Railway connects Pingtan to mainland By LUO WANGSHU | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-29 08:56 Share CLOSE A train travels on the Pingtan Haixia Rail-Road Bridge of the Fuzhou-Pingtan Railway on Saturday. HU GUOLIN/FOR CHINA DAILY
A railway connecting the mainland with Pingtan, an island county in Fujian province, opened on Saturday, linking it to the national railway network.
Pingtan, 126 kilometers from Hsinchu, Taiwan, is the largest island in Fujian province, and is also the closest place on the Chinese mainland to the main island of Taiwan.
The 88-km line with six stations connects the island with Fuzhou, capital of Fujian. Trains using it can run at 200 km per hour and make the trip in 35 minutes.