New railway links Beijing with city of future , boosts coordinated regional development Xinhua | Updated: 2020-12-27 10:42 Share CLOSE Passengers and train crew members take photos before boarding the high-speed train linking Beijing and Xiongan New Area, Beijing West Railway Station, Dec 27, 2020. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]
BEIJING/SHIJIAZHUANG - The Beijing-Xiong an intercity railway opened to traffic on Sunday, connecting the Chinese capital with the country s city of the future the Xiong an New Area.
At 10:18 a.m., the C2702 Fuxing bullet train left the newly-built Xiong an Railway Station for Beijing, marking the inauguration of the line s operation as well as the use of Xiong an Railway Station, the first completed major infrastructure project in Xiong an.