Economy | First tunnel for high-speed railway across Haihe River drilled through in N China's Tianjin

TIANJIN, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Jingu Haihe Tunnel project for Tianjin-Weifang High-Speed Railway was drilled through successfully on Thursday in Tianjin, north China.

The 6.7-kilometer long Jingu Haihe Tunnel is the only tunnel along the entire railway line, with a maximum excavation diameter reaching 13.8 meters. It is also the first tunnel for high-speed railway across Haihe River.

The Tianjin-Weifang railway will connect Binhai Station in Tianjin and Weifang North Station in east China's Shandong Province, with a total length of approximately 349 kilometers and a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour.

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