Beijing-Shenyang railway under construction to slash travel time

Photo taken on Nov. 1, 2017 shows the under-construction Baihe River Bridge of Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour, the railway is expected to slash travel time between Beijing and Shenyang to 2.5 hours.

Photo taken on Nov. 1, 2017 shows the under-construction Baihe River Bridge of Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour, the railway is expected to slash travel time between Beijing and Shenyang to 2.5 hours.

Workers lay tracks at the construction site of Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway near the provincial boundary of north China's Hebei and northeast China's Liaoning on Nov. 1, 2017. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour, the railway is expected to slash travel time between Beijing and Shenyang to 2.5 hours.

hoto taken on Nov. 1, 2017 shows a bridge over Chengde-Tangshan highway, a key project of Hebei section of Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour, the railway is expected to slash travel time between Beijing and Shenyang to 2.5 hours.