New high-speed Railway Begins Service in West China

26 Dec. 2020 (Xinhua News)

A new high-speed railway linking Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, with Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi Province, both in Western China, began operation from Saturday. The new railway service will shorten the travel time between Yinchuan and Xi’an from 14 hours to about three hours. The 610-km railway is built with an investment of 80.5 billion yuan (about 12.33 billion U.S. dollars), and the speed of the train is set to 250 km per hour.

December 26, 2020 / Current Affairs

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