China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[IblinI]

Very nice. Have the HSR trains started using chinese make bearings yet or still relying on foreign makes ?

Go through the thread and find the answer by yourself.

 

[cirr]

Last tunnel on Beijing-Shenyang HSR connected

By Yang Min | Chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-03-21 16:46

The last of 39 tunnels on the Beijing-Shenyang High-Speed Rail Line was connected on March 20. The breakthrough marks significant progress in overcoming difficult engineering problems on the rail line.

The Chaoyang Tunnel, with a length of 6,750 meters, is located in Chaoyang city, Liaoning province.

Although Chaoyang Tunnel is not the longest one on the Beijing-Shenyang High-Speed Rail Line, it was among the toughest tunnels to build, according to Wang Zhipeng, the project director of the Chaoyang section of the rail line. He expressed his view that the successful connection of Chaoyang Tunnel marks great progress in the construction of the rail line.

The 698-kilometer Beijing-Shenyang High-Speed Rail Line starts at Xinghuo Railway Station in Beijing and connects Chengde in Hebei province with Chaoyang and Fuxing in Liaoning province, before eventually reaching Shenyang.

The line began construction in July 2014, with a total investment of 124.5 billion yuan ($20.4 billion).

Upon completion, expected during 2019, the new line will shorten the current journey time of 6 hours to just 2.5 hours, as it can accommodate trains traveling speeds of up to 350 kilometers per hour, and only 20 stations will be built along the new line.

The completion of the high-speed rail line will also greatly improve the transportation of goods in the region, as the Beijing-Shenyang line will connect to other main rail lines across China, such as to the Beijing-Harbin Rail Line, Beijing-Shanghai Rail Line and the Qinhuangdao-Shenyang Rail Line. Meanwhile, the current railway connecting Beijing to Shenyang has reached operational capacity.

The entrance of Chaoyang Tunnel on the Beijing-Shenyang High-Speed Rail Line. [Photo/Xinhua]

Construction workers celebrate the joining of the two ends of Chaoyang Tunnel on March 20. [Photo/Xinhua]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2017-03/21/content_28640341.htm

 

[GS Zhou]

Very nice. Have the HSR trains started using chinese make bearings yet or still relying on foreign makes ?

regarding HSR bearing, I believe by now we still heavily depend on foreign suppliers (e.g. SKF, Timken). But good news is we are making progress day by day, therefore western suppliers' dominance in this area (HSR bearings) is expected to be changed. One news to share:

Luoyang Bearing is now running durability test on its bearings for 350 to 380kmh HSR. The bearings have passed 1.08 million km test. The next target is to finish 1.2 million km test (with 380kmh speed)

 

[GS Zhou]

Actually reliable brgs are one of the most difficult components to master.

cannot agree more.

Bearing that working under extreme conditions is one of the most challenging parts in machinery sector.

 

[AndrewJin]

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

Is the biggest news this year about Silk Road HSR, the Baoji-Lanzhou section?
Xinjiang/Gansu/Qinghai's isolated HSR will finally connect to the national network!

cannot agree more.

Bearing that working under extreme conditions is one of the most challenging parts in machinery sector.

Now in the commercialisation process.
There are 10+ railway bearing academies in China.

Copy from my old thread

Five-Year Plan Of China: 工业强国 & Robot-theme Wedding

This is one episode of a series of documentaries of 13th 5-year-plan.
Episode 2 is themed 工业强国 (Manufacturing powers a nation)

Since this documentary is in Chinese, I have written some simple introduction of each part of the video.


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Start-7:22 1950s-2020s transformation of the steel industry in China, the foundation of all the industries

7:22-10:00 Numerous research institutes of bearing and the bearing industry, one of the most important components
10:00-12:10 Academy of High-speed Railway Bearing, ending the monopoly of western brands

12:10-16:05 blades, another key component, for nuclear generators, engines. etc

16:05- 20:50 Air industry

20:50-25:00 China's first tractor plant dating back to the 1st 5-year plan in 1950s
Mechanisation of Chinese agriculture

25:00-29:45 Electric bus, super-capacitor (12,000F-30,000F-80,000F), graphene

29:50-33:10 China South Railway Zhuzhou subsidiary, 0.02mm matters

33:15- 37:10 Crankshaft industry for ships

37:10 -38:50 Wind turbine blades exported to India

39:00-43:40 Robotics and automation
30 workers in charge of a robot-make-robot factory with annual production of 5000 robots
43:50- 45:00 chip maker robots
45:00- end Robot-theme wedding for robot engineers who make the robots

 

[AndrewJin]

Passenger's video inside China's new standardised bullet trains
G68 Guangzhou South-Beijing West
2298km, 9h41min, 16 stops

G65 (Beijing-Guangzhou) left Beijing South.

These two trains will be China's major model of 350km/h in the next decade.

 

[AndrewJin]

Aerial View Qianjiang to Zhangjiajie High Speed Railway
329km, investment: 34.8 billion yuan(3 billon yuan rolling stock)
Bridge/tunnel ratio: 77%
Open year: 2019-2020

Qianjiang to Zhangjiajie railway is located in Chongqing, Hubei and Hunan provinces.
There are 2 high bridges along this railway:Apengjiang railway bridge and Qianjiang railway bridge:

This railway is one section of Chongqing-Changsha-Xiamen rapid railway corridor

 

[cirr]

High-speed rail authorities pledge better services amid fare adjustment

(People's Daily Online) 16:59, March 23, 2017

China has promised to improve the quality of service on its high-speed rail network after a decision was made to adjust ticket prices in the country's southeastern region.

“The fare adjustment will start from April 21, with a focus on high-speed routes in the country’s southeastern coastal areas. Ticket prices will increase or decrease based on passenger flow,” a China Railway officer told the People’s Daily Online.

According to the officer, high-speed routes in southeastern coastal areas are still using the price standard issued by the Chinese government in 1997, which is much lower compared to that of the region’s highways. For instance, a trip from Ningbo to Xiamen takes 13.5 hours by bus and costs 312 RMB, while the same trip by high-speed train takes 5.5 hours and costs only 250 RMB.

“The price for some high-speed rails will still be cheaper compared to that of highways, even though high-speed rails are more comfortable and faster,” the officer added.

High-speed rails in China's southeastern coastal areas serve over 810,000 passengers every day, with a load factor above 80 percent.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0323/c90000-9194248.html

 

[AndrewJin]

Beijing's CRH depot at the sunset

New standardised CR400
on Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway

 

[AndrewJin]

New CRH Sleeper train starts trails

This 250km/h train has one third more capacity than previous bullet sleepers.
Every bed is equipped with a separate window.
Longitudinal layout ensures the stability of each side of the train instead of the traditional layout where all beds face one side of the train.

The 350km/h sleeper trains will be released soon for trials.

 

[AndrewJin]

High-speed rail authorities pledge better services amid fareadjustment

(People's Daily Online) 16:59, March 23, 2017

China has promised to improve the quality of service on its high-speed rail network after a decision was made to adjust ticket prices in the country's southeastern region.

“The fare adjustment will start from April 21, with a focus on high-speed routes in thecountry’s southeastern coastal areas. Ticket prices will increase or decrease based on passenger flow,” a China Railway officer told the People’s Daily Online.

According to the officer, high-speed routes in southeastern coastal areas are still using the price standard issued by the Chinese government in 1997, which is much lower compared to that of the region’s highways. For instance, a trip from Ningbo to Xiamen takes 13.5 hours by bus and costs 312 RMB, while the same trip by high-speed train takes 5.5 hours and costs only 250 RMB.

“The price for some high-speed rails will still be cheaper compared to that of highways, even though high-speed rails are more comfortable and faster,” the officer added.

High-speed rails in China's southeastern coastal areas serve over 810,000 passengers every day, with a load factor above 80 percent.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0323/c90000-9194248.html

Tickets to slow trains should be adjusted.
No change for more than 2 decades.
But my apartment is now valued more than ten times than 2 decades ago.
Wuhan's hot dry noodle for breakfast is no longer 1-1.5yuan but 4-5yuan.

 

[Blue Marlin]

few questions @AndrewJin :

1. whats the fastest record train china produces?
2. whats the fastest service in china and what track?
3. what is the fastest train china exports?
4. any plans to make a bid for the uk hs lines?

 

[AndrewJin]

few questions @AndrewJin :

1. whats the fastest record train china produces?
2. whats the fastest service in china and what track?
3. what is the fastest train china exports?
4. any plans to make a bid for the uk hs lines?

CRH380AL, 486km/h, on an actual high-speed railway (Beijing-Shanghai), not an experiment line.

World Speed Survey 2015: China remains the pacesetter

350km/h CR400 (test speed 420km/h) will be exported to Indonesia.

Another similar model will be exported to Russia, around 400km/h.

Other trains in operation abroad are mostly subway cars or intercity cars, designed speed won't exceed 160-200km/h.

Haven't heard of such news. CRRC' current focus is in less established markets, orders in recent years include Boston metro, Rio subway, Melbourne metro, etc. Western Europe has very high limitation for outsiders, they will get non-European bidders out in the first round.

Trains for Indonesia, the new generation bullet trains in China.

 

[Blue Marlin]

CRH380AL, 486km/h, on an actual high-speed railway (Beijing-Shanghai), not an experiment line.

World Speed Survey 2015: China remains the pacesetter

350km/h CR400 (test speed 420km/h) will be exported to Indonesia.
Another similar model will be exported to Russia, around 400km/h.
Other trains in operation abroad are mostly subway cars or intercity cars, designed speed won't exceed 160-200km/h.

Haven't heard of such news. CRRC' current focus is in less established markets, orders in recent years include Boston metro, Rio subway, Melbourne metro, etc. Western Europe has very high limitation for outsiders, they will get non-european bidders out in the first round.

Trains for Indonesia, the new generation bullet trains in China
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Beijing to shanghai at 486km!! got any videos

what speeds will the Indonesian hsr's be doing?

 

[AndrewJin]

CR400 arrives at Guangzhou South Railway Station
A new era of China's train manufacturing industry begins in 2017
driven by domestic demand and overseas ventures