Off the wire
• China's coal-producing province to slash PM2.5 pollution  • China to cut 800 mln tonnes of coal capacity annually by 2020  • Smog, fog disrupt traffic in northern China  • CPC journal to publish Xi's Party governance speech  • Brazilians prepare for New Year parties, hoping for brighter 2017  • Feature: Ecuadorians prepare to burn dolls to bid farewell to tough 2016  • Venezuela ready to hand over Mercosur presidency to Argentina  • Yearender: 2016 to be particularly significant year in future annals of Thailand history  • India to provide additional 80 megawatt electricity to Nepal from January 1  • Laos confirms to provide sufficient electricity for China-Laos railway construction  
You are here: 　 Home

Beijing builds inter-city railways to promote regional integration

Xinhua, December 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

Beijing authorities said Saturday that two inter-city railways are under construction, part of a strategy to push regional integration around Beijing.

The two railways will link Beijing to the cities of Tangshan and Bazhou in Hebei Province. Construction of the Beijing sections of the railways started recently, according to Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-rural Development.

With an investment of 44.9 billion yuan (6.5 billion U.S. dollars), construction of the Beijing-Tangshan railway is expected to last four years.

The Beijing-Bazhou railway boasts a total investment of 27.43 billion yuan and is scheduled to open by the end of June 2020.

The railways are a key part of an inter-city railway network, to be built in the municipalities of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province by 2030, pushing forward Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration. Endi