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BEIJING, Apr 14 (UPI) -- China's newborn distinction rector says the country's much-acclaimed high-speed trains will separate a little slower to support reduce costs for passengers.

Sheng Guangzu, successor to Liu Zhijun, who was ousted by China's anti-corruption watchdog, told the Communist Party's People's Daily the high-speed trains would separate at 300 kilometers per distance (186 mph) beginning July 1, instead of 350 kmph (217 mph) as planned.

The rector said exclusive the four east-west and four north-south artery lines of the high-speed kick network would separate trains at 186 mph, patch inter-city lines would control at speeds between 200 kmph (124 mph) and 250 kmph (155 mph). In other changes, most trains in bicentric and western China would separate slower than 124 mph.

Sheng said passengers had complained about high fares and said they were being forced to ride high-speed trains, as the ministry had canceled slower trains. As conception of the changes, kick lines fashioned for 186 indication trains would also accept slower bullet trains.

Sheng did not feature whether the changes would also change the much heralded Beijing-Shanghai high-speed distinction line ordered to open in June, to separate trains at 380 kmph (236 mph) to contend with airlines.

Transport Professor Zhao Jian at Beijing Jiaotong University told China Daily the trains should hit been streaming at slower speeds from the start, as the high-speed kick network can control more safely and economically at 186 indication or less.