The 653-km rail belt connects Haikou in the north to Sanya in the south. The non-stop train completed nearly 300 kms of its journey in a little over 80 minutes. "During typhoon period, every 10 km we have one weather observation point checking wind direction, wind power and we take the measures to control the speed accordingly," he told journalists onboard the high-speed train from Haikou, the capital of the island province of Hainan, to Sanya, a tropical tourist spot located at the southernmost point of China's railway network.Ī distance of 2,298 km from Beijing to Guangzhou is covered in eight hours from earlier nearly 21 hours and Beijing-Shanghai (1,318 km) is now covered in 4 hours and 48 minutes. "These include integral cantilever endurable to typhoon, fastening system with preservative treatment by the latest technologies, unique designs in lightning protection and earthquake prevention, endurable to magnitude 8 earthquake," said Mehg Wei Hua, Vice General Manager of Guangzhou Railway group, China Railways. The unique circular high-speed railway in China's Hainan Island, the world's first such train around a tropical zone, has been operating smoothly since last year, braving extreme weather conditions.Ĭonsidering the characteristics of high temperature, high humidity and strong corrosion on the tropical island, a number of new technologies, materials and techniques have been used in the construction of the 653-km rail belt.
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