The train travels at 300 Kph and covers 2,298 kilometres in eight hours

 A passenger takes a photo with the high speed train before boarding on the new 2,298-kilometre (1,425-mile) line between Beijing and Guangzhou in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong province on December 26, 2012. China started service on December 26 on the world's longest high-speed rail route, the latest milestone in the country's rapid and -- sometimes troubled -- super fast rail network.