Railway investment to hit $11.6 bln in China s Yangtze River Delta Xinhua | Updated: 2021-02-13 22:14 Share CLOSE Construction crew works on the Huzhou-Hangzhou railway project in Yuhang district, East China s Zhejiang province, on Dec 17, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
NANJING China plans to earmark more than 75 billion yuan (about $11.6 billion) for railway infrastructure construction in its Yangtze River Delta this year.
China Railway Shanghai Group Co Ltd said it will kick off the construction of 11 new railway projects in the region that covers Shanghai and the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui.
By 2025, the delta region is expected to have 17,000 km of rail lines in service, including 9,500 km of high-speed railway.