News background: History of Chanhan hundred Years ' construction

Xinhua Wuhan, December 26 (reporter Shen Yu, Wei Mengjia) The construction of Chanhan is a century dream of the Chinese nation. October 1896, the Qing government was allowed to build Chanhan. But because of the cost, the project was delayed until July 1900, and the process was slow. It was not until 40 and August 1936 that the Guangdong-Han railway was completed in 1059.6 kilometres.　　This year, September 1, the first train from Wuchang to Guangzhou.　　Beijing-Han Railway and Chanhan have been completed to traffic, Hankou and Wuchang have railways, but for the Yangtze River Moat, for a long time, Wuhan train to rely on the wheel to spend the river.　　In the Yangtze River Repair Bridge, the Beijing-Han Railway and Chanhan into one, is a few generations of Chinese, especially the Chinese railway People's long-cherished wish. 1950, the Central People's government instructed the Ministry of Railways to prepare bridge construction. September 1, 1955, Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge officially started construction. After two years of fighting, the first road-rail bridge in the Yangtze River was opened in October 1957.　　Since then, the Beijing-Han Railway and Chanhan connected into one, officially renamed as Guang. Since December 1955, the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway began to build double track, to December 1988, Heng-Guang railway line completed, the entire line announced the completion of the Yucheng Department of the construction.　　After many speeds, the bus travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou has been shortened from the past more than 90 hours to 21 hours. June 2005 Wuhan began construction, the opening of the December 26 this year, the construction period of only 4.5 time, high-speed rail speed of 350 km, the shortest running time of 3 hours. By 2012, after the completion of the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway, the whole running time will be shortened to 8 hours.