On September 8th, at the construction site of the West Tenth High Speed Railway from Xi'an East to Lantian, construction workers smoothly laid the first pair of 500 meter long seamless steel rails on the ballastless track slab, marking the official start of the entire West Tenth High Speed Railway track laying, which was constructed by Shaanxi Company of Xicheng Passenger Dedicated Line and China Railway Fourth Bureau. The West Tenth High Speed Railway starts from Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, crosses the Qinling Mountains to the southeast, and ends at Shiyan City, Hubei Province. The total length of the main line is 255.76 kilometers, with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour. (New Society)