Tunnel on Xikang High-Speed Railway drilled through in Shaanxi(1/3)

Aerial view of the construction site of the Jiutianshan Mountain tunnel along the Xi'an - Ankang railway line in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 13, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yuan)

Travel time from Xi 'an to Ankang will be shortened from about three hours now to less than one hour.

Aerial view of the construction site of the Jiutianshan Mountain tunnel along the Xi'an - Ankang railway line in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 13, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yuan)

Aerial view of the construction site of the Jiutianshan Mountain tunnel along the Xi'an - Ankang railway line in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 13, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yuan)