Track laying starts on cross-sea railway bridge (1/5)

Photo taken on March 17, 2022 shows the cross-sea high-speed railway bridge linking Fuzhou with Xiamen in Fujian Province. (Photo: China News Service/He Weidong)

The track laying work started on Thursday. The Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway, with a length of 277.42 kilometers and a designed speed of 350 km per hour, is expected to be the first cross-sea railway for bullet trains in China.

Construction workers lay railway tracks at the site of the cross-sea high-speed railway bridge linking Fuzhou with Xiamen, Fujian Province, March 17, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/He Weidong)

Construction workers lay railway tracks at the site of the cross-sea high-speed railway bridge linking Fuzhou with Xiamen, Fujian Province, March 17, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/He Weidong)

Construction workers lay railway tracks at the site of the cross-sea high-speed railway bridge linking Fuzhou with Xiamen, Fujian Province, March 17, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/He Weidong)

Construction workers lay railway tracks at the site of the cross-sea high-speed railway bridge linking Fuzhou with Xiamen, Fujian Province, March 17, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/He Weidong)