Track-laying begins on China's first sea-crossing high-speed railway

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Track-laying begins on China's first sea-crossing high-speed railway

STORY: Track-laying begins on China's first sea-crossing high-speed railway DATELINE: March 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site STORYLINE: A pair of 500-meter steel rails were successfully laid on a concrete bed at Putian railway station Thursday in east China's Fujian Province, marking the beginning of track-laying work on the country's first sea-crossing high-speed railway. The 277-km railway links the provincial capital of Fuzhou with the port city of Xiamen. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities within one hour. Zhang Xiaofeng, project manager with China Railway 11th Bureau Group said that with the help of an advanced machine, workers are able to lay the left and right tracks at the same time, which nearly doubles their efficiency. At the current pace of about 6 km of track laid per day, the entire track-laying work is expected to finish by the end of this

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