high speed rails

English translation: high speed trains

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English term or phrase: high speed rails
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Entered by: acetran

08:45 Jan 13, 2016
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English term or phrase: high speed rails
Procured 14 high speed rails, 17 sleeper trains, and 20 long high speed rails from ХХХХ Co, ХХХХ railway, and ХХХХ railway for about CNY 5,000 million.

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What are those? Trains (rolling stock) or railways?
Thank you.
Oleg Osipov
Russian Federation
Local time: 13:24
high speed trains
Explanation:
Rails refers to trains.

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Note added at 10 mins (2016-01-13 08:55:39 GMT)
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High-speed rail is a type of rail transport that operates significantly faster than traditional rail traffic, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail
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Thank you, acetran! Thank you colleagues for your input!
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high speed trains


Explanation:
Rails refers to trains.

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Note added at 10 mins (2016-01-13 08:55:39 GMT)
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High-speed rail is a type of rail transport that operates significantly faster than traditional rail traffic, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail

acetran
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Thank you, acetran! Thank you colleagues for your input!

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agree  Tony M
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agree  Edith Kelly
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agree  Colin Rowe: Only answer that makes any sense in this context
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agree  philgoddard: Probably.
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