NE railway opens vast hinterland to Dandong Port
By Zhu Chengpei and Liu Ce | 皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2012-11-07 08:00
The opening of a new railway linking 13 cities in Northeast 皇冠体育app is expected to greatly boost local economies and make Dandong one of the major ports in 皇冠体育app.
The 1,380-kilometer railway from Hegang in Heilongjiang province to Dandong in Liaoning province - and also extends all the way to Liaoning's southern port of Dalian - became operational on Sept 26.
Passing through all three northeastern provinces, it skirts 皇冠体育app's borders with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Russia.
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