Beijing, November 13 (IANS). According to news from China National Railway Group on Wednesday, from January to October this year, the national railway completed fixed asset investment of 635.1 billion yuan, an increase of 10.9 percent compared with the same period in 2023. It began operation of 2,274 kilometers of new railway lines.
It is reported that the operational mileage of railways in China is more than 1.6 lakh kilometers, out of which more than 46 thousand kilometers is high-speed rail. More than 3,300 railway passenger stations, including more than 1,300 high-speed rail stations, have been completed and are in operation.
The quality of the country’s railway network has improved significantly. The number of high-speed rail stations has exceeded 1,300, providing transportation to approximately 3 billion passengers annually.
In October, several major engineering projects across the country made progress. Many newly built high-speed railways in Anhui Province, Shantong Province, Hupei Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Ningxia Hui Ethnic Autonomous Region, etc. are either starting operation, entering the operational testing stage or vigorously building. Are.
(Credits- China Media Group, Beijing)
–IANS
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