Guangxi Fangdong Railway begins joint survey and test, and the whole line is scheduled to be put into operation by the end of the year.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Alejandro86 for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com news on November 1, today, the new Fangchenggang to Dongxing railway in Guangxi began joint survey and test, entering a critical stage of project acceptance, which also laid the foundation for the planned opening and operation of the whole line at the end of this year.

According to reports, the Fangdong Railway, located at the westernmost end of China's coastal railway, is the first railway to Dongxing City, the only port city connected by land and sea between China and Vietnam.

CTOnews.com inquiry public information learned that Fangdong railway leads from the southern end of Fangchenggang North Station to Dongxing City Station, passing through Jiangshan Township of Fangchenggang City and Jiangping Town of Dongxing City, with a total length of 46.9km, bridge-tunnel ratio of 68%, design speed of 200km per hour, infrastructure reserved speed of 250km per hour, a total of Fangchenggang North Station and Dongxing City Station two stations.

▲ Tuyuan: "China Railway" official micro railway department said that the full line of Fangdong Railway is expected to be completed and opened to traffic by the end of this year, when Fangchenggang to Dongxing will end the history of no railway transportation, the travel time between the two places will be shortened from the current 60 minutes of road transport to about 20 minutes of railway transport, and the bullet train will only take about 70 minutes from Nanning, Guangxi to Dongxing, a port city on the border between China and Vietnam.