Modern Transportation in Inner Mongolia
--First High Speed Railway in Inner Mongolia
The first high speed railway in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region linking Hohhot and Ulanqab started operation on August 3, 2017. The 126-kilometer-long railway is part of the high-speed railway that links Hohhot to Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province, the co-host city of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. And the travel time between Ulanqab and Hohhot will be shortened to 40 minutes.
Crew members pose for a photo with the bullet train at Ulanqab Railway Station in Ulanqab, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2017. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Passengers show their tickets on the bullet train from Hohhot to Ulanqab, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2017. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
--Inter-City Bullet Train
An inter-city bullet train has been running on the railway linking Changchun, Baicheng, both in northeast China's Jilin Province, and Ulanhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The 412-km-long railway has been in a test operation since 2017.
An inter-city bullet train is seen on the railway linking Changchun, Baicheng, both in northeast China's Jilin Province, and Ulanhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on June 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Huo Chunguang)
An inter-city bullet train is seen on the railway linking Changchun and Baicheng, both in northeast China's Jilin Province, and Ulanhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on July 12, 2017. (Xinhua/Huo Chunguang)
--Expressways in Inner Mongolia
The total length of the expressways in Inner Mongolia has reached 6,000 kilometers in July 2017. According to Miao Yinzhu, director of the regional transportation department, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will invest 101 billion yuan(15 billion U.S. dollars) in new roads in 2017, building a total of 20,000 km of road, including 3,000 km of expressways.
The photo taken on July 14, 2017 shows a section of a freeway between Beijing and northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in Bayan Nur City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
The photo taken on July 14, 2017 shows a section of a freeway between Beijing and northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in Bayan Nur City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
