上海虹桥至北京南站本月将开通首趟"红眼高铁"

The first regular red-eye bullet train running from Shanghai to Beijing will start operation on May 15, Shanghai railway police authority said on last Wednesday, the city's local news paper Xinmin Evening News reported.

据上海当地媒体《新民晚报》报道，上海铁路警方于上周三表示，今年5月15日，上海至北京的“红眼高铁”将首次开通。

Shanghai railway police said that the red-eye bullet train, G8, will leave Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station at 7 pm and arrive at Beijing South Railway Station at 11:48 pm.

上海铁路警方表示，此次开通的“红眼高铁”G8次列车，将于晚上7点从上海虹桥站出发，在23点48分抵达北京南站。

It will be the first time that a bullet train running from Shanghai to Beijing will operate after 6 pm. The train will return to Shanghai the next day. The ticket prices will be 933 yuan ($143.68) and 553 yuan, the same like the daytime ones.

这也将是首次于晚上6点之后运行的从上海开往北京的高铁列车。该车次将于次日返回。此趟高铁的票价和白天的一样：一等座933元（约143.68美元），二等座553元。

The authorities said more police officers will be onboard on the red-eye bullet train to ensure safety at night.

上海铁路警方表示，将会部署更多的警力，以确保首趟夜间京沪高铁的安全运行。

Another bullet train with sleeping cars, D312, which ran from Shanghai Railway Station to Beijing South Railway Station temporarily during the Spring Festival holiday, will also start regular operation later. It will leave Shanghai at 7:10 pm and arrive at Beijing at 7:07 am the next day.

此外，还将增开一趟夜间动卧高铁D312次列车，它以前只是作为上海站至北京南站春运时的临时列车，以后则将开始常规运行。该列车将于晚上7点10分从上海站出发，次日清晨7点7分到达北京南站。

China Railway Corp, the country's railroad operator, said earlier this year that it would add "red-eye" bullet trains to its fixed operation schedule to cater for a growing demand.

今年初，中国铁路总公司就表示，将在常规运行线路的基础上加开“红眼高铁”，以满足不断增长的需求。

China has seen a massive increase in train passengers in the past decade. Some 2.5 billion passengers took trains in 2015, up 6.07 percent from a year earlier.

在过去10年里，中国铁路旅客数量大幅上升。2015年我国铁路旅客发送量达25亿人次，比前一年增长了6.07%。