Accelerating the Construction of Railway Network in Western China
CCTV News: Today, the entire Guinan high-speed railway connecting Guiyang and Nanning has been opened for operation, adding a new transportation artery to the southwest region.
As the G4308 train departs from Nanning East Station towards the north of Guiyang, the entire Guinan high-speed railway line is open for operation. The Guinan high-speed railway is an important component of the Baotou Haikou high-speed railway network, with a total length of 482 kilometers and a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour. Among them, the Guiyang to Li band was opened for operation on August 8th, and the newly opened band this time is the Nanning to Li band. After the entire line is opened, the railway travel time from Nanning to Guiyang will be shortened from the original over 5 hours to the fastest 2 hours and 30 minutes.
From January to July this year, China's western railway construction completed a total investment of 109.355 billion yuan, accounting for 44.5% of the national railway construction investment. A large number of ongoing projects have been solidly and effectively promoted, and an important component of the "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed rail network connecting the Guinan high-speed rail - the Xi'an to Chongqing and Xi'an to Yan'an high-speed rail; The Beijing Kunming Expressway from Chongqing to Kunming; Key projects such as the Lan Guang Corridor from Lanzhou to Chengdu are progressing smoothly.
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