Railway linking Tianjin, Beijing's Daxing airport goes operational

BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- A railway connecting north China's Tianjin Municipality with the Beijing Daxing International Airport opened on Monday, the latest move to support the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

The G8842 Fuxing bullet train departed the Tianjin West Railway Station at 7:58 a.m. and arrived at the Daxing Airport Railway Station at 8:50 a.m., marking the inauguration of the new line's operation.

According to the China Railway Design Corporation, the fastest train on the 101-km line takes 41 minutes to travel one way.

The line covers six stations, and a 47-km section is new, with a designed speed of 250 km per hour.