China Railway Design Corp has released an environmental impact assessment for a new high-speed railway linking Beijing and Xiongan New Area. This is country’s first public consultation on new railway line construction.
According to the company, the Beijing-Xiongan line will start at Liying in Beijing’s Daxing district, passing through Langfang and with terminus at Xiongan East Railway Station. The total length of the line is 100.3 km.
The new line will also pass through the capital’s new airport, which will be about 36 km from Liying and about 64 km from Xiongan New Area. The airport is expected to open in 2019.
Xiongan New Area is situated in the center of a triangular area between Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province. Located about 100 km southwest of downtown Beijing, the new area will mostly cover Xiongxian, Rongcheng and Anxin counties in Hebei.
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