The power on a Chinese north-south railway artery, which has
been cut off by snow for more than 20 days, was completely restored
on Saturday.
A passenger train
passes by a station of Chenzhou city on Feb. 13, 2008. The power on
a Chinese north-south railway artery linking Beijing and Guangzhou,
which has been cut off by snow for more than 20 days, was
completely restored on February 16, 2008.
Three substations in Chenzhou City of central China's Hunan Province, which supply traction power to
trains on the busy rail line linking Beijing and Guangzhou, capital
of southern Guangdong Province, were the last to resume
operation on Saturday.
The southern part of the line was cut off as unusually heavy
snow felled power pylons in Chenzhou in Jan. 25, a time when
millions of people were returning to their hometowns for the Spring
Festival.
More than 100,000 people were stranded on the line or at
stations along it, and 136 passengers trains were delayed.
During the time, the Ministry of Railways called in 78 diesel
locomotives for the traction of stranded trains. More than 6,000
train drivers were mobilized to ensure the flow of the
Beijing-Guangzhou rail line.
(Xinhua News Ageny February 17, 2008)
