Beijing-Zhangjiakou bullet line gets powered up

Construction is underway on the electrical facilities for the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, which will have the world's first automatically driven trains running at speeds of up to 350 kilometers per hour.

The first 1,300-meter overhead wire for the railway is now being set up, and smart devices will be enabled throughout the power supply system to ensure operational safety, China Railway Corporation said on Monday.

The new line - an important project for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games - will be the world's first intelligent, high-speed railway on which automatically operated trains reach speeds of 350 km/h, the corporation said.