High-speed railway collapses in C China
- Xinhua, March 12, 2012
Hundreds of workers are rushing to repair a section of a new high-speed railway in central China's Hubei Province that collapsed after persistent rain, local authorities said on Monday.
![A section of the Hanyi High-speed Railway collapsed after persistent rain on March 9. [cnhan.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20120312/0014222d985010c79e4029.jpg "A section of the Hanyi High-speed Railway collapsed after persistent rain on March 9. [cnhan.com]") |
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A section of the Hanyi High-speed Railway collapsed after persistent rain on March 9. [cnhan.com] |
The Hanyi High-speed Railway, which links the provincial capital Wuhan and Yichang city, is expected to open in May. The collapsed part has already undergone test runs.
The roadbed of a 300-meter section rail in Qianjiang city collapsed Friday afternoon. Workers working the section said heavy rain in the past few days may have caused the problem.
The 291-km Hanyi railway, constructed by the China Railway 12th Bureau Group Co., will be a major high-speed rail in central China.
![A section of the Hanyi High-speed Railway collapsed after persistent rain on March 9. [cnhan.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20120312/0014222d985010c79e2d27.jpg "A section of the Hanyi High-speed Railway collapsed after persistent rain on March 9. [cnhan.com]") |
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A section of the Hanyi High-speed Railway collapsed after persistent rain on March 9. [cnhan.com] |