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[cirr]

Beijing's first maglev train starts trial operation

2017-08-07 09:10

Ecns.cn/chinadaily.com.cn Editor:Yao Lan


A maglev train goes on trial in Beijing on August 5, 2017. The capital's first mid-to-low-speed magnetic levitation track connects eastern Mentougou and Shijingshan districts with 8 stations on a 20-minute journey. The 10 kilometers line is scheduled to open by the end of the year. (Photo/VCG)


A maglev train goes on trial in Beijing on August 5, 2017. The capital's first mid-to-low-speed magnetic levitation track connects eastern Mentougou and Shijingshan districts with 8 stations on a 20-minute journey. The 10 kilometers line is scheduled to open by the end of the year. (Photo/VCG)


A maglev train goes on trial in Beijing on August 5, 2017. The capital's first mid-to-low-speed magnetic levitation track connects eastern Mentougou and Shijingshan districts with 8 stations on a 20-minute journey. The 10 kilometers line is scheduled to open by the end of the year. (Photo/VCG)

 

[AndrewJin]

Beijing's first maglev train starts trial operation

2017-08-07 09:10

Ecns.cn/chinadaily.com.cn Editor:Yao Lan


A maglev train goes on trial in Beijing on August 5, 2017. The capital's first mid-to-low-speed magnetic levitation track connects eastern Mentougou and Shijingshan districts with 8 stations on a 20-minute journey. The 10 kilometers line is scheduled to open by the end of the year. (Photo/VCG)


A maglev train goes on trial in Beijing on August 5, 2017. The capital's first mid-to-low-speed magnetic levitation track connects eastern Mentougou and Shijingshan districts with 8 stations on a 20-minute journey. The 10 kilometers line is scheduled to open by the end of the year. (Photo/VCG)


A maglev train goes on trial in Beijing on August 5, 2017. The capital's first mid-to-low-speed magnetic levitation track connects eastern Mentougou and Shijingshan districts with 8 stations on a 20-minute journey. The 10 kilometers line is scheduled to open by the end of the year. (Photo/VCG)

Where will Urumqi's suburban maglev from downtown to Tianshan begin construction?

 

[JSCh]

Made in China: design and manufacture of high-speed trains
By Wang Xueying
2017-08-08 11:11 GMT+8

The giant facility lies in the suburbs of the eastern city of Qingdao. Every morning, hundreds of shuttle buses bring 10,000 workers here. Almost half of the high-speed trains in China were designed and manufactured here. Its 200 workshops produce more than 40,000 components, and 72 special aluminium alloy plates are seamlessly welded together.

The CRH factory in Qingdao./CGTN​

Every minute, 70 centimetres of welding is processed. The typical high-speed train has eight carriages, requiring a total of 18.4 kilometers of welding, most of the work is done by robots. The bogies are another core component of the trains, advanced manufacturing technology ensure their quality, and hence their safety on the railways. In processing the hollow axles, the permitted margin of error is less than one tenth of a millimeter.

Manufacturing CRH Trains. /CGTN Photo​

The 1.8 million square meter plant complex contains 32 fully-operational workshops, this massive facility has the capacity to turn out three brand new high-speed trains every four days.

Ding Sansan is the high-speed train’s designer, he’s also the deputy chief engineer of CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co, a Chinese publicly traded rolling stock manufacture. A main focus of his work is aerodynamics – a field previously the preserve of aeroplane and rocket engineers.

Using Numerically-controlled machine to manufacture CRH trains./CGTN Photo​

“In our design, we have to take the aerodynamics into account. When a train travels at 300 to 350 kilometers per hour, 80-90 percent of the resistance is from the wind.”

Aerodynamic Modes of CRH Trains before finalizing the design./CGTN Photo​

380 kilometers an hour is roughly the speed of an aeroplane cruising at low speed. Unlike planes, however, high-speed trains have to contend with near-ground air streams, the shock generated by other, passing trains and the drastic airflow change in tunnels. In short, these trains are operating in an environment vastly more complex than the empty sky. With the aid of VR technology, they have produced several improved designs.

Engineers are using VR technology to design the CRH Trains. /CGTN Photo​

In one year alone, the plant turned out more than 200 high-speed trains. The total length of Chinese rail is expanding by 2,000 kilometers every year. By 2025, it will be an unprecedented 38,000 kilometers long.

 

[AndrewJin]

The ongoing fight for a stop along 2400km-long New Beijing-Kowlong HSR
Fight for 5 million people in Puyang City

Mayor of Puyang vs China Railway officer

Numerous demonstrations for a high-speed railway station in Puyang City, Central China

New 2400km Beijing-Kowlong HSR to open in 2022
Connecting 100+ million people in the interior of China

Puyang Daily's 9 questions to China Railway
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20170807/51578080_0.shtml

Puyang City Goverment's railway office: we will never give up!
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2017-08-08/doc-ifyitayr9736134.shtml


A city in Henan Province vs A city in Shandong Province
Who will win at last?
@cirr @TaiShang @JSCh et al

New poem on the HSR fight in Puyang City
《京九高铁.濮阳》

贪官做事太不公
撇弃河南绕山东
本想能圆少时梦
到头却是一场空
不求高铁走直线
只为站点设龙城
百万人民齐抗议
拍蝇打虎揪蛀虫

 

[JSCh]

Changchun-Baicheng-Ulan Hot railway starts operation
Source:Xinhua| 2017-08-08 18:37:09|Editor: Mengjie



The Changchun-Baicheng-Ulan Hot railway, a 412-km-long railway connecting Changchun in northeast China's Jilin Province and Ulan Hot in neighbouring Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, started operation on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)

 

[AndrewJin]

Changchun-Baicheng-Ulan Hot railway starts operation
Source:Xinhua| 2017-08-08 18:37:09|Editor: Mengjie



The Changchun-Baicheng-Ulan Hot railway, a 412-km-long railway connecting Changchun in northeast China's Jilin Province and Ulan Hot in neighbouring Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, started operation on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)

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Is it an upgraded intercity railway?

 

[JSCh]

Is it an upgraded intercity railway?

Yes

Railway linking Changchun, Baicheng and Ulanhot in test operation

2017-07-28 09:20

Xinhua Editor:Li Yan



An inter-city bullet train is seen on the railway linking Changchun, Baicheng, both in northeast China's Jilin Province, and Ulanhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on July 13, 2017. The 412-km-long railway is now in a test operation. (Xinhua/Huo Chunguang)


An inter-city bullet train is seen on the railway linking Changchun, Baicheng, both in northeast China's Jilin Province, and Ulanhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on June 8, 2017. The 412-km-long railway is now in a test operation. (Xinhua/Huo Chunguang)


An inter-city bullet train is seen in Changchun Station in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, July 26, 2017. The 412-km-long railway linking Changchun, Baicheng, both in northeast China's Jilin Province, and Ulanhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is now in a test operation. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)


An inter-city bullet train is seen on the railway linking Changchun and Baicheng, both in northeast China's Jilin Province, and Ulanhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on July 12, 2017. The 412-km-long railway is now in a test operation. (Xinhua/Huo Chunguang)


Crew members of the inter-city bullet train pose for a photo in Ulanhot station in Ulanhot of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regionon July 26, 2017. The 412-km-long railway linking Changchun, Baicheng, both in northeast China's Jilin Province, and Ulanhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is now in a test operation. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)


An inter-city bullet train is seen on the railway linking Changchun, Baicheng, both in northeast China's Jilin Province, and Ulanhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on July 13, 2017. The 412-km-long railway is now in a test operation. (Xinhua/Huo Chunguang)

 

[AndrewJin]

Yes

160km/h is not that bad, a cheap way to have bullet train services.
If they use 350km/h trains, they can have through services all the way to Beijing.

 

[cirr]

New Chinese maglev train completes pilot run

2017-08-13 16:07

Xinhua Editor: Yao Lan

A new generation of Chinese middle-to-low-speed magnetically levitated (maglev) trains has completed a test run in Shanghai and is expected to enter the market in a year, CRRC Dalian announced Sunday.

Research and development of the new maglev train began eight years ago, and the successful pilot run showed China has mastered core technology in new-generation magnetic suspension systems, according to Qu Tianwei, chief engineer with CRRC Dalian.

The maglev underwent a test run of 120 km per hour in Shanghai.

Compared with traditional rail transit system, the new middle-to-low speed trains produce little noise and have better climbing ability and a longer service life, Qu said.

Construction costs of new maglev train lines are higher than those of urban light rail but lower than those of metro lines. Their transport capacity is also in line with light rail.

China's first middle-to-low speed maglev rail line started operation in May 2016 in Changsha in central China's Hunan Province, making China one of the first countries to master such technology.

A study from the Chinese Academy of Engineering shows China will build more than five middle-to-low-speed maglev rail lines for commercial use by 2020. More than 10 cities are considering such projects.

http://www.ecns.cn/2017/08-13/269146.shtml

 

[cirr]

Nation on track for 5 maglev lines by 2020

2017-08-15 08:43

China Daily Editor: Mo Hong'e

A new generation of Chinese medium-to-low-speed maglev trains can run at a maximum speed of 160 kph. （Photo provided to China Daily）

China will operate more than five magnetic levitation rail lines with maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour in cities including Chengdu, Wuhan and Guangzhou by 2020, manufacturer CRRC Dalian Co Ltd said on Monday.

A new generation of Chinese medium-to-low speed magnetically levitated or maglev trains, manufactured by CRRC Dalian, a subsidiary of China Railway Rolling Stock Corp, completed test runs at a test speed of 120 kph in Shanghai this month. The vehicles are expected to enter the market within a year.

"Even though metro trains can meet the demand to transport a large number of passengers from one location to another, it is too costly to build the infrastructure and difficult to control the noise," said Qu Tianwei, chief engineer with CRRC Dalian. "In addition, they cannot run very fast."

The new maglev train's maximum operating speed can reach 160 kph and has advantages including low vibration and noise, a stronger climbing capacity and a shorter turning radius, after eight years of research and development by both CRRC Dalian and Chengdu-based Southwest Jiaotong University.

"The medium-to-low speed maglev trains can better connect cities and suburbs, and can be exported to foreign markets," said Qu.

More than 12 Chinese cities, including Tianjin, Hangzhou and Shenzhen, are planning to launch maglev services by 2020, especially between their city center and airports, the city and suburban areas, and the city and surrounding counties.

China has already developed the technology to run maglev trains at a speed of less than 100 kph. As the test line in Shanghai was only 1.7 kilometers long, tests at 160 kph could not take place. Qu said that led CRRC to build a new test line at a length of between 5 and 6 kilometers.

"Compared with other types of urban rail transportation, maglev trains are quiet and can achieve high speeds because they don't actually ride on the rails with wheels but hover centimeters above the track through the use of magnets, avoiding the slower speeds caused by friction," said Sun Fuquan, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development in Beijing.

Beijing is building a low-speed maglev urban rail route－the S1 line－which will start in northern Beijing's Haidian district, pass through Shijingshan district and end in Mentougou district in the city's western outskirts. The 11km line will become operational during the fourth quarter of this year.

China's first medium-to-low speed maglev rail line started operation in 2016 in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, making China one of the first nations to master such technology.

http://www.ecns.cn/business/2017/08-15/269327.shtml

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

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[JSCh]

CRC buys more Fuxing bullet trains
Source:Global Times Published: 2017/8/15 21:23:40

China Railway Corp (CRC) recently bought 104 Fuxing (Revival) bullet trains following a deal in April, taking the total deal for Fuxing bullet trains to 154, caixin.com reported on Tuesday.

The report said the purchase price per train is 170 million yuan ($20.45 million) to 172 million yuan, and the total price for 104 trains is 17.8 billion yuan.

After the trains roll off the production line, they will go into service on the route from Beijing to Shanghai. They will travel at 350 kilometers per hour. So far, CRC has invested 70 billion yuan in the trains.

 

[TaiShang]

China's high speed rail tech copied by foreign countries: experts
(People's Daily Online) 17:35, August 16, 2017

(Photo/People's Daily)

After China's leading high speed rail became a major driving force for the country's economy, some countries have started copying and replicating China's technologies, bringing severe losses to the country, said experts with a branch of Shanghai People's Procuratorate in an article published on the website of Procuratorial Daily on Aug. 16.

The rapid development of China's high speed rail comes with the problem of IP protection. Ineffective protection of the core technologies will directly cause a negative impact on the sustainable development of the industry.

According to the article, it took China years to fully grasp the core technologies of high speed rail with limited resources. However, China has fallen into a "patent trap" set by some countries, since it had a poor record of IP protection.

Under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, China has been exporting its high speed rail technology. However, some countries are copying China's technology through public documents and replicating it on their own land.

Some countries have even applied for the patents before China, in both their homelands and some foreign countries, causing great losses for Chinese high speed rail enterprises.

The article said the situation can be attributed to three main reasons: poor performance in patent registration and protection; lack of protection of business secrets; and ineffective preliminary work of intellectual property protection.

Currently, the exportation of China's high speed rail technology has triggered IP protection issues, and it is urgent for related departments to offer support in this regard.

The experts suggest that comprehensive measures should be taken to cope with technical barriers of developed countries and copying by developing countries. China should accelerate related legal processes and conduct better patent examinations. In addition, enterprises should take steps to protect their own IP rights overseas.

 

[JSCh]

More high-speed trains roll out discount on tickets
By Jin Dan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-08-17 13:13

A new intercity train CRH6F leaves Ningbo for Yuyao in East China's Zhejiang province on June 14, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

If you travel a lot for work or leisure in southeastern China's coastal provinces, there is good news for you. More high-speed railway lines are offering discount on tickets.

A ticket booked for G7536 high-speed train from Wenzhou to Ningbo in East China's Zhejiang province within 30 days before the departure date will get 32 percent off the original price for a second-class seat at 66 yuan ($10).

And from September 1, these discounts will be available on other routes, such as Ningbo to Hangzhou, the host city of G20 summit in 2016, Ningbo to Shanghai, and Xiamen in Fujian to Ningbo in Zhejiang.

But this is not the first time that the authorities are offering tickets at discounted rates. Floating ticket prices were actually launched on April 21. They were offered on some bullet trains running at 200 to 250 kilometers per hour. These steps accord with a document issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) to improve pricing policy of high-speed railway.

According to the document, ticket prices can float based on the number of passengers within the price cap set by the railway authorities.

Insiders think floating prices can improve efficiency of high-speed railway operation. Discounts may attract passengers with flexible schedules to opt for less crowded trains.

 

[AndrewJin]

China Railway Map

More HSRs in Western China pls!

New 350km/h Beijing-Shanghai Service by Fuxing
Shanghai Hongqiao 9:00m
Nanjing South 10:00-10:02
Jinan West 11:59-12:01
Beijing South 13:28

1318km
4h28min