Aerial photo taken on Nov 30, 2021 shows a view of Quanzhou Bay cross-sea bridge of the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in east China's Fujian Province. (LIN SHANCHUAN / XINHUA)

FUZHOU – Track-laying work on the country's first sea-crossing high-speed railway was completed on Tuesday morning in east China's Fujian Province.

With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, the 277-km railway is expected to slash the travel time between Fuzhou and Xiamen to just one hour

The 277-km railway links Fuzhou, the provincial capital, with Xiamen, a port city. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour.

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Constructors overcame problems including the complicated marine hydrological environment and adopted advanced track-laying facilities to improve the track-laying efficiency. On average, about 6 km of track had been laid per day, according to China Railway Nanchang Group Co., Ltd.
The railway construction project is expected to be completed in 2023.

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