Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway enters test run

(171122) -- XI'AN, Nov. 22, 2017 (Xinhua) -- A bullet train runs through the Qinling Mountains during a test run on a high-speed railway linking Xi'an of northwest China's Shaanxi Province with Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 22, 2017. The first full-course test run was carried out Wednesday on the Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway, which is scheduled to enter operation within the year. The 643-km line is China's first rail route to run through the Qinling Mountains. With a designed speed of 250 km per hour, it will slash the travel time between the two cities from the previous 16 hours to 3 hours. (Xinhua/Tang Zhenjiang)