The recent May Day holidays proved, at least at one level, the feasibility of the new bullet trains which travel at up to 200 kilometers per hour.

Chinadaily.com.cn recently conducted a survey and found that about half of the respondents said they would like to try the trains during the week-long holiday.

Tickets for the trains have been selling fast across the country.

There are 256 bullet trains that traverse the country daily, including 26 that set off from Beijing, but there are almost no seats to be had.

Yu Xuejin, an official with Beijing Railway Station, was quoted by CCTV as saying: ‘Tickets for bullet trains during the holidays were all sold out.’

Railway departments have been handling an average of 4.26 million passengers daily during the holiday period, exceeding that of the Spring Festival. If all the bullet trains were totally sold out over the holidays then it is probable they will be a major success all year round.
Source: China Daily