Summary：The track-laying of the Beijing-Xiong'an intercity railway, a key project for the coordinated development of th...

The track-laying of the Beijing-Xiong'an intercity railway, a key project for the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, was completed Monday. It marks an important step in the construction of the intercity railroad linking Xiong'an New Area in neighboring Hebei Province and urban areas of the Chinese capital, including the Beijing Daxing International Airport. The section of the railway from the Liying railway station in Daxing District to the Daxing airport was put into operation in September 2019, with a designed speed of 250 km per hour. The trains run on the existing Beijing-Kowloon Railway between Beijing West Railway Station and Liying Station. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour, the stretch from the Daxing airport to Xiong'an is expected to open at the end of this year. Travel time from urban areas of Beijing to Xiong'an New Area will be cut to about one hour. China announced plans to establish the Xiong'an New Area on April 1, 2017, to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as China's capital.