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New railway tunnel to enhance China-Europe freight connectivity, set for completion in May 2025

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 2 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

New railway tunnel to enhance China-Europe freight connectivity, set for completion in May 2025

At a construction site of a new tunnel along the railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border line, in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, staff members here keep on with their work during this year’s Spring Festival, carrying out routine monitoring and inspection.

The 602-meter railway tunnel is expected to be bored through this May, and once operational, it will replace the three old tunnels that have been in service for over 120 years.

As an important port along the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train service, Suifenhe port annually handles about 900 China-Europe freight train trips with 88,000 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs). 

Staff members walk in the construction site of a new tunnel along the railway linking Suifenhe and China-Russia border line, in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Staff members work at the construction site of a new tunnel along the railway linking Suifenhe and China-Russia border line, in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Staff members work at the construction site of a new tunnel along the railway linking Suifenhe and China-Russia border line, in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
This photo shows the entrance of a new tunnel under construction along the railway linking Suifenhe and China-Russia border line, in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Staff members walk in the construction site of a new tunnel along the railway linking Suifenhe and China-Russia border line, in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Staff members patrol near the construction site of a new tunnel along the railway linking Suifenhe and China-Russia border line, in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Staff members walk in the construction site of a new tunnel along the railway linking Suifenhe and China-Russia border line, in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250126/a76f811e5ed7432f9457eeb5e712fd57/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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