Zhengzhou Railway Station: Goodbye, Woodiness Railway Sleeper

　　At 11:55 a.m.,November 11,in Zhengzhou Railway Station, G686 train departed on time, marking the 33 days' replacement of 73 sets of wooden sleepers, and that of turnouts at the north and the south ends of the Station. The task of railway sleepers was successfully completed, and trafficability was greatly improved.

　　Thousands of workers struggled for 33 days to complete the task of replacement.

　　At 12:40 on November 11 in Zhengzhou Railway Station ,long construction vehicles pulled out of the construction site slowly. Many workers were still laying stones at the site. In a few minutes, the construction here will be officially ended.

　　At 12:55, G686 train was full of passengers and then departed, marking the successful completion of the large-scale construction of 1018 workers participating in the work for 33 days. This is a historical construction which replaces most turnouts in the longest running cycle, and faced with the most difficult tasks affecting the largest number of trains in a planned way.

　　According to reports, the 33 days’ construction has finished the replacement of 73 groups of turnouts, including 41 groups at the southern, and 32 groups at the northern end. The new concrete swap is over 40 meters long, weighing 60 tons each group. The total replacement is 4130 concrete pillows , of which the longest one is 4.8 meters, and the heaviest one is 500 kg.

　　All vehicles will be restored to the original mode of operation.

　　According to Guo Xiaoguang, deputy director of the Zhengzhou Electricity Department, they set up an inspection team of party members to strictly control the key parts of the site and the construction quality of the key links so as to ensure that the cables trend are scientific and the core wire welding is in place. The turnouts should have no deviation.

　　During the construction period, more than 1,200 out-of-date passenger train lines were suspended for operation. There was a planned delay and all vehicles would resume their original operation mode after the construction was completed.