SATV March 27, Kathmandu: This photo taken on March 25, 2025 shows the construction site of the Shantou Bay undersea tunnel in Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province. The Shantou Bay undersea tunnel, the world's first single-hole double-track undersea tunnel with a designed speed of 350 km per hour, was broken through on Wednesday. The 9,781-meter-long tunnel is a project of the Shantou-Shanwei high-speed railway.

The "Yongping" shield tunneling machine with an excavation diameter of 14.57 meters, advances to the submarine breakthrough point of Shantou Bay, in Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, on March 26, 2025. The Shantou Bay undersea tunnel, the world's first single-hole double-track undersea tunnel with a designed speed of 350 km per hour, was broken through on Wednesday. The 9,781-meter-long tunnel is a project of the Shantou-Shanwei high-speed railway.

A construction worker from China Railway 14th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. checks the tool abrasion of the "Yongping" shield tunneling machine, in Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, on March 26, 2025. The Shantou Bay undersea tunnel, the world's first single-hole double-track undersea tunnel with a designed speed of 350 km per hour, was broken through on Wednesday. The 9,781-meter-long tunnel is a project of the Shantou-Shanwei high-speed railway.