Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 18 (Reporter Ding Jing, Liu Weizhen) On the morning of the 18th, the G8842 Fuxing train slowly drove out of Tianjin West Railway Station with the morning sun and headed for Beijing Daxing International Airport. This marks the opening of the railway from Tianjin to Beijing Daxing International Airport, and the opening of the fourth high-speed rail corridor between Beijing and Tianjin.
On December 18, train G8842 stopped at Tianjin West Railway Station and was ready to depart. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ran.
The Jinxing Intercity Railway starts from Tianjin West Railway Station, passes through Hongqiao District of Tianjin, Langfang City of Hebei Province, Daxing District of Beijing City, and connects to Daxing Airport Station, with a total length of about 101 kilometers. Among them, the 47-kilometer-long Shengfang-Gu'an East section is a new line with a design speed of 250 kilometers per hour. After the opening of traffic, it can be reached in 41 minutes at the fastest between Tianjin West and Daxing Airport Station.
There are 6 stations on the whole line: Tianjin West Railway Station, Shengfang Station, Anci Station, Yongqing East Station, Gu'an East Station and Daxing Airport Station, of which Anci Station and Yongqing East Station are newly built stations. The design of Anci Station incorporates elements of kite culture, and Yongqing East Station is shaped like an eagle about to fly.
Mu Qing, chief engineer of the Jinxing intercity railway project of China Railway Design Group, said that in order to better reduce the impact of the train on the lives of surrounding residents, the section of the Jinxing intercity railway through Yongqing County adopts a fully enclosed sound barrier.
Passengers can purchase the air-rail intermodal transport product of 'high-speed rail ticket + air ticket' through 12306** and the official platforms of major airlines. Wang Qiang, deputy general manager of the aviation business department of Beijing Daxing International Airport, said.
By the end of 2022, the operating mileage of China's high-speed railways has reached 420,000 kilometers, to build the world's largest and most modern high-speed railway network. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration, with the capital Beijing as the core, is now one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
The fast, fast and convenient high-speed rail in all directions makes "Twin Cities Living" possible. Wang Manman, who lives in Wuqing, Tianjin, takes the Beijing-Tianjin intercity train to Beijing every day for work, and the fastest journey takes more than 20 minutes. During the morning rush hour from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., the dense train traffic allows her to "go as she goes".
On December 18, passengers took photos at Daxing Airport Station. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ran.
In the vicinity of Wuqing Station of the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway, the former cropland has been transformed into a "new business district", and commercial projects such as Florentia Village receive tens of millions of consumers from Beijing and Tianjin every year. High-speed rail accelerates the flow of consumption potential and creative vitality between Beijing and Tianjin.
High-speed rail has changed people's work and lifestyle, and enlarged the resource allocation space of various production factors. Cheng Shidong, director of the Urban Transportation Center of China's National Comprehensive Transport Research Institute, said. (ENDS).