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China plans its first undersea high-speed railway tunnel at 10 miles long

     * Passage is part of a new £4.5 billion railway project in Zhejiang,
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   China is planning to build its first undersea high-speed railway
   tunnel.

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   Beijing.

   The underwater high-speed railway is part of a new 40 billion yuan
   (£4.5 billion) train line, the Yong-Zhou Railway. It is set to connect
   the cities of Ningbo and Zhoushan in Zhejiang province.
   China is planning to build a tunnel under the East Sea for high-speed
   trains (file photo)
   China is planning to build a tunnel under the East Sea for high-speed
   trains (file photo)

   China is planning to build a tunnel under the East Sea for high-speed
   trains (file photo)
   The passage will be 16.2 kilometres (10 miles) long and trains will
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   The Yong-Zhou Railway is set to be a rail-road project, which will
   facilitate high-speed trains as well as vehicles, according to Zhejiang
   News citing a statement from the Ningbo government.

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   underwater railway tunnel.

China has more than two-thirds of the world's high-speed railways

   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017
   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017

   Passengers board a 'Fuxing' high speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai
   high speed railway line before it leaves the Cangnan railway station on
   November 20, 2017

   China has the world's largest high-speed railway network,
   which measures a staggering 35,000 kilometres (21,747 miles) as of
   2019, according to China Central Television Station.
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   Nearly 30,000 kilometres (18,641 miles) of tracks, more than half of
   which are high-speed rail, were complete at a total cost of 3.9
   trillion yuan (£428 billion).

   The country's newest high-speed train model is 'Fuxing', or
   'Rejuvenation', which runs at a speed of 350 kilometres (217 miles) an
   hour.
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China plans first undersea tunnel for high-speed trains at 10 miles long

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