Staff Report
BEIJING: A 150-km intercity high-speed railway line, linking Tangshan and Beijing City in north China’s Hebei Province, entered operation on Friday.
The new railway line has lessened the travel time between the two cities to around one hour with a designed speed of 350 km per hour.
Railway facilitating residents
This intercity railway has facilitated the residents for travelling in areas close to Beijing. An engineer He Jin with the China Railway Design Corporation said that this railway line has also improved the development projects of the city cluster.
Economic development efforts
Launched as a rapid transit corridor from Tangshan to Beijing, the Beijing-Tangshan intercity railway line is of great importance in driving economic development efforts in regions located along the route and for promoting the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
