Tracklaying work on a major highspeed railway linking Lianyungang and Xuzhou in East China’s Jiangsu province commenced on Sunday. The 362.19 kilometer line will have an operational speed of 350 kilometers per hour when it starts operations in December this year, according to China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group, the builder. Construction of the line started in November 2016 and is part of the country’s “eight horizontal lines and eight vertical lines“ designed for highspeed railways.