Vietnam-bordering city to embrace new HSR, boosting trade

Pingxiang city, which borders Vietnam under the prefecture-level city of Chongzuo in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, will see the opening of high-speed railway services within this year, boosting passenger flow and border trade.

Workers from the Eighth Engineering Co Ltd of China Railway No 4 Engineering Group Co Ltd (CREC4) complete laying tracks on the Chongzuo-Pingxiang High-Speed Railway, on March 20. [Photo by WU HUAIQIU/for chinadaily.com.cn]

The Chongzuo-Pingxiang HSR, part of the railway linking Pingxiang with Nanning, the regional capital, completed the process of laying tracks on all its line on March 20, said Lu Shen, manager of the track-laying project from CREC4.

The Chongzuo-Pingxiang railway, which is expected to begin services by the end of 2025, will enter its joint debugging and testing phase in August.

As the third self-invested HSR in Guangxi, the Chongzuo-Pingxiang HSR starts in the east from Jiangzhou district under Chongzuo, traverses Chongzuo's Ningming and Longzhou counties in the west, and ends at Pingxiang.