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Cross-sea railway opened to traffic

www.chinanews.cn 2007-04-19 16:23:26

The entire line of the first cross-sea railway in China, the
Guangdong-Hainan Railway, was opened to traffic on April 18, when the
first trains to Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing from Sanya of Hainan
Province started their journey.

Chinanews, Haikou, April 19 - The entire line of the first cross-sea
railway in China, the Guangdong-Hainan Railway, was opened to traffic on
April 18, when the first trains to Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing from
Sanya of Hainan Province started their journey.
Hainan has long been famous for its rich mineral resources and various
agricultural products, and also the industrial equipment and electric
appliances made there. However, the backward traffic between the island
and the mainland had limited the potential of Hainan.
Guangdong-Hainan Railway is a vital part of the railway network in China
as it links Hainan with Beijing-Kowloon Railway�� Beijing-Guangzhou
Railway, and Nanning-Kunming Railway.
It can be estimated that the tourism industry of Hainan will benefit
greatly from the opening to traffic of the railway, too, since railway
freight is much cheaper than air freight. In 2006 alone, 15 million
tourists visited Hainan, and the figure has kept growing at an annual
rate of 24%. It is said that 75% of Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai
residents wish to visit Hainan, but the expensive air travel fare in the
past prevented many of them from doing so. Another survey reveals that
the island is the favorite resort for Beijing and Shanghai travelers.
"The railway offers travelers a secure, economical and timely way to come
to Hainan, which will boost the marketization of local tourism," said
Yang Zhekun, the director of the Hainan Institute of Tourism .

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