The first full-course test run was carried out on the high-speed railway line linking Xi’an with Chengdu, with the first bullet train running through the Qinling Mountains.
The high-speed railway linking Xi’an, in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, with Chengdu, in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, has a length of 643 km and is country’s first rail route to run through the Qinling Mountains.
Five pairs of trains will run between Xi’an and Chengdu every day, and another two pairs will run between Xi’an and Chongqing.
With a designed speed of 250 km per hour, it will slash the travel time between the two cities from the previous 16 hours. The line is scheduled to enter operation within the year.
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