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BEIJING<\/strong>: China’s domestically developed “Linghang,” the world’s largest-diameter high-speed-rail shield tunneling machine, has successfully completed the 11,180-meter underwater section of the Yangtze River crossing and made landfall in Taicang, East China’s Jiangsu Province, according to People’s Daily on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since April 29, 2024, the “Linghang” has completed 23 months of safe tunneling, crossed the southern embankment of the Yangtze River and successfully reached Taicang, marking a major step toward its precise arrival at Shaft No. 2 maintenance station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a total length of 14,250 meters, the Chongming\u001eTaicang Yangtze River Tunnel is the world’s longest high-speed rail shield tunnel in terms of single-head tunneling distance at 11,325 meters. It also has the largest cutterhead diameter, the highest operating speed for an underwater river-crossing high-speed rail tunnel, and the deepest section beneath the Yangtze River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is currently China’s highest-standard, longest-distance, and largest-scale world-class high-speed-rail river-crossing tunnel, according to the report. Once completed and put into operation, the tunnel will enable high-speed trains to cross the Yangtze River without reducing speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “Linghang,” deployed for the tunnel’s construction, is about 148 meters long and weighs about 4,000 tons. It is equipped with the world’s most advanced intelligent control system, the I-TBM system. Tasked with a single-head boring distance of 11,325 meters, the machine has set a global record as the first 15-meter-class large-diameter tunnel boring machine in the world to achieve one-time continuous boring of 11,182 meters, completing an unprecedented “ultra-long run” beneath the Yangtze River.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BEIJING: China’s domestically developed “Linghang,” the world’s largest-diameter high-speed-rail shield tunneling machine, has successfully completed the 11,180-meter underwater section of the Yangtze River crossing and made landfall in Taicang, East China’s Jiangsu Province, according to People’s Daily on Sunday. 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