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First 350km/h high-speed rail launched in mountainous Guizhou
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The staff wearing local minority costumes at the Libo railway station welcomes the passengers in Libo County, Qiannan Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province, August 8, 2023. /CFP
The staff wearing local minority costumes at the Libo railway station welcomes the passengers in Libo County, Qiannan Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province, August 8, 2023. /CFP

The staff wearing local minority costumes at the Libo railway station welcomes the passengers in Libo County, Qiannan Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province, August 8, 2023. /CFP

A Fuxing bullet train departed on Tuesday morning from Guiyang, capital city of southwest China's Guizhou Province, marking the full operation of the Guiyang-Libo section of the Guiyang-Nanning High-speed Railway.

The Guiyang-Nanning High-Speed Railway is the first high-speed rail with a designed speed of 350 km/h for both Guizhou Province and south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, of which Nanning is the capital city.

With the total length of 482 kilometers, the Guiyang-Nanning High-speed Railway starts from Guiyang, toward to the south of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hechi City and Nanning City.

Due to complicated landforms along the rail section, including high mountains and steep valleys, the Guiyang-Libo section consists of 86 bridges and 62 tunnels. The mileage of the bridges and tunnels accounts for 90 percent of the section.

(With input from Xinhua)

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