China HSR News And Information: Original Translation
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thank AndrewJin for giving so much detailed pictures of our CRH trains and stations,
Could you introduce different types of CRH trains, and their parameters and their original tech, and what China has done to improve and integrate their features.
Could you introduce different types of CRH trains, and their parameters and their original tech, and what China has done to improve and integrate their features.
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One of the smartest things China has ever done was to make HSR giants fiercely compete with each other for sharing a piece of cake of the biggest HSR market. They had to "transfer" technology or no cake at all. Based on these prototypes, CNR and CSR or other joint venture(Bombardier-CSRsifang) have been dedicated in modifying and elevating the original design and technical parameters, for example, Kawasaki E2 in China is called CRH2A(250km/h), then elevated to CRH2C(350km/h). Another case is to develop special types for extreme weather(NE China's winter and WE China's wind) based on CRH5.
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Furthermore, CNR&CSR have designed a couple of new types which have integrated the best technology of each foreign type and their own innovation. Such as perhaps the most advanced train around the world, CRH380A(380km/h, max test speed 486.1km/h).
8pm, 27 March 2015, Wuhan Railway Station, full of CRH380A or CRH380AL (L means long, 16 cars instead of 8)
Interior of CRH380A
Train from Xi'an, a busy weekday night
@Armstrong HSR stuff is no worse than air stewardess
One of the smartest things China has ever done was to make HSR giants fiercely compete with each other for sharing a piece of cake of the biggest HSR market. They had to "transfer" technology or no cake at all. Based on these prototypes, CNR and CSR or other joint venture(Bombardier-CSRsifang) have been dedicated in modifying and elevating the original design and technical parameters, for example, Kawasaki E2 in China is called CRH2A(250km/h), then elevated to CRH2C(350km/h). Another case is to develop special types for extreme weather(NE China's winter and WE China's wind) based on CRH5.
(quoted from Wiki)
Furthermore, CNR&CSR have designed a couple of new types which have integrated the best technology of each foreign type and their own innovation. Such as perhaps the most advanced train around the world, CRH380A(380km/h, max test speed 486.1km/h).
8pm, 27 March 2015, Wuhan Railway Station, full of CRH380A or CRH380AL (L means long, 16 cars instead of 8)
Interior of CRH380A
Train from Xi'an, a busy weekday night
@Armstrong HSR stuff is no worse than air stewardess
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Great detailed information , my friend. Proud of China's achievements. Indigenization and competitive development have definitely helped China achieve greater independence and a huge know-how, as seen in the growing number of patents hold by China's HSR system.
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@AndrewJin Hainan is very similar to Southern And Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka in terms of population density. climate and scenery. The current interregional railway lines in Sri Lanak are primarily designed for tourism/sightseeing so the railway tracks and the trains used are very slow at the moment. The track along the southern coast is the fastest line in Sri Lanka at the moment so any plans for a HSR line has to be started from the southern coast. Introduction of HSR will certainly boost tourism in remote areas where there is a lack of tourists. It's an excellent idea that needs the attention of authorities to implement in near-future when the economy improves to a certain degree. Unfortunately we can't build a railway line around the Island coastline as in Hainan because of nature reserves.
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After reading the news that Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and his wife took a HSR train from Boao to Sanya, some members in Chinese railway forum argued that the urbanisation rate in Sri Lanka was too low to maintain even a low speed HSR network. However, I think, u can't wait for high urbanisation rate and an intercity network(150-200km/h, passengers & freight) will increase this rate and considerably increase Sri Lanka's competitiveness in tourism and industry.
Hainan also has a lot of coastline nature reserves. But costal line doesn't mean it is built right on the coast and there is tunnel/bridges as an alternative.
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I think this prototype won't be commercialised in at least 10 years. CNR/CSR now is centring on standardised CRH(350km/h) and intercity models(200km/h).
CIT 500 -- Very high resolution image. Perfect engineering.
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CIT 500 -- Very high resolution image. Perfect engineering.
What a beauty!
But the foreground is sh*tty!
Surely, the photographer can find a better place to take this picture.
Sigh...
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Agree!
But if the beauty attracts attention from air industry lobbyists....
Anyway, that was the train depot.
When u take a train in China, near a major terminal station, u will find a huge train depot.
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Then we could take 350km/h HSR from Beijing to Urumqi in 10 hours, which will never happen now.what if Liu Zhijun were still the now defunct Minister of Railway
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High-speed railway to link Chinese border city to Vladivostok
(Xinhua)Updated: 2015-02-09 19:08
CHANGCHUN -- Plans for a high-speed rail link between Hunchun in Jilin Province and Vladivostok in Russia are taking shape, local authorities said on Monday.
According to Jiang Chaoliang, governor of Jilin Province, the new railway will boost trade between Jilin and Russia, and cooperation between the province and northwest Asia.
Hunchun, on the border with Russia, is only about 180 kilometers from Vladivostok, but it takes more than five hours to travel one-way by car. More than 1,000 Russians pass through Hunchun every day
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...t_19534103.htm
The tiny border town of Hunchun：
(Xinhua)Updated: 2015-02-09 19:08
CHANGCHUN -- Plans for a high-speed rail link between Hunchun in Jilin Province and Vladivostok in Russia are taking shape, local authorities said on Monday.
According to Jiang Chaoliang, governor of Jilin Province, the new railway will boost trade between Jilin and Russia, and cooperation between the province and northwest Asia.
Hunchun, on the border with Russia, is only about 180 kilometers from Vladivostok, but it takes more than five hours to travel one-way by car. More than 1,000 Russians pass through Hunchun every day
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...t_19534103.htm
The tiny border town of Hunchun：
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