When a tragic collision of two high-speed trains in Wenzhou, China, resulted in the deaths of 40 people in 2011, the public became furious over railway authorities’ negligence, and grew weary of using the system.
Years later, the authorities have marched on with their high-speed rail ambitions. In December last year, China opened a high-speed rail line from Shanghai to Kunming, traversing 2,252 kilometers (about 1400 miles) to go from the eastern coastal city to the southwestern reaches of the country in 11 hours.
