The Baoji-Chengdu Railway, a key railway line in western China, resumed service on Saturday after 25 days of disruption due to flood-triggered geological disasters.

On July 16 and 17, heavy rainstorms lashed Baoji City in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, causing more than 70 disasters on various sections of the railway linking the city with Chengdu, the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Anhe Bridge, a section of the railway, was brought down by the floods on July 17.

Following the disasters, all train services on the railway were canceled or diverted to other routes.

China Railway Xi'an Bureau Group Co., Ltd. launched an emergency repair operation, dispatching workers and sending excavators, cranes and other large machinery to fix damage to the track.

The railway commenced operation in 1958, becoming the country's first electrified railway. Winding through mountains, it has a designed maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour and serves both freight and passenger trains.

(Cover image: The Baoji-Chengdu Railway in Guangyuan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. /CFP )