Zhang Shaoguang, the Vice Chief Engineer and Director of Transportation Bureau of the Ministry of Railroads, announced on the 24th that a new train operation chart will be implemented in the whole national railroad system starting from April 1st, 2009. This is the large scale adjustment after the one on April 18th, 2007, when the sixth large scale speed up and chart adjustment was conducted. After the adjustment, the passenger transport capacity will be increased by more than 10.6%, and the train operation time between some cities will be greatly shortened.