Long railway tunnel dug through in Anhui

Construction of a 289.8-kilometer high-speed railway linking East China's Anhui and Jiangxi provinces received a major boost on Tuesday when the last long mountain tunnel was dug through in Anhui after more than 30 months of hard work. The 6,449.4-meter Yuntoushan Tunnel, one of 40 railway tunnels in the Anhui section and dug by China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group, is part of the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan High-speed Railway. The railway, having commenced its construction on Dec 25, 2018, is scheduled to begin service in 2022 with 10 stops and a top speed of some 350 kilometers per hour. It is expected to help promote tourism and economic progress of the two provinces.