Xinhua reported that construction started on Saturday of a freight railway linking several Chinese coal producing areas to the northern port city of Rizhao.

The 1,260 kilometers heavy haul line, estimated to cost CNY 99.8 billion will run through the provinces of Shanxi, Henan and Shandong and is slated to start operation by 2014 with an annual transportation capacity of 200 million tonnes of coal.
Source - Xinhua

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