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THE Department of Transportation (DoTr) said the construction start for the Mindanao Railway project is waiting on the completion of negotiations for a Chinese loan.
It said the loan from China can only be secured if the project is bid out first to Chinese contractors.
The DoTr’s timeline for the start of construction was the first quarter of 2021.
“Ito ay magsisimula kapag na-negotiate na po ang loan natin. Then, magkakaroon po ‘yan ng detailed engineering design. After that, magsisimula na right away ang actual construction (It will start when the loan is negotiated, followed by the detailed engineering design contract, and then immediately after comes actual construction),” Transportation Assistant Secretary for Project Implementation-Mindanao Cluster Eymard D. Eje said at an online briefing Wednesday.
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Intercity rail links Beijing, Xiong an By ZHANG YU and WANG LINYAN in Xiong an, Hebei | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-12-28 07:15 Share CLOSE Railway employees and passengers celebrate the launch of the Beijing-Xiong an Intercity Railway at Beijing West Railway Station on Sunday. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY
Pang Qinggang, from Xiong an New Area in Hebei province, was excited to take the maiden trip on an intercity high-speed railway on Sunday morning to Beijing, in order to experience the unprecedented convenience offered by the new service.
Pang bought a ticket for Train C2702 shortly after its booking service opened on Saturday.
His train was the first to run on the intercity rail line from Xiong an Railway Station to Beijing West Railway Station.
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A test train arrives at Beijing Daxing Railway Station of Beijing-Xiong an intercity railway on Aug 9, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Test runs on an intercity high-speed railway line linking Beijing and Xiong an New Area in Hebei province entered their final stage on Tuesday, China Railway Beijing Group said.
The line is expected to open at the end of this month.
Initially, trains will take about 50 minutes to travel from Beijing West Railway Station in the capital s Fengtai district to Xiong an Railway Station in Xiongxian county, it said. In the future, the time can be cut to about 36 minutes after further upgrading of an old section of the line, Li Zheng, a Xiong an Intercity Railway director, told China Central Television.