From January to October, CR advanced railway construction in a systematic and orderly manner, maximizing the role of railway investment in driving overall social investment. During this period, the national railway completed fixed asset investments totaling 635.1 billion yuan, a YoY increase of 10.9%, with 2,274 kilometers of new railway lines put into operation. The total operating railway mileage nationwide now exceeds 160,000 kilometers, including more than 46,000 kilometers of high speed rail. Over 3,300 railway passenger stations have been built and put into use, of which over 1,300 are high speed railway stations. This significant expansion and improvement in the railway network's scale and quality have provided strong support for facilitating convenient travel for people along railway lines, promoting personnel mobility and industrial clustering, and advancing high-quality socio-economic development in the regions served.
