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As fast as the wind — For the 6th time the National Railway System Has Raised Its Train Speed
The further increase of train speed on April 18, for the sixth time and on a large scale, heralds a new era for China’s railway transportation. As a result, the Chinese railway system has edged its way into the world’s leading countries of advanced railway technology.
“The higher price of the newly introduced domestically made CRH (China Railway High-speed) trains at 200 km/h and up, identified in timetables by the initial letter “D,” are attributed to a series of factors such as the state of the art technology，the enormous cost on research and development，and the fast speed and the superb service. However，the Ministry of Railways will consider bringing down the train fares according to market fluctuations,” remarked Wang Yongping， the spokesman from the Ministry of Railways.
According to Wang，the Ministry of Railways, based on its market predictions, is making preparations for the forthcoming May Day Holiday transportation rush. Therefore it is foreseeable that the speedup for the sixth time will alleviate during the “Golden Week" the pressure on ticket purchasing for train travels to some extent.
During the period of the 11th Five－Year Plan，China will add 17，000 km length of railways, with the total reaching 100，000km by the year 2020. By then the purchasing of tickets will be made much easier. The current speedup to over 200km/h is a break through on the basis of China's maximum speed of 200km/h and over on the existing railway routes，which is the highest speed of trains currently operating in the world. This means there will be no more large-scale speed-up on China's existing railway lines.
It was reported that the first high－speed bullet train at 300km/h is scheduled to roll off the production line by the end of the year.