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Tianjin to get three new railways in 2008

By Tu Lei (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2008-04-03 10:06

North China's Tianjin Municipality will add three railways in 2008, transforming it into a comprehensive modern transportation center.

The three lines are the Tianjin section of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, the railway from the Tianjin west railway station to the Tianjin station, and the Tianjin-Qinhuangdao railway.

The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is planned to start at Beijing South railway station and leave Tianjin from Tianjin West and Huayuan stations.

The railway from the Tianjin West railway station to Tianjin railway station will have 5.2 kilometers underground and a 3.889 kilometer long tunnel.

And the Tianjin-Qinhuangdao railway is designed to run at 300 kilometers per hour, and the travel time between Tianjin and Tangshan of Hebei Province will be 50 minutes. It will be only 20 minutes from Tangshan to Qinhuangdao. The railway will stretch 262 kilometers and stop at Tianjin West, New Tangshan and Qinhuangdao stations.