Fuping Railway Opens and Operates the World’s First Dual-Use Road-Rail Bridge; Pingtan Strait Highway and Railway Bridge is put into use simultaneously_Fuzhou

Original title: Fuping Railway Opened and Operated the World’s First Dual-Use Sea-Crossing Bridge Between Highways and Railways; Pingtan Strait Railroad Bridge was put into use simultaneously

CCTV, Fuzhou, December 26 (Journalist Wan Cunling) According to a report by China Voice of China Central Radio and Television “News Evening Peak”, the Fuping Railway from Fuzhou to Pingtan officially opened on the morning of 26. The opening and Operation of this railway marked the simultaneous operation of the expressway and the Pingtan Strait Railway Bridge, the longest dual-use railway bridge in the world and in China, and ended the history of no rail access to Pingtan Island in the Fujian province.

At 9:43 am, the packed G5322 train departed from Pingtan Station, and the Fuping Railway, known as “the most beautiful high-speed train at sea,” was officially opened for operation. Sitting on the first high-speed train from Pingtan Station, Lin Yun, a native of Pingtan Island, recalled the scene of cramming the bus and then taking the ferry off the island more than 20 years ago. He said: “In the past, people had to get off the bus and get on the boat. Go, then get off the boat and get on the bus, squeezing each other. When the ferry is blocked, we have to wait a few hours. Day and night thinking about when there will be a bridge, we are leaving when we say The high-speed train will change our way of life in the future, bringing great comfort and changes to our “half-hour circle of life” of green travel.

The maritime zone where the Pingtan Strait is located is one of the three most important vents in the world. Over the past six years, builders have overcome the difficulties of “high winds, high waves, great depths, complicated seabed geological conditions, and short effective operating time” and built the Pingtan Strait. Road and railway bridge. The developed bridge construction technology has filled many “China gaps” and “global gaps”, laying an important foundation for the completion and opening of Fuping Railway. Liu Zhijun, commander of Fujian Fuping Railway Co., Ltd.’s Fuping Headquarters, said that after the opening of Fuping Railway, Pingtan, which has entered the era of high-speed rail, has formed a “circle of life half an hour “with the provincial capital of Fuzhou, which is more closely integrated into the Northeast Fujian coordination. The development zone is of great importance for the future “Belt and Road” construction service. Liu Zhijun said: “The time and space distance between Pingtan and Fuzhou has been greatly shortened. Soon we will open trains from Fuzhou to Xi’an, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Pingtan Island is also included in the entire transport map, which is important to create international tourism for Pingtan. The island has a very important meaning. “

Pingtan is the closest place on the mainland mainland to Taiwan, the treasure island. The Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone is being built here. Here is the country’s first “one-stop” Taiwanese business service center for fellow Taiwanese. Many young people from Taiwan work here, Fuping The opening of the railway will inject new vitality into the development of the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone. Fang Yiru, a young Taiwanese who started a company here for five years in the cross-border e-commerce business, said: “The opening of Fuping Railway feels closer to home geographically and psychologically. It also opens up new opportunities for Pingtan transportation. The style and appearance, whether in logistics, the flow of people and the tourism industry, will be like the rapid development of a train. “

Lin Yuting, Assistant General Manager of Fujian Cross-Strait International Travel Service Co., Ltd., believes that Pingtan Island is rich in tourism resources and the opening of Fuping Railway will boost the development of the tourism industry.Return to Sohu to see more