Major Railway Put into ServiceThe electrified railway, which connects Shenmu County in northwest China's Shaanxi Province with Shuozhou in north China's Shanxi Province, was put into service recently.This was announced at a press conference Wednesday in this capital of north China's Shanxi Province. The 266 kilometer railway is the western part of the country's second trunk line for coal transportation from the west to the east, linking Shenmu with Huanghua on the Bohai Bay in Hebei Province. The construction of the Shenmu-Shuozhou railway line was completed in 1996, and the railway-related infrastructure facilities such as electric power and the construction of train stations were put into service in May 1999. The 857-kilometer-long Shenmu-Huanghua railway will transport 60 to 100 million tons of coal per year. |
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