The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region's first non-stop inter-city train service was launched on Tuesday between Korla in the region's south and the capital Urumqi.
With a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour, the train, Star of Southern Xinjiang, took four-and-a-half hours to get to Urumqi. It features new technologies and fast speed, news site ts.cn reported Tuesday.
The train can operate non-stop for 20 hours, and the new equipment guarantees a smooth ride.
Currently, only trains from Xinjiang to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou use such equipment. The train offers multimedia devices, refrigerators and vacuum toilets, as well as special carriages, seats and toilets for the disabled.
Korla is a city in southern Xinjiang, the scene of some terrorist attacks in recent years.