China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[TaiShang]

China's first PPP financed high-speed railway starts construction
Xinhua, December 23, 2016

China's first public-private partnership (PPP) funded high-speed railway project started construction in eastern province of Zhejiang Friday.

The 269-km-long Hangzhou-Taizhou Intercity Passenger Line has a total investment of 44.9 billion yuan (6.46 billion U.S. dollars), with private capital contributing 51 percent of the investment.

Private investors including Fosun Group, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Wanfeng Auto Holding Group will have a 30 year franchise period, with four years for construction and 26 years for operation.

Local governments will offer subsidies to ensure the project's smooth operation, and take ownership of the project after the franchise expires.

Giving holding status to private investors helps improve the project's management and operation and encourages more private enterprises to invest in infrastructure development, said Xu Kunlin, head of the investment department of the National Development and Reform Commission.

Over 1,000 PPPs, with a total investment of about 1.8 trillion yuan, have been inked so far this year, with private firms playing the leading role.

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[AndrewJin]

Central China's Qianzhangchang Railway under construction
2016-12-21 09:19 | Xinhua | Editor:Xu Shanshan

The Qianzhangchang Railway, which is designed to link southwest China's Chongqing Municipality with central China's Hubei and Hunan provinces, has a total length of 340 kilometers and is planned to come on stream in 2020.


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Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2016 shows a construction site of the Qianzhangchang Railway (Qianjiang-Zhangjiajie-Changde) in Xianfeng County, central China's Hubei Province. The Qianzhangchang Railway, which is designed to link southwest China's Chongqing Municipality with central China's Hubei and Hunan provinces, has a total length of 340 kilometers and is planned to come on stream in 2020. (Photo: Xinhua/Yang Shunpi)


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Staff members work in a tunnel along the Qianzhangchang Railway (Qianjiang-Zhangjiajie-Changde) in Xianfeng County, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 20, 2016. The Qianzhangchang Railway, which is designed to link southwest China's Chongqing Municipality with central China's Hubei and Hunan provinces, has a total length of 340 kilometers and is planned to come on stream in 2020. (Photo: Xinhua/Yang Shunpi)


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Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2016 shows a construction site of the Qianzhangchang Railway (Qianjiang-Zhangjiajie-Changde) in Xianfeng County, central China's Hubei Province. The Qianzhangchang Railway, which is designed to link southwest China's Chongqing Municipality with central China's Hubei and Hunan provinces, has a total length of 340 kilometers and is planned to come on stream in 2020. (Photo: Xinhua/Yang Shunpi)


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Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2016 shows a construction site of the Qianzhangchang Railway (Qianjiang-Zhangjiajie-Changde) in Xianfeng County, central China's Hubei Province. The Qianzhangchang Railway, which is designed to link southwest China's Chongqing Municipality with central China's Hubei and Hunan provinces, has a total length of 340 kilometers and is planned to come on stream in 2020. (Photo: Xinhua/Yang Shunpi)


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Staff members work in a tunnel along the Qianzhangchang Railway (Qianjiang-Zhangjiajie-Changde) in Xianfeng County, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 20, 2016. The Qianzhangchang Railway, which is designed to link southwest China's Chongqing Municipality with central China's Hubei and Hunan provinces, has a total length of 340 kilometers and is planned to come on stream in 2020. (Photo: Xinhua/Yang Shunpi)

This region is arguably the poorest region in Central China, Southwest Hubei and Western Hunan.
This railway is the first section of the long-term planned 1677km Chongqing-Changsha-Xiamen rapid railway (200-250km/h), which is one part of the Xiamen-Changsha-Chongqing-Lanzhou-Urumqi corridor... (Chongqing-Lanzhou to open in 2017, Lanzhou-Urumqi in operation)

Red section (Chongqing-Qianjiang Intercity HSR) will start construction soon.
Yellow section, the railway mentioned
Green: (Changhsha-Yiyang-Chengde HSR) to start construction soon
Light Yellow (Changsha-Ganzhou): planned
Blue and purple sections: in operation (Ganzhou-Longyan-Xiamen)

Qianjiang-Zhangjiajie-Changzhou rapid railway has a bridge/tunnel percentage of 80%.
It will cut the travel time by 7 hours from Chongqing to Changsha to 4 hours.

 

[samsara]

Hello!
This data is for last financial year (14-15) and was published in German News magazine. the same was shared with me by Mr. Peter Christener, who works for Bombardier.
While i donot have access to whole article, the intent was to show Chinese companies have now become global leaders in Electric traction technologies in railways. The same is also evident by the fact that China is today winning more contracts than European companies in new markets (especially in Africa) owing to range of products offered and cost competitiveness.
@AndrewJin @TaiShang @ahojunk Gentlemen, you would want to add on this subject?

Thank you anant_s for your additional info.

 

[JSCh]

Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Intercity Railway Starts Operation
2016-12-26

The Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Intercity Railway is open to traffic on December 26, 2016. A 40-minute inter-city railway circle is to take shape.

Passengers can buy tickets through multiple channels, such as station’s ticket window, automatic ticket machine, and the mobile client or website of 12306.cn, official ticket selling site set up by the Ministry of Railways. Ticket selling started from 8:00 am on Dec. 25, 2016, as was announced by Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corporation on Dec. 25.

One train will be arranged to set off each hour every day during the initial operation stage. More will be scheduled next. The public transport operation mode will therefore be gradually realized.

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Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2016 shows the Zhaoshan Station of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Intercity Railway in central China's Hunan Province. The new intercity railway built for a speed up to 200 kilometers per hour is nearing completion, and the initial operations will start at 160 kilometers per hour. (Photo: Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

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Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2016 shows the Changsha Station of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Intercity Railway in central China's Hunan Province. (Photo: Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

 

[TaiShang]

Minxian-Guangyuan section of Lanzhou-Chongqing railway put into operation
(Xinhua) 17:37, December 26, 2016



Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2016 shows the Bailongjiang Bridge (R) of Lanzhou-Chongqing railway line in Longnan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The Minxian-Guangyuan section of Lanzhou-Chongqing railway line was put into operation on Monday. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)



Attendants work at Longnan Railway Station in Longnan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 26, 2016. The Minxian-Guangyuan section of Lanzhou-Chongqing railway line was put into operation on Monday. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2016 shows the Hanwang Bridge (R) of Lanzhou-Chongqing railway line in Longnan, northwest China's Gansu Province. The Minxian-Guangyuan section of Lanzhou-Chongqing railway line was put into operation on Monday. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)



Passengers get on a train at Longnan Railway Station in Longnan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 26, 2016. The Minxian-Guangyuan section of Lanzhou-Chongqing railway line was put into operation on Monday. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

 

[AndrewJin]

I stop counting how many new railways and subways (and who cares about new expressways) to open in the final week of 2016.

 

[cirr]

China to build more high-speed railways in 5 years

IANS | Last Updated: Thursday, December 29, 2016 - 10:55

Beijing: China will build more high-speed railways as part of its efforts to establish a comprehensive transport system during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), according to a white paper issued on Thursday.

The white paper, titled Development of China`s Transport, said China will increase the length of high-speed railways in service to 30,000 km by 2020, which will link more than 80 per cent of its big cities, the Global Times reported.

The country will renovate 30,000 km of expressways and provide tarmac and cement roads and shuttle bus services for administrative villages with the necessary conditions, while all villages will have access to mail service, it said.

China will build commuting circles of one to two hours between the central cities and between central and peripheral cities, and one-hour commuting circles between central cities and key peripheral towns.

With priority focused on public transit, China will speed up the development of its urban rail and bus rapid transit, and other means of high-capacity public transport, according to the white paper.

By 2020, intercity railway networks will be completed in several urban agglomerations including the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta areas.

The white paper said more efforts will be made in cities with 3 million or more residents to form urban rail transport networks, and about 3,000 km of new tracks will be added to the current urban rail transit system.

China will also move to build integrated transport hubs, promote the green and intelligent development of transport services and improve safety in the transport industry, it said.

The country is aiming to build a comprehensive transport network that spreads from east to west and south to north, construct passage-ways that extend beyond its borders, and develop sea routes for the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road in the five-year period, added the white paper.

First Published: Thursday, December 29, 2016 - 10:55

http://zeenews.india.com/world/china-to-build-more-high-speed-railways-in-5-years_1962561.html

 

[TaiShang]

China to build more high-speed railways in five years
Xinhua, December 29, 2016

China will build more high-speed railways as part of its efforts to establish a comprehensive transport system during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), according to a white paper issued Thursday by the State Council Information Office.

The white paper, titled Development of China's Transport, said China will increase the length of high-speed railways in service to 30,000 kilometers by 2020, which will link more than 80 percent of its big cities.

The country will renovate 30,000 kilometers of expressways and provide tarmac and cement roads and shuttle bus services for administrative villages with the necessary conditions, while all villages will have access to mail service, it said.

China will build commuting circles of 1 to 2 hours between the central cities and between central and peripheral cities, and one-hour commuting circles between central cities and key peripheral towns.

With priority focused on public transit, China will speed up the development of its urban rail and bus rapid transit, and other means of high-capacity public transport, according to the white paper.

By 2020, intercity railway networks will be completed in several urban agglomerations including the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta areas.

The white paper said more efforts will be made in cities with 3 million or more residents to form urban rail transport networks, and about 3,000 kilometers of new tracks will be added to the current urban rail transit system.

China will also move to build integrated transport hubs, promote the green and intelligent development of transport services and improve safety in the transport industry, it said.

The country is aiming to build a comprehensive transport network that spreads from east to west and south to north, construct passageways that extend beyond its borders, and develop sea routes for the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road in the five-year period, said the white paper.

@DayWalker90 , @AndrewJin , @RISING SUN

@samsara , OBOR is mentioned

 

[RISING SUN]

China to build more high-speed railways in five years
Xinhua, December 29, 2016

China will build more high-speed railways as part of its efforts to establish a comprehensive transport system during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), according to a white paper issued Thursday by the State Council Information Office.

The white paper, titled Development of China's Transport, said China will increase the length of high-speed railways in service to 30,000 kilometers by 2020, which will link more than 80 percent of its big cities.

The country will renovate 30,000 kilometers of expressways and provide tarmac and cement roads and shuttle bus services for administrative villages with the necessary conditions, while all villages will have access to mail service, it said.

China will build commuting circles of 1 to 2 hours between the central cities and between central and peripheral cities, and one-hour commuting circles between central cities and key peripheral towns.

With priority focused on public transit, China will speed up the development of its urban rail and bus rapid transit, and other means of high-capacity public transport, according to the white paper.

By 2020, intercity railway networks will be completed in several urban agglomerations including the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta areas.

The white paper said more efforts will be made in cities with 3 million or more residents to form urban rail transport networks, and about 3,000 kilometers of new tracks will be added to the current urban rail transit system.

China will also move to build integrated transport hubs, promote the green and intelligent development of transport services and improve safety in the transport industry, it said.

The country is aiming to build a comprehensive transport network that spreads from east to west and south to north, construct passageways that extend beyond its borders, and develop sea routes for the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road in the five-year period, said the white paper.

@DayWalker90 , @AndrewJin , @RISING SUN

@samsara , OBOR is mentioned

If all concerned agree on current border, I don't think India will hesitate to leave even Pakistani side of Kashmir for peace and stability which will automatically link to OBOR. India I think is joining we Eastern wing of OBOR as per multi national project, correct me if wrong.

 

[JSCh]

China starts building Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway
Source: Xinhua 2016-12-29 20:46:15

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Construction began Thursday on the Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, part of broader efforts to develop the China's less prosperous southwest region.

With a length of 482 km, the railway line will cut travel time from Nanning to Guiyang from over 10 hours to 2 and a half hours, said Ding Rongfu, chairman of China Railway Airport Construction Group Co.

With a maximum speed of 350 km per hour, the line is expected to go into service in 2022.

Construction will be difficult due to complicated geography and landform, Ding said, adding that 106 tunnels have to be excavated along the line.

China has more than 20,000 km of high-speed railways. According to a government plan, mileage will increase to 45,000 km by 2030.

 

[salam.pakistan]

We are far behind China.

 

[cirr]

China to build more high-speed railways in five years
Xinhua, December 29, 2016

China will build more high-speed railways as part of its efforts to establish a comprehensive transport system during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), according to a white paper issued Thursday by the State Council Information Office.

The white paper, titled Development of China's Transport, said China will increase the length of high-speed railways in service to 30,000 kilometers by 2020, which will link more than 80 percent of its big cities.

The country will renovate 30,000 kilometers of expressways and provide tarmac and cement roads and shuttle bus services for administrative villages with the necessary conditions, while all villages will have access to mail service, it said.

China will build commuting circles of 1 to 2 hours between the central cities and between central and peripheral cities, and one-hour commuting circles between central cities and key peripheral towns.

With priority focused on public transit, China will speed up the development of its urban rail and bus rapid transit, and other means of high-capacity public transport, according to the white paper.

By 2020, intercity railway networks will be completed in several urban agglomerations including the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta areas.

The white paper said more efforts will be made in cities with 3 million or more residents to form urban rail transport networks, and about 3,000 kilometers of new tracks will be added to the current urban rail transit system.

China will also move to build integrated transport hubs, promote the green and intelligent development of transport services and improve safety in the transport industry, it said.

The country is aiming to build a comprehensive transport network that spreads from east to west and south to north, construct passageways that extend beyond its borders, and develop sea routes for the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road in the five-year period, said the white paper.

@DayWalker90 , @AndrewJin , @RISING SUN

@samsara , OBOR is mentioned

38000km HSR by 2025, translating into 2000km per annum on average for the next 9 years.

Also 5-7 urban rail transit networks centred on JJJ, Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Central China etc.

 

[TaiShang]

38000km HSR by 2025, translating into 2000km per annum on average for the next 9 years.

Also 5-7 urban rail transit networks centred on JJJ, Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Central China etc.

I think "warming up" stage of China's infra development is over now (2016).

The next 5-10 years will be much more exciting for development fans than the past 10 years were. Let's enjoy the development show .

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US$500b to boost high-speed rail plan
China Daily, December 30, 2016

A high-speed train runs along the Shanghai-Kunming railway line on December 28, 2016. [Photo/China.org.cn]

In the next five years, China will invest 3.5 trillion yuan ($503 billion) to accelerate railway construction, including expansion of the country's high-speed rail network to 30,000 kilometers, a senior official said on Thursday.

"By 2020, more than 80 percent of China's major cities will be connected by high-speed railways," said Yang Yudong, vice-minister of transportation.

China released a white paper titled "Development of China's Transport" on Thursday, which Hu Kaihong, director of the State Council Information Office's Press Bureau, said is the first white paper to review the sector's tremendous changes in recent decades and to set goals for its future.

In the past few years, China's railway network, especially high-speed rail, has undergone dramatic change. From 2011 to 2015, China invested 3.58 trillion yuan to build 30,000 km of railway. By the end of this year, the nation's total railway length will reach 124,000 km, including 20,000 km of high-speed railway, accounting for 65 percent of the world's total high-speed rail.

In July, the National Development and Reform Commission issued an updated national railway development plan envisioning a 175,000-km rail network by the end of 2025, with 38,000 km of high-speed rail.

However, the high-speed railway network still faces challenges, especially in the less-developed western part of China. Yang, the vice-minister of transportation, said he is confident that lines in western China will eventually become profitable.

"Plus, building high-speed railway in less-developed regions is not only about recouping investment. It is part of the big project of rejuvenating the whole region and the country's economy," said Yang.

The high-speed rail linking Beijing and Shanghai showed a profit last year, Xinhua News Agency reported in July, quoting Tianjin Railway Construction Co, a shareholder of Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway Co.

Yang Hao, a professor of rail transportation at Beijing Jiaotong University, said the economic returns of a high-speed railway network shouldn't be judged solely on whether lines are profitable, since these rail-ways can leverage the development of such industries as tourism, logistics and real estate.

According to China Railway Corp, construction began on Thursday on a high-speed rail line linking Guiyang, Guizhou province－a transportation hub connecting members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations－and Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The 482-km line will connect the Shanghai-Kunming railway and the Chengdu-Guiyang railway to the north and will also link to southern coastal areas including Hainan province and Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

The new railway will accelerate communication between China and ASEAN countries and play an important role in the Belt and Road Initiative.

 

[cirr]

I think "warming up" stage of China's infra development is over now (2016).

The next 5-10 years will be much more exciting for development fans than the past 10 years were. Let's enjoy the development show .

***

US$500b to boost high-speed rail plan
China Daily, December 30, 2016

A high-speed train runs along the Shanghai-Kunming railway line on December 28, 2016. [Photo/China.org.cn]

In the next five years, China will invest 3.5 trillion yuan ($503 billion) to accelerate railway construction, including expansion of the country's high-speed rail network to 30,000 kilometers, a senior official said on Thursday.

"By 2020, more than 80 percent of China's major cities will be connected by high-speed railways," said Yang Yudong, vice-minister of transportation.

China released a white paper titled "Development of China's Transport" on Thursday, which Hu Kaihong, director of the State Council Information Office's Press Bureau, said is the first white paper to review the sector's tremendous changes in recent decades and to set goals for its future.

In the past few years, China's railway network, especially high-speed rail, has undergone dramatic change. From 2011 to 2015, China invested 3.58 trillion yuan to build 30,000 km of railway. By the end of this year, the nation's total railway length will reach 124,000 km, including 20,000 km of high-speed railway, accounting for 65 percent of the world's total high-speed rail.

In July, the National Development and Reform Commission issued an updated national railway development plan envisioning a 175,000-km rail network by the end of 2025, with 38,000 km of high-speed rail.

However, the high-speed railway network still faces challenges, especially in the less-developed western part of China. Yang, the vice-minister of transportation, said he is confident that lines in western China will eventually become profitable.

"Plus, building high-speed railway in less-developed regions is not only about recouping investment. It is part of the big project of rejuvenating the whole region and the country's economy," said Yang.

The high-speed rail linking Beijing and Shanghai showed a profit last year, Xinhua News Agency reported in July, quoting Tianjin Railway Construction Co, a shareholder of Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway Co.

Yang Hao, a professor of rail transportation at Beijing Jiaotong University, said the economic returns of a high-speed railway network shouldn't be judged solely on whether lines are profitable, since these rail-ways can leverage the development of such industries as tourism, logistics and real estate.

According to China Railway Corp, construction began on Thursday on a high-speed rail line linking Guiyang, Guizhou province－a transportation hub connecting members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations－and Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The 482-km line will connect the Shanghai-Kunming railway and the Chengdu-Guiyang railway to the north and will also link to southern coastal areas including Hainan province and Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

The new railway will accelerate communication between China and ASEAN countries and play an important role in the Belt and Road Initiative.

Yes, with mass deployment of China Standardized HSR trains starting in 2017, development and operation of low/medium/high -speed maglav trains over the next 3-5 years, plus other innovations and technological breakthroughs in rail transport.

 

[AndrewJin]

Xintang Station of Guangzhou-Dongguan-Shenzhen Intercity HSR under construction

@Shotgunner51