In a feat of manpower, a Chinese train station was built in less than nine hours with 1,500 construction workers on site.
Footage provided by Pear Video showed the construction process of Longyan railway station — part of the railway line that is being developed to connect the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta.
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The construction began at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 19 and was completed before 3 a.m. the following day, according to state-run newspaper The People’s Daily.
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Upon completion, the Nansanlong railway line will span 246 kilometres, connecting the cities of Nanping and Longyan.
The railway is expected to begin operation by the end of this year.
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