This photo taken on Sept. 22, 2026 shows an exterior view of Yichunxi Railway Station in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Na Yuqi)
YICHUN, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- As the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway, China's northernmost high-speed railway, enters the final countdown to opening, workers are carrying out intensive training, emergency drills, equipment inspections and surveying to ensure its safe operation.
With a designed speed of 250 kilometers per hour, the 318-km line will slash travel time between Harbin and Yichun from about seven hours to just two hours once it becomes operational.
A drone photo taken on Sept. 24, 2026 shows a grand bridge along the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Song)Staff members of China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd. operate an intelligent inspection robot to conduct an emergency drill at Tieli Railway Station along the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Na Yuqi)Workers are pictured at Yichunxi Railway Station in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)An Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) driver conducts driving simulation training at a training center of China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd. in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Song)A technician monitors data on a trial Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) train running along the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Song)A technician conducts surveying work at Yichunxi Railway Station in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Song)A crew member arranges tissues on a trial Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) train running along the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Song)China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd. holds a training lesson for inaugural crew members of the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Song)A machinist conducts inspection work at a platform of Yichunxi Railway Station in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Na Yuqi)A staff member conducts cleaning work at Yichunxi Railway Station in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Na Yuqi)A worker is pictured at Yichunxi Railway Station in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)A drone photo taken on Sept. 24, 2026 shows a grand bridge along the Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Song)■
