A large number of constructors converge
on the renewal of railroad switch for expedition at the Hengxianhe
Station, during an intensive renovation of the Baoji-Chengdu Railway, at
Lueyang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 9, 2009. The Xi'an
Railway Administration mobilizes some 5,000 workers and 150 mechanical
vehicles in 9 construction teams to kick off a 50-day intensive renovation
to the Baoji-Chengdu Railway, in a move to keep the overall quality of the
railroad up-to-date and ensure the transport safety after the overall
expedition of the transport speed on the Baoji-Chengdu Railway.
(Xinhua/Tang Zhenjiang)
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XI'AN, May 10 (Xinhua) -- China has begun renovating a railway that links Sichuan Province's capital Chengdu and neighboring Xi'an Province's Baoji City to better serve reconstruction in earthquake-hit areas.
Xi'an Railway Bureau dispatched more than 5,000
workers and 150 large scale vehicles to renovate the Baoji-Chengdu railway
starting May 9. The repair work, covering rail grinding and railroad switch
replacing, is scheduled to last 50 days.
A power excavator relocates the old
rails as a large number of constructors converge on the renewal of
railroad switch for expedition at the Hengxianhe Station, during an
intensive renovation of the Baoji-Chengdu Railway, at Lueyang, northwest
China's Shaanxi Province, May 9, 2009. The Xi'an Railway Administration
mobilizes some 5,000 workers and 150 mechanical vehicles in 9 construction
teams to kick off a 50-day intensive renovation to the Baoji-Chengdu
Railway, in a move to keep the overall quality of the railroad up-to-date
and ensure the transport safety after the overall expedition of the
transport speed on the Baoji-Chengdu Railway. (Xinhua/Tang
Zhenjiang)
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Gallery
The Baoji-Chengdu route is a key north-south railway
line in west China. It had been used as a major route for transporting relief
goods to Sichuan after the May 12 earthquake last year.
The 8.0-magnitude earthquake damaged the southern
section of the railway and caused collapse of No. 109 tunnel in Gansu Province
on May 12. The collapse resulted in a blaze on a train carrying gasoline.
The tunnel was reopened to traffic 12 days later and
a new tunnel was built to the north side of the old one five months later with
steel-reinforced concrete. The new tunnel opened to traffic on Nov. 12.
A large number of constructors converge
on the renewal of railroad switch for expedition at the Hengxianhe
Station, during an intensive renovation of the Baoji-Chengdu Railway, at
Lueyang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 9, 2009. The Xi'an
Railway Administration mobilizes some 5,000 workers and 150 mechanical
vehicles in 9 construction teams to kick off a 50-day intensive renovation
to the Baoji-Chengdu Railway, in a move to keep the overall quality of the
railroad up-to-date and ensure the transport safety after the overall
expedition of the transport speed on the Baoji-Chengdu Railway.
(Xinhua/Tang Zhenjiang)
Photo
Gallery
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