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China, the country with the world’s largest and advanced railway network, has done another amazing feat in the world of engineering. China has started a very modern high-speed bullet train service running at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour to connect the central and western parts of its country. As soon as Tuesday morning the sparkling new G3966 Bullet Train The flag was flagged off from the Xi’an East Railway Station, marking the official start of operation on the Xi’an-Xi’an high-speed railway track. With the launch of this new route, the distance between China’s two major industrial and cultural hubs has now been reduced to just a few hours.
6 hours journey now takes just minutes, road to Wuhan becomes very easy
This new 257 kilometer long high-speed rail line has significantly reduced travel time between Xi’an (Shaanxi province) and Xi’an (Hubei province) by more than 6 hours. This means that the journey which earlier used to take the whole day, is now being completed in minutes. The most important thing is that this new rail line also connects to the already running Wuhan-Xian high-speed railway. The result of this excellent connectivity is that now passengers will be able to complete a very long journey from Xi’an to Wuhan very comfortably in just 2 hours 41 minutes.
Railway line built by cutting through ‘Natural Geological Museum’, 90% of the way in bridges and tunnels
This project is considered to be one of the most difficult and challenging projects in China’s railway history. This railway line passes directly through the heart of the ‘Qinling Mountains’, which are considered a very inaccessible natural border between North and South China. Along with this, this train also crosses Hanjiang River, which is the main tributary of China’s famous Yangtze River.
According to Mao Lei, the chief designer of this historical project, the area through which this railway passes is called ‘Natural Geological Museum’ because of its extremely complex structure. Due to this dangerous and high mountainous region, more than 90 percent of the entire railway line has been built not on the ground, but inside floating bridges and extremely long tunnels cut through the belly of the mountains.
Huge expenditure of 47 billion yuan and hard work was going on since 2021
Due to the difficult geographical and rocky conditions of this entire area, heavy transportation and major economic activities were almost at a standstill or extremely limited for a long time. To overcome this big challenge, the Chinese government started the construction work of this ambitious project on a war footing in the year 2021. China has spent total money in preparing this very modern and safe track. 47.68 billion yuan (ie about 7 billion US dollars) The huge budget has been spent like water, the effect of which is now clearly visible.
New Xi’an East Railway Station equipped with 5G and BeiDou satellite
To welcome this new bullet train service, China has prepared Xi’an East Railway Station as a new-age digital hub. This largest transport hub of North-West China is spread over a huge area of more than 1 lakh square meters. State-of-the-art 5G connectivity, high-precision positioning based on China’s own ‘BeiDou Navigation Satellite System’ and intelligent robotic construction technologies have been used in the construction of this station.
To promote green energy, high-efficiency solar panels have been installed on an area of more than 30,000 square meters on the station’s massive roof. These solar panels will generate approximately 70 lakh kWh of clean and green electricity every year, which will automatically meet the electricity needs of the entire station.
15th Five Year Plan: China’s Great Expansion Plan
China has announced its new 15th Five Year Plan (2026-2030) Under this, a big target has been set to make the transport infrastructure of the country more hi-tech and to take the modern high-speed rail network to the last corner of the country. Defense and economic experts believe that this new Xi’an-Xian high-speed railway is a very important part of China’s far-reaching strategic and economic strength.