CHINA'S first heavy duty railway, connecting northern China's Shanxi province and eastern China's Shandong province, is expected to enter the track laying phase in mid-September, Xinhua reports.
The railway, designed for heavy loads, will run 1,260 kilometres from Shanxi's Luliang city to Shandong's port city of Rizhao and is expected to move 200 million tonnes a year.
The project entails an investment of CNY99.8 billion (US$15.77 billion) and expected to be finished by September 2014.