2020-12-24 10:01 By: Xinhua
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 20, 2020 shows the construction site of Beijing-Xiongan intercity railway s Xiongan Railway Station in Xiongan New Area, north China s Hebei Province. The construction of Beijing-Xiongan intercity railway s Xiongan Railway Station has entered the final stage and the station will be put into operation by the end of this year. (Xinhua)
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A test train arrives at Beijing Daxing Railway Station of Beijing-Xiong an intercity railway on Aug 9, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Test runs on an intercity high-speed railway line linking Beijing and Xiong an New Area in Hebei province entered their final stage on Tuesday, China Railway Beijing Group said.
The line is expected to open at the end of this month.
Initially, trains will take about 50 minutes to travel from Beijing West Railway Station in the capital s Fengtai district to Xiong an Railway Station in Xiongxian county, it said. In the future, the time can be cut to about 36 minutes after further upgrading of an old section of the line, Li Zheng, a Xiong an Intercity Railway director, told China Central Television.
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Liu Jin, director of the Ministry of Education s department of international cooperation and exchange, said that with the COVID-19 pandemic raging globally, the ministry will conduct educational cooperation online.
In the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), the country will make new breakthroughs in advancing international educational cooperation in regions including Hainan province, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Yangtze River Delta and Xiong an New Area, Liu said at a news conference in Beijing.
Test runs on an intercity high-speed railway line linking Beijing and Xiong an New Area in Hebei province entered their final stage on Tuesday, China Railway Beijing Group said.
The line is expected to open at the end of this month.
Initially, trains will take about 50 minutes to travel from Beijing West Railway Station in the capital s Fengtai district to Xiong an Railway Station in Xiongxian county, it said. In the future, the time can be cut to about 36 minutes after further upgrading of an old section of the line, Li Zheng, a Xiong an Intercity Railway director, told China Central Television.
The 93-kilometer line runs southwest from Beijing and has two parts. The first section, from Beijing West to Liying Railway Station in the capital s Daxing district, is part of the existing Beijing-Kowloon Railway, which extends to Hong Kong. The second section, from Liying to Xiong an, is newly built.