HUANGMEI, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A new high-speed railway section linking Anqing City in east China's Anhui Province, with Jiujiang City in east China's Jiangxi Province began operation Thursday.
The 176-km line, with seven stations along its route, will reduce travel time between Anhui's capital Hefei and Jiangxi's capital Nanchang to two hours and 22 minutes, according to China Railway Shanghai Group Co., Ltd.
The Anqing-Jiujiang high-speed railway has a designed speed of 350 km per hour and is connected to China's vertical artery of the Beijing-Hong Kong Railway.
A high-speed railway train is seen at the Susong East Railway Station in Susong County, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
A train runs along the Anqing-Jiujiang high-speed railway in Susong County, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 30, 2021. (Photo by Lyu Jinyi/Xinhua)
Crew members pose for photos at the platform of the Lushan Station of the Anqing-Jiujiang high-speed railway in east China's Jiangxi Province, Dec. 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2021 shows a train of the Anqing-Jiujiang high-speed railway pulling into the Huangmei East Railway Station in Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2021 shows a train of the Anqing-Jiujiang high-speed railway pulling out of the Huangmei East Railway Station in Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Construction workers of the Anqing-Jiujiang high-speed railway get on a train at the Huangmei East Railway Station in Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
A train of the Anqing-Jiujiang high-speed railway is seen pulling into the Huangmei East Railway Station in Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2021 shows a train running along the Anqing-Jiujiang high-speed railway in Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
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