Upgrade of the railway linking Suifenhe, China-Russia border, completed
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An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 26, 2025 shows workers carrying out ballast filling operations on the newly upgraded section of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Photo by Qu Yiwei/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a freight train travelling along the newly upgraded section of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows China-Europe freight trains waiting for transloading operations at the Suifenhe Station in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a freight train travelling along the newly upgraded section of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 26, 2025 shows workers carrying out track gauge measurement operations on the newly upgraded section of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Photo by Qu Yiwei/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows China-Europe freight trains waiting for transloading operations at the Suifenhe Station in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a freight train travelling along the newly upgraded section of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Photo by Qu Yiwei/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a gantry crane carrying out transloading operations on a returning China-Europe freight train at the Suifenhe Station in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a gantry crane carrying out transloading operations on a returning China-Europe freight train at the Suifenhe Station in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
A gantry crane carries out transloading operations on a returning China-Europe freight train at the Suifenhe Station in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 27, 2025. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 26, 2025 shows workers performing tightening operations on the rail fasteners of the newly upgraded section of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Photo by Qu Yiwei/Xinhua)
A gantry crane carries out transloading operations on a returning China-Europe freight train at the Suifenhe Station in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 27, 2025. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a freight train travelling along the newly upgraded section of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Workers connect rail tracks on the newly upgraded section of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 26, 2025. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Photo by Qu Yiwei/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a freight train travelling along the newly upgraded section of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a gantry crane carrying out transloading operations on a returning China-Europe freight train at the Suifenhe Station in Suifenhe, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. A major upgrade of a railway linking Suifenhe and the China-Russia border was completed on Saturday, with new tracks put into operation that allow trains to run at speeds up to 120 km/h, more than double the previous limit of 55 km/h, significantly enhancing transport capacity.
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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.…
