Stewardesses prepare to board the train on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, June 21, 2011. Media reporters experienced a trial operation on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway on Tuesday. It takes a 300-kph bullet train one hour and 32 minutes from Jinan West Railway Station to Beijing South Railway Station, 2 hours shorter than the current high-speed trains. [Xinhua/Zhu Zheng]