Chuan-Han railway envisioned 100 years ago finally completed

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The railway was planned at the end of Qing dynasty. The led to the famous Railway Protection Movement.

The Railway Protection Movement (simplified Chinese: 保路运动; traditional Chinese: 保路運&#21205, also known as the "Railway Rights Protection Movement", was a political protest movement that erupted in 1911 in late Qing China against the Qing government's plan to nationalize local railway development projects and transfer control to foreign banks

Over 100 years later, it is finally completed - A great symbol of China's independence and progress in the past century.

This one is dedicated to those who participated in 1911's movement. It is also Sun Yat-sen, the nation's father's dream to have this railroad constructed.

王师北定中原日　家祭无忘告乃翁

 

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Large high-speed railway opens

Updated: 2012-07-02 07:48(China Daily)

The Hanyi Railway, a section of a high-speed rail corridor between the eastern metropolis of Shanghai and southwestern city of Chengdu, opened on Sunday.

The 293-km Hanyi Railway links Wuhan and Yichang, two large cities in Central China's Hubei province.

The railway will reduce travel time between the cities to one hour and 39 minutes, said Yang Tao, an official with the Wuhan railway bureau.

The Hanyi Railway is part of the Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu Railway, an east-west corridor listed in China's national high-speed railway development plan.

The 2,078-km railway will travel though four provinces and two municipalities, connecting the cities of Shanghai, Nanjing, Hefei, Wuhan, Chongqing and Chengdu.

Most sections of the Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu Railway are in operation, and construction on the last section is slated to be completed in 2013.