CHINA-CHONGQING-CHENGDU-RAILWAY-MIDDLE LINE-DAZU SECTION-FIRST BOX GIRDER-INSTALLATION (CN)

Xinhua
16 May 2025, 21:48 GMT+10

(250516) -- CHONGQING, May 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A staff member works during the installation of the first box girder in a super major bridge of Dazu section of the middle line of Chengdu-Chongqing railway in Dazu District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 16, 2025. The first box girder weighting 697 tonnes at a length of 32.6 meters was accurately set up on Friday.

Upon completion, the 292-km middle line of the Chengdu-Chongqing railway will allow trains to run at a top speed of 350 km/h on it, and is expected to reduce a trip between the two cities to merely 50 minutes. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)

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