Beijing railway ready for new mega airport opening
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In this photo taken on September 20, 2019, a train pulls into Beijing West Railway Station. The USD $5.3 billion rail link between Beijing and Xiong’an New Area stretches 92.4 kilometers and has five stops. The route from downtown Beijing to the new airport has a designed speed of 250 km per hour and will shorten travel time to only 30 minutes after it simultaneously begins operation alongside the new airport later this month. [Photo: IC]
A new rail link is poised to take passengers from downtown to Beijing Daxing International Airport within 30 minutes.
Passengers will soon be able to travel from downtown Beijing to the new airport at a designed speed of 250 km per hour when both the rail link and airport begin operations later this month.
Beijing Daxing International Airport is expected to handle 45 million passengers annually by 2021 and 72 million by 2025.
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