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Construction of a double-track line in China's longest railway tunnel has been completed, breaking a major transport bottleneck on the Eurasia Continental Railway Bridge.

With the 20-km Wushaoling tunnel project, the double-track along the 220-km Lanzhou-Wuwei railway in northwestern Gansu Province was finished,replacing the five-decade-old single-track railway.

The Lanzhou-Wuwei railway was part of the Eurasia Continental Railway Bridge, which runs from Lianyun Port on China's eastern coast to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, and facilitates trade between Europe and China.

Passenger trains can travel up to 160 km per hour along the Lanzhou-Wuwei railway section, compared with 60 km per hour in the past. The pulling power of trains is up from around 2,000 tons to 4,000 tons.

The 3,651-km railway from Lianyun Port to Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, had a double-track all the way, significantly shortening travel times.

"The new railroad will enhance transport capacity between the hinterland and the coast, promoting personnel and goods exchanges and pushing forward regional social and economic development," said Vice Railways Minister Lu Chunfang here on Wednesday.

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