New high-speed railway operational in northwest China
Updated: December 30, 2022 11:41Xinhua
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 29, 2022 shows a train passing by the Yellow River in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. A 219-km high-speed railway line, linking the cities of Zhongwei and Lanzhou in northwest China, started operation on Thursday. With a designed speed of 250 km per hour, the new railway that connects the Yinchuan-Zhongwei line has slashed the travel time between Yinchuan and Lanzhou, capitals of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Gansu Province, respectively, to less than three hours. This high-speed railway also completes the final section of a railway loop line involving Shaanxi Province, Gansu, and Ningxia. [Photo/Xinhua]
LANZHOU, Dec. 29 -- A 219-km high-speed railway line, linking the cities of Zhongwei and Lanzhou in northwest China, entered operation on Thursday.
With a designed speed of 250 km per hour, the new railway that connects the Yinchuan-Zhongwei line has slashed the travel time between Yinchuan and Lanzhou, capitals of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Gansu Province, respectively, to less than three hours.
This high-speed railway also completes the final section of a railway loop line involving Shaanxi Province, Gansu, and Ningxia.
The railway loop line further improves the coverage and accessibility of high-speed railway as it passes through many major cities in the three provincial-level regions, said Wang Dalin, an official with the China Railway Lanzhou Group Co., Ltd.
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 29, 2022 shows a train passing by the Yellow River in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Train No. D2763 waits to depart at Zhongwei South Railway Station in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 29, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
Train No. D2763 waits to depart at Zhongwei South Railway Station in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 29, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
The train conductor Huang Jingjing waits for the departure of train No. D2763 at Zhongwei South Railway Station in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 29, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 29, 2022 shows a train passing by the Yellow River in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Train No. D2763 waits to depart at Zhongwei South Railway Station in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 29, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
Train attendants wait for the departure of train No. D2763 at Zhongwei South Railway Station in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 29, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
Train No. D2763 waits to depart at Zhongwei South Railway Station in Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 29, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
