Shandong Weilai high speed railway begins to lay track

On December 7, 2019, at the construction site of Laixi super large bridge of Weilai high speed railway, with a track laying locomotive dragging two 500m long rails stably in place, the laying of Weilai high speed railway began officially, which also marks that the construction of Weilai high speed railway project has officially entered the stage of track laying construction. A 6031 a 6031 track laying this time uses a high-speed rail laying unit to lay the track from Laixi to Weifang. The daily laying length of the track is more than 6 kilometers. It is expected that the track laying of the whole line will be completed by the end of May next year. Weilai high speed railway is led from Weifang North Station of Jinan Qingdao high speed railway, passing through Changyi, Pingdu and Laixi to the East, and leading into Laixi North Station of Qingdao Rongcheng intercity. The main line is 125.757km long, which is a double track high-speed railway with a design speed of 350km / h. There are four stations in Weifang north, Changyi south, Pingdu north and Laixi northwest. The construction of the first five sections of Weilai high speed railway station is undertaken by China Railway Shanghai Bureau, China Railway 10th Bureau and other units. The construction started on January 1, 2018, and it is planned to be ready for traffic by the end of 2020. The

Weilai high speed railway is the "middle passage" of the "three horizontal" rapid railway network in Shandong Province. After the completion of the project, it will become a convenient passage from the eastern part of Jiaodong Peninsula to the mainland. It is of great significance to strengthen regional ties, promote the development of small and medium-sized cities along the line, promote the formation of regional urban agglomerations, and improve the rational division of labor and structural transformation and upgrading of urban agglomerations. (reporter Qin Tongtian)