The new Wuhan-Shiyan high-speed railway is set to open by the end of 2019, according to local media reports.
The line, running from Wuhan in Central China's Hubei province to Shiyan in Hubei, has a top design speed of 350 kilometers per hour. It will pass through tourist attractions including the Yellow Crane Tower, the Wudang Mountains and Danjiangkou Reservoir.
Officials said construction work on the railway began on Dec 2, 2015.
They added that intelligent robot construction was employed in the construction of the railway.
The construction of four lines -- for communications, signals, electric power, electric traction and the power supply of a Sui county-Xiangyang section of track -- has involved layers of pipelines and interfaces, officials said.
Officials added that the builders were inspired, in their automated construction, by the industrial robots now commonly used in the production lines of the auto industry.
They said that by applying China's first industrial robot high-speed railway intelligent production line, the quality and efficiency of railway construction were greatly improved and component tolerances were kept below 2 millimeters.
A bullet train carries out a test run on the new Wuhan-Shiyan high-speed railway, on Nov 4. [Photo/Chutian Metropolis Daily]
