Remote Daliang Mountain in SW China Sees Departure of First Bullet Train
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Remote Daliang Mountain in SW China Sees Departure of First Bullet Train
January 11, 2022A singer of Yi ethnic group performs on D843 "Fuxing" bullet train, in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 10, 2022. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing] |
CHENGDU, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — A "Fuxing" high-speed Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) left Xichang City in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, for Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Monday.
It marked the departure of the first "Fuxing" bullet train from the prefecture in the remote Daliang Mountain, one of China's most recent areas to shake off abject poverty.
The high-speed train operates at a speed of 160 km per hour on the new Chengdu-Kunming railway, which runs almost parallel to an existing railway between the two cities.
Running via tunnels and bridges, the high-speed train can reduce the travel distance between the two cities by about 236 km.
Thanks to the new bullet train service, local fresh cut flowers from Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture are estimated to reach the Kunming Dounan Flower Market, Asia's largest fresh cut flower trading market, in roughly four hours.
This new train service is also regarded as another effort to consolidate the country's achievements in poverty alleviation.
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 8, 2022 shows a test bullet train running on the new Chengdu-Kunming railway in Dechang County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing] |
Students from Xide County who used to take the "slow train" for school pose for a group photo in front of D843 "Fuxing" bullet train at Xichang West Railway station in Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 10, 2022. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing] |
Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2022 shows Xichang West Railway station in Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing] |
Passengers are seen at Xichang West Railway station in Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 10, 2022. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing] |
Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2022 shows people of Yi ethnic group performing to celebrate the operation of "Fuxing" bullet train at Xichang West Railway station in Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing] |
People of Lisu ethnic group from Dechang County perform on D843 "Fuxing" bullet train, in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 10, 2022. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing] |
D843 bullet train is seen at Xichang West Railway station in Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 10, 2022. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing] |
(Source: Xinhua)
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