{"id":24121,"date":"2018-12-03T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T11:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=24121"},"modified":"2018-12-03T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T11:24:16","slug":"underwater-bullet-train-coming-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=24121","title":{"rendered":"Underwater bullet train coming to China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(CNN) \u2014 <\/cite>There’s no slowing China’s high-speed rail ambitions. <\/span><\/p>\n

Beijing has just green lighted a project to build the first underwater bullet train route in China<\/a>. <\/span><\/div>\n

The line will connect Ningbo, a port city south of Shanghai, to Zhoushan, an archipelago off the east coast. <\/span><\/p>\n

The proposed underwater tunnel will be a part of the 77-kilometer Yong-Zhou Railway plan<\/a> (Yong is the nickname of Ningbo) to boost tourism and create a two-hour-commute zone within Zhejiang Province. <\/span><\/div>\n

First mentioned in a government transportation plan in 2005, the feasibility study of the Yong-Zhou Railway plan was approved by Beijing in November. <\/span><\/p>\n

Within the 77 km (47.8 miles) railway route, some 70.92 km of tracks will be newly built, including a 16.2 km undersea section. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The new rail route will significantly shorten the journey between Zhoushan and Hangzhou. <\/p>\n

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Line to significantly shorten journey<\/h3>\n

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When completed, the Yong-Zhou Railway will connect Ningbo East Station and Zhoushan (Baiquan) Station by high-speed trains that hit a maximum speed of 250 kilometers per hour. <\/span><\/p>\n

The new route, connecting to the existing vast high-speed rail network in China, will transport travelers from Hangzhou — capital city of Zhejiang — to Zhoushan in 80 minutes. <\/span><\/p>\n

The current journey takes about 4.5 hours by bus or a 2.5-hour drive by personal vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seven stations are planned for the entire route, including four new stations and three redeveloped ones. <\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the undersea tunnel, a road-rail bridge will be built to link parts of the archipelago. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Easy access to Boeing’s new China factory <\/h3>\n

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Zhoushan, some three hours’ drive south of Shanghai, is still relatively under-the-radar among international tourists. <\/span><\/p>\n

But in terms of business, it’s one of the most noteworthy new state-level areas (or special economic-development zones designated by the Beijing government) in China. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ningbo-Zhoushan Port is the busiest in the world in terms of cargo throughput.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhoushan is also home to American aircraft maker Boeing’s first overseas factory, which is due to begin operations in December 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n

But what’s there for regular tourists? <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(CNN) \u2014 There’s no slowing China’s high-speed rail ambitions. Beijing has just green lighted a project to build the first underwater bullet train route in China. The line will connect Ningbo, a port city south of Shanghai, to Zhoushan, an archipelago off the east coast. The proposed underwater tunnel will be a part of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":24122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}