China’s First Undersea Tunnel Opened to Traffic in Xiamen

Date: 2010-4-26 21:58:00 by shyoto Tags: xiamen Transportation Undersea Tunnel

On April 26, China’s first undersea tunnel, which connects the southeastern Fujian Province with Xiamen Island, was opened to traffic.

The 8.7-km tunnel, built at a cost of 3.2 billion yuan ($468 million), was designed for driving speed of about 80 km per hour and is expected to cut travel time between the two areas from an hour to just nine minutes, Xinhua reported.

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Zhengzhou-Xi'an High-speed Railway Launched On February 6

Date: 2010-2-9 1:25:00 by chinatravel Tags: Transportation zhengzhou Xi''an Luoyang

As the first high-speed passenger railway in western China, Zhengzhou-Xi’an high-speed rail was opened to the public on February 6th, 2010. The railway has a total distance of 505 kilometers (314 miles). The bullet trains run at a thrilling speed of 352 kilometers (219 miles) per hour. After the launch of this new high-speed railway, it is possible to run from Zhengzhou to Xi’an fro

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Qinghai-Tibet Railway Embraces Spring Festival Travel Rush

Date: 2010-2-1 3:02:00 by go2c Tags: Train Railway Transportation

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway has been in its 40-day Spring Festival travel peak since January 30, according to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company.

Wu Fei, a leading official of the company, said that his company is projected to carry 640,000 passengers during the peak, a three percent rise from 2009, with the daily number of passengers reaching 16,000.

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