Datong-Qinhuangdao, China's First Heavy-Haul Railway, Opens to Traffic on Dec 21, 1992

The Datong-Qinhuangdao railway is China's first heavy-haul railway that can also transport coal. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

Datong-Qinhuangdao, China's first heavy-haul railway, opens to traffic on Dec 21, 1992

The Datong-Qinhuangdao railway, China's first heavy haul railway, opened to traffic on Dec 21, 1992.

A freight-dedicated Class I national railroad, the Datong-Qinhuangdao railway connects Datong in Shanxi Province and Qinhuangdao in Hebei Province. It is the first heavy haul railway being used to transport coal.

The railway has a whole set of heavy haul transportation technology systems with proprietary intellectual property rights. China is one of the few countries to have mastered such technology.

(Executive editor: Zhang Tianyuan)