China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[samsara]

Construction of an HRS connecting Haikou in Hainan Island and Zhanjiang in the Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong will begin in 2 years.

So, will a NEW very long bridge across the sea or an under-sea tunnel be built between Hainan Island and Zhanjiang in the Leizhou Peninsula?

I will answer my own question above as I dug a while

The Leizhou Peninsula 雷州半岛 is the third largest peninsula in China with an area of about 8,500 square kilometers located on the southwestern end of Guangdong, with the Gulf of Tonkin to the west and the average 30 km wide Qiongzhou Strait 琼州海峡 to the south, separating the peninsula from Hainan Island. It is the most southerly point of continental China. (Wiki) See also the brief entry of Qiongzhou Strait at Wiki.

Hainan Island

Qiongzhou Strait cross-sea passage (What's On Sanya)

An artist's rendition of Qiongzhou Strait cross-sea passage (What's On Sanya)

Qiongzhou Strait bridge project initiated

By Sina.com (in Oct 2009), project was approved. Now investigation is going on for Middle line or West line selection.
Cost: 142 billion yuan - Construction: 8 years

Choices of bridge links between Hainan Island and continental China through Leizhou Peninsula 雷州半岛 across the Qiongzhou Strait 琼州海峡

Qiongzhou Strait cross-sea bridge expected to be built in 2017
Updated: 15 Sep 2015

A 26.3-km-long cross-sea bridge spanning Qiongzhou Strait is expected to start construction in 2017

The China’s Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Railways, Hainan Province and Guangdong Province signed an agreement on September 8th to build a 26.3-km-long cross-sea bridge spanning Qiongzhou Strait.

The project is expected to start construction in 2017 and be completed and open for traffic by 2020.

The 20-billion-yuan bridge, linking Xuwen County in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong, and Chengmai County in Hainan, will be made up of two levels, a railway bridge and a road bridge. The railway bridge will allow a designed speed limit of 160 kilometers per hour, and the road bridge will allow a designed speed limit of 100 kilometers per hour.

Upon the bridge’s completion, it will take only 20 minutes to drive across the Qiongzhou Strait. The travel time across the strait by ferry is currently about five hours.

The bridge will link Hainan to an advanced expressway network in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, and Shanghai. It is expected to provide easy access not only for tourists from other parts of the country but also for overseas investment, according to economists.

http://www.whatsonsanya.com/news-32288.html

 

[AndrewJin]

So when do we expect CR400 to replace all existing models fully?

Just make sure all new purchases are CR400, CRH380A and likes.

 

[AndrewJin]

I can only dream that such excellent train and luxurious cabin is available as a much convenient substitution for the long distance air trip.

If for instance, for a trip with distance as long as 800 - 1,000 km, using such HSR is around one hour longer in total duration than using an airplane at almost the same total cost (take into consideration the airport tax and taxi fare & time differences to & from airports that are located in suburban areas cf. the railway stations mostly located in the downtown)... I'll still happily opt to a HSR with this kind of quality at comparable total cost (even for one hour longer) for I hate to fly with the tight seat (various economy classes) and lots of accompanying airplane inconveniences... and frankly, I feel better be at land than in the air

All these HSR and vast railroad networks will certainly change the ways how people do travel in China in the 2nd decade of the 21st century onward, as well as the people's wider choices of dwelling places being linked with the HSR networks! For many other countries with vast land and large enough population, this high quality HSR will be the much coveted transportation mode!

Moreover the availability of HSR will also put the airfare in check

Well said.
It is not exaggerating to say HSR has reshaped and continues shaping China's economy, society and culture.

 

[AndrewJin]

 

[AndrewJin]

Chinese Standardised Bullet Trains (CR400)
now operating on Beijing-Guangzhou HSR

Train No. G65
Beijing West- Guangzhou South
2298km
9h43min 10:33am-8:16pm
17 stops

CRH380A vs CR400
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2nd Class
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Spotted again!!!
More photos about CR400 on Beijing-Wuhan-Guangzhou HSR

@TaiShang @samsara @ahojunk @AViet @cirr @Keel @Daniel808 @long_

 

[samsara]

China's High-Speed Rail - A Flashback to 1978

An old short video clip showing Deng Xiaoping took a ride on the Shinkansen in 1978

While I was searching more info about Deng Xiaoping at History’s Crossroads 《历史转折中的邓小平》, a 2014 TV biopic series based on the life of Deng Xiaoping, produced by CCTV -- it's a 48-part TV series telling the story of Deng and the historical transformation led by him between the years 1976 and 1984, a defining period for the Chinese society, led by Deng's reform and opening up policies, which took three years and 120 million RMB ($19.5 million) to produce; just broadcast by CCTV 4 中文国际 quite recently, unfortunately no EngSub -- I just stumbled across this old short video clip about Deng Xiaoping visited Japan in 1978, there he took a ride on the Shinkansen, or Japan's famous bullet train, and reportedly remarked at how fast the train could travel.

I can only imagine what Deng might feel if he's able to witness all the progresses of China's HSR nowadays...

What a blink in China's history, seems so remotely distant today, how time elapses so fast, yet so long for individuals...

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How the magnificent paramount leaders may lead an entire nation to change its entire course and destiny....

 

[AndrewJin]

China's High-Speed Rail - A Flashback to 1978

An old short video clip showing Deng Xiaoping took a ride on the Shinkansen in 1978

While I was searching more info about Deng Xiaoping at History’s Crossroads 《历史转折中的邓小平》, a 2014 TV biopic series based on the life of Deng Xiaoping, produced by CCTV -- it's a 48-part TV series telling the story of Deng and the historical transformation led by him between the years 1976 and 1984, a defining period for the Chinese society, led by Deng's reform and opening up policies, which took three years and 120 million RMB ($19.5 million) to produce; just broadcast by CCTV 4 中文国际 quite recently, unfortunately no EngSub -- I just stumbled across this old short video clip about Deng Xiaoping visited Japan in 1978, there he took a ride on the Shinkansen, or Japan's famous bullet train, and reportedly remarked at how fast the train could travel.

I can only imagine what Deng might feel if he's able to witness all the progresses of China's HSR nowadays...

What a blink in China's history, seems so remotely distant today, how time elapses so fast, yet so long for individuals...

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How the magnificent paramount leaders may lead an entire nation to change its entire course and destiny....

He must be having very complex thoughts at that moment.
I wish he could see what China has achieved today.

I especially wish he could see high-speed railway development in China's poorest province.

Shanghai-Kunming HSR in Guizhou Province

 

[shadows888]

He must be having very complex thoughts at that moment.
I wish he could see what China has achieved today.

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I especially wish he could see high-speed railway development in China's poorest province.

Shanghai-Kunming HSR in Guizhou Province
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Deng Xiaoping will go down in history as one of the greatest Chinese leader after Mao Tse-tung. not even some of the best emperors of the past could match.

 

[TaiShang]

How the magnificent paramount leaders may lead an entire nation to change its entire course and destiny....

Well said. China is blessed to produce the right leadership for the right time. The meritocratic, peer-review system must always be upheld. The standard for the best academic journal (like International Organization) is the quality of peer review. In governance, it is exactly the same. Good, meritocratic peer review, good product.

 

[TaiShang]

High-speed train runs along cole flowers in SW China
(Xinhua) 20:30, March 16, 2017


A high-speed train runs along the cole flowers at Anshun segment of Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway in Anshun, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 16, 2017. (Xinhua/Lu Wei)

A high-speed train runs along the cole flowers at Anshun segment of Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway in Anshun, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 16, 2017. (Xinhua/Lu Wei)

Railway investment to hit $33b in Yangtze River Delta
By Wu Xiaobo | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-03-17

A CRH train that runs on the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway leaves Tianjin South Railway Station in North China's Tianjin, June 30, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

Twelve railway projects involving a total investment of 226.2 billion yuan ($32.79 billion) will be launched this year in the Yangtze River Delta region, according to China Securities Journal website.

Among the planned projects is a 41.8-billion-yuan high-speed rail from Shanghai to Huzhou in Zhejiang province via Suzhou in Jiangsu province.

The train travelling at 350 km/h is expected to cover the 164 km route from Huzhou to Shanghai in less than one hour.

The second phase of Shanghai to Nantong railway project, namely an extended section from Taicang in Jiangsu to Shanghai, will also be launched with an investment of 35.34 billion yuan. It will be 112 km long and trains will run at 200 km/h.

China plans to invest 800 billion yuan in railway projects in 2017, according to the Government Work Report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang on March 5.

 

[cirr]

High-Speed Train to Cut Guangzhou-Hong Kong Journey to 48 Minutes

By Tristin Zhang, March 16, 2017

The highly-anticipated Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) is scheduled for a test run from Hong Kong to Shenzhen by the middle of this year, according to a CCTV News report. The route will be fully operational by late 2018.

Once open, a train ride from Guangzhou South Railway Station to West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong will take a mere 48 minutes, while the trip from Shenzhen Futian Station, the world’s second largest underground railway station, will take 15 minutes.

Currently, the trip from Guangzhou East Railway Station to Hung Hom Station in Hong Kong takes about two hours.

The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong XRL, also known in Chinese as Guangshen’gang gaotie, is part of the Beijing-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong XRL operated by China Railway. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen segment has been running since 2011, whereas the Shenzhen (Futian) – Hong Kong (Kowloon) connection is in its final phase of construction.

According to MTR, the Hong Kong railway company in charge of constructing the Hong Kong-Shenzhen section of the railroad, the project was nearing 87 percent completion at the end of 2016. The first test train arrived in Hong Kong in September, 2016, and a second train pulled into Kowloon in January of this year.

The Guangzhou-Hong Kong express rail is 145 kilometers in length, with seven stops: Guangzhou South, Qingshen (Guangzhou), Humen (Dongguan), Guangmingcheng (Shenzhen), Shenzhen North, Futian and West Kowloon.

The bullet trains running on the express rail have traveled as high as 487 kilometers per hour in test runs, with 275 kilometers per hour being the lowest speed, which is faster than the speed at which a jetliner typically takes off.

http://www.thatsmags.com/china/post...-in-2018-guangzhou-to-hong-kong-in-48-minutes

 

[AndrewJin]

Baoji-Lanzhou HSR (one leg of Silk Road HSR)
Test & Trial Run begin
To open in this summer

Red lines in operation
Blue line to open this summer

宝兰高铁联调联试检测车“黄医生”抵达兰州

经过一夜飞奔，2017年3月16日，担当宝兰客专(兰州局管段)联调联试检测任务的CRH380AJ0203动检车“黄医生”在兰州车辆段兰州西动车运用所“下榻”，并接受全面“体检”。为做好全线测试工作，兰州西机务段动车车间提前着手，精心挑选组织两批动车司机，远赴上海局学习CRH380系列动车组操纵。学习期间，高铁司机们整齐着装、统一行动、苦练内功，多方面搜集动车组资料，建立资源共享信息平台，强化讨论总结，精准对接每个项点进行研讨和梳理，努力提升自身业务水平。在兄弟单位的积极配合下，学习小分队跟随上海至杭州动车组实战练习，总计担当乘务360趟，累计走行长达72720公里，合计乘务时间398个小时。14日晚，结束学习任务的小分队赶往合肥动车段，15日11时从合肥南站出发，并于16日6时08分经陇海既有线运行，安全到达兰州西站。3月16日，兰州车辆段兰西动车所从人员培训、生产组织、作业流程、材料储备等方面做好了准备工作。动车所快速启动整修措施，精兵强将连续作战，为“黄医生”全面体检，整备工作在黎明前全面打响。据悉，为全面做好宝兰客专(兰州局管段)联调联试工作，兰州铁路局车辆部门在落实“力度不减、人员不换、确保安全”要求的基础上，打出“送出去培训、请进来授课、完善各项制度、提前储备配件”组合拳，以全面提升干部职工业务素质为推手，构筑高铁动车组检测安全运行“防火墙”。该段精心挑选10名技术骨干到武汉动车段学习，以理论教学、现场操作相结合的方式，组织开展电气系统、车体技术、应急处理、网络控制方面的技术培训；进一步梳理联调联试动车运行、检修工作需求，精心编制培训计划与课程，将动车组机械师、调度员、质检员、TEDS分析员等岗位以及全体管理干部全数纳入培训范围，对接联系各主机厂师资力量，邀请中车四方股份、长客股份技术专家、科研人员到兰州西动车所授课，利用12天时间，在兰州西动车运用所开设CRH380AJ0203动车组总体概述、空调系统、转向架结构、软件操作及应急故障处理等10余项课程，使主要岗位人员都接受了专业培训。同时，该段还强化干部作用发挥，制定质量对规、干部添乘、应急处置方案等一套标准化作业制度，建立作业人员、工长、质检员、干部四级安全控制措施，多管齐下，确保动车组联调联试期间的运行安全。并多方联系厂家，对动车组列车闸片、碳滑板、研磨子、空调滤网等常用、易损、易耗配件材料及时存储，为CRH380AJ0203动车组提供技术支持和材料保障。

The yellow doctor, CRH380AJ0203 arrives at Lanzhou West CRH Depot
Lanzhou City, Northwest China

 

[AndrewJin]

Nanning-Kunming High-speed Railway IN SPRING

 

[AndrewJin]

Picturesque aerial view of China's high-speed train
passing through the golden rapeseed fields

Guizhou Province, Southwest China

@anant_s @AViet @PaklovesTurkiye @onebyone @Godman et al

 

[cirr]

China to add high-speed train service

Source: Xinhua 2017-03-22 13:06:49

WUHAN, March 22 (Xinhua) -- China will open a new high-speed train service linking the central industrial hub of Wuhan with Zhuhai City on the southern coast in April.

The new service will allow a single trip of 5 hours and 14 minutes to cover the 1,123 km distance, which takes more than 13 hours by car.

Ticket sales started on Tuesday for the new service, which is scheduled to open on April 16.

The Wuhan Railway Bureau said that from April, all major train services via Wuhan will be adjusted either for higher speeds or added trains and carriages.

Train service from Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, to the tourist destinations of Kunming, Shanghai and Fuzhou will use 16-car trains instead of the current 8-car trains to double passenger volume.

The bureau will add train trips on long-distance railways passing through Wuhan, such as routes linking Shanghai to southwest China's Chengdu and between Shanghai and Chongqing Municipality.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-03/22/c_136148234.htm

@AndrewJin