From January to August, national railways completed fixed asset investment of 511.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%

China News Service, Beijing, September 16 (Reporter Liu Wenwen) The reporter learned from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "State Railway Group") on the 16th that from January to August, the country's railways completed fixed asset investment of 511.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%.

According to the person in charge of the relevant departments of China Railway Group, since this year, China Railway Group has given full play to its advantages of long railway investment industry chain, wide radiation coverage and obvious pulling effect, scientifically and orderly promoted railway planning and construction, and continued to improve the scale and quality of the road network. Since August, China Railway Group has strengthened its construction organization and promoted positive progress in a number of key projects.

On August 31, the D7271 Ha-Yi high-speed rail test vehicle was waiting to depart at Harbin Station. The Harbin-Yichun High-speed Railway (Hai-Yi High-speed Railway) is currently the highest-latitude high-speed railway in China, with a total length of 318 kilometers and a design speed of 250 kilometers per hour. Photo by China News Service reporter Jia Tianyong

According to reports, the Wenling to Yuhuan section of the Hangzhou-Taizhou high-speed railway via Shaoxing has been officially opened for operation. The fastest high-speed train from Hangzhou to Yuhuan is 1 hour and 47 minutes. The main projects of the Nanchang-Jiujiang high-speed railway and Yinchuan-Bayanhot railway have been fully completed and have entered static testing. The intercity railway from Huaibei to Suzhou to Bengbu has entered the joint debugging and testing stage; the Xiongan New Area to Shangqiu high-speed railway, Harbin to Yichun high-speed railway, Yichang to Xingshan high-speed railway, and Xi'an to Ankang high-speed railway have entered the driving test stage according to the map.

The construction of a modern railway infrastructure system has been accelerated, effectively driving the development of related industries and increasing income and employment, and injecting new momentum into expanding domestic demand and stabilizing growth. The person in charge said that the next step will be to make overall arrangements for the planning and construction of new lines and the improvement and expansion of general-speed railways, accelerate the preliminary work of key projects, scientifically optimize the construction organization of projects under construction, and continue to improve the quality and efficiency of railway investment. (over)