Name of the Project
Fuzhou–Xiamen Railway.

Location
The project is located in the coastal area of Fujian province, China, and stretches from Fuzhou, in the north, to Xiamen and Zhangzhou, in the south.

Client
Second Harbour Engineering Company, a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC).

Project Description
The main line of the Fuzhou–Xiamen railway line – China's first cross-sea high-speed railway line – is about 277.4 km long, with a designed speed of 350 km/h.

Second Harbour Engineering Company has won the bid for Lot 6 of the station-front railway. Lot 6 is the most difficult of the full line. It includes six bridges, two tunnels and 1.2 km of subgrade. 

Key controlled works include the 20 287-m-long Quanzhou Bay Grand bridge and the 8 960-m-long sea bridge.

The main bridge across Quanzhou Bay spans 400 m and is an 800-m-long double-pylon, double-plane steel concrete composite beam, semifloating cable-stayed bridge. It is also China's first cross-sea high-speed railway bridge.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Value
The cost of Lot 6 is estimated at Rnb3.08-billion.

Duration
The project is expected to be completed and open to traffic in 2022.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
CCCC CHEC, tel +86 10 8201 6655/44, fax +86 10 8201 6500 or email webmaster@ccgrp.com.cn.