CHENGDU, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- A tunnel on the new Chengdu-Kunming railway was drilled through on Wednesday, marking a further step towards the completion of the whole railway project.
The new Chengdu-Kunming railway, which runs almost parallel to an existing railway between the two cities, is a key project linking southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.
The tunnel is on the Emei-Miyi section of the railway, the only section that has not been open for operation yet on the project, according to the China Railway No.5 Engineering Group Co., Ltd., which participated in the construction of the tunnel.
With a designed speed of 160 km per hour, the new railway project is expected to greatly improve the passenger and cargo transport capacity in the southwestern region. Enditem
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