The Archive · 1929

Gigantic Railway Scheme

Sun Fo's Plan to be Completed in 20 Years Nanking, Aug. 13.

A. programme for the construction of a network of railway throughout the country, to be completed four periods, has been formulated bby the National Highway Planning Committee, under the chairmanship Jof the Minister of Railways, Mr. Sun Fo. The trunk lines through the. interior will be completed in 10 years, while those lines along the western border will be completed it. 20 years. A list of the railways to be constructed in the four stages bel First Stage—The entire line of the Nanking-Liuchow Railway; the Nanking-Yunnan-Sikong Rail }way; the Yuanto-Chéngta section of the Nanking-Tibet Railway; the Wuchan-Lanchow section of the Signgyang and the Shasi-Chengtu sections of the Nanking-Yunnan. Sikong Railway; the Foochow-Wuchang and the Lanchow-Tihwa sec-'Foochow-Sinkiang i-Kuangs! Railway.

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