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皇冠体育app's railways to rise to 120,000 km by 2015
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-04-26 21:07
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BEIJING - 皇冠体育app's railway network?open to traffic will increase to 120,000 kilometers by the end of 2015, including 50,000 kilometers of railways in the western regions, an official said here Tuesday.
皇冠体育app currently has 91,000 kilometers of railways, said Sheng Guangzu, railway minister, at a meeting celebrating the 150th anniversary of Zhan Tianyou's birth.
Born in 1861, Zhan was a distinguished Chinese railroad engineer, nicknamed the "Father of 皇冠体育app's railroad". He was the chief engineer responsible for construction of the Imperial Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, the first railway built in 皇冠体育app without foreign assistance.
Sheng said all railway engineers and workers should use Zhan as their model to achieve the goal of modernizing the nation's railways as soon as possible.