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Northeast China city turns disused train into restaurant
(Xinhua) 14:07, September 25, 2017

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HARBIN, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- You are more likely to be handed barbecued mutton than a train ticket in the two-carriaged "green skinned" train on a roadside in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

The train-turned restaurant, which opened Friday, can sit 160 diners, offering them home-brewed beer and barbecue.

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The transformation was started by the asset management company of Harbin Railway Administration in May.

The platform, control board, signal lamp and number plate of the carriage remind people of the bygone era of China's "green-skinned" trains (named for their color), which were heavily used in the country for decades.

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"In the modern era of high-speed trains, the slow green trains are just a distant memory for many urbanites," said Cong Jusen, deputy general manager with the company. "The restaurant has reused the train carriages to earn a profit and offer a good place for passengers to look back on old memories," Cong said.

Railways are a cultural symbol for Harbin. The administration has also set up a square commemorating Zhan Tianyou, a distinguished Chinese railroad engineer, and established a train museum.

 

[JSCh]

China’s latest high-speed train consumes only 3.8 KWh per 100 passenger-km
By Sun Wenyu (People's Daily Online) 16:40, September 29, 2017

China’s latest high-speed train the Fuxing consumes only 3.8 KWh per 100 passenger-km when running at a speed of 350 km/h, according to Chinese newspaper Science and Technology Daily.

Fuxing bullet trains officially started operating at 350 km/h since Sept. 21, which has made China to reclaim its crown for the world’s fastest train service.

The height of the Fuxing model CR400AF increased to 4.05 meters from 3.7 meters, expanding its section by 7.3%.

The enlarged locomotive calls for improved aerodynamic performance. In order to achieve this, the design team conducted lots of simulated calculations, wind tunnel tests, and moving model tests, said Ding Sansan, deputy chief-engineer of CSR Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd., the producer of the locomotive.

After multiple technical evaluations, the final scheme was chosen out of 46 preliminary conceptual plans.

Compared with older versions of China’s high-speed trains, the Fuxing has 12% lower air resistance and 17% of the energy consumption per 100 km.

It saves more than 5,000 KWh of electricity for a round trip between Beijing and Shanghai, Ding noted.

In addition, a number of sensing systems have been added to the train, empowering it with a smarter brain.

The 2,500 sensors can sample more than 1,500 kinds of information, including vibration, bearing temperature, traction system, and carriage environment, said Tao Guidong, deputy director of technical center of CSR Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.

The smart high-precision sensing systems are able to sample one million pieces of data in just one second, Tao added.

The Fuxing bullet train has also applied passive safety technology for the first time. The technology, which uses energy absorption devices, guarantees the non-deformation of passenger in the event of a crash, Ding noted.

 

[JSCh]

Major railway in western China starts operation
Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-29 19:37:57|Editor: Mengjie



LANZHOU/CHONGQING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- A major railway connecting Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, with the southwestern metropolis Chongqing went into operation on Friday.

It took nine years to build the Lanzhou-Chongqing railway, with a total length of 886 kilometers.

Travel time between Lanzhou and Chongqing is expected to be cut from 20 hours to about 12. Trains between Lanzhou and Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, will be shortened to 11 hours.

The railway, which runs through Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Chongqing, will play a crucial role in the development of western China.

 

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Major railway in western China starts operation
Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-29 19:37:57|Editor: Mengjie



LANZHOU/CHONGQING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- A major railway connecting Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, with the southwestern metropolis Chongqing went into operation on Friday.

It took nine years to build the Lanzhou-Chongqing railway, with a total length of 886 kilometers.

Travel time between Lanzhou and Chongqing is expected to be cut from 20 hours to about 12. Trains between Lanzhou and Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, will be shortened to 11 hours.

The railway, which runs through Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Chongqing, will play a crucial role in the development of western China.

i feel frustrated chengdu-xi'an high-speed railway cannot start operation from national day.

CRH3A at Wuhan Railway Station, heading to Xi'an-Chengdu HSR

 

[AndrewJin]

High-speed railways plan in Beijing Municipality
2016-2035

 

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Technicians ensure safety of passengers

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Technician Xu Xumeng (L) and his colleague check the pantograph of a Fuxing bullet train at the Hongqiao bullet train base in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 2, 2017. Maintenance staff of Fuxing bullet trains remain at their posts to ensure the safety of passengers during the National Day holiday. With a maximum speed of 350 kilometers per hour, Fuxing represents the best of China's high-speed railway technology. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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A Fuxing bullet train is cleaned at the Hongqiao bullet train base in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 2, 2017. Maintenance staff of Fuxing bullet trains remain at their posts to ensure the safety of passengers during the National Day holiday. With a maximum speed of 350 kilometers per hour, Fuxing represents the best of China's high-speed railway technology. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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Workers clean a Fuxing bullet train at the Hongqiao bullet train base in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 2, 2017. Maintenance staff of Fuxing bullet trains remain at their posts to ensure the safety of passengers during the National Day holiday. With a maximum speed of 350 kilometers per hour, Fuxing represents the best of China's high-speed railway technology. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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Technicians Huang Siyuan (R) and Chen Zhichun check the bottom of a Fuxing bullet train at the Hongqiao bullet train base in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 2, 2017. Maintenance staff of Fuxing bullet trains remain at their posts to ensure the safety of passengers during the National Day holiday. With a maximum speed of 350 kilometers per hour, Fuxing represents the best of China's high-speed railway technology. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

Technicians check a Fuxing bullet train at the Hongqiao bullet train base in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 2, 2017. Maintenance staff of Fuxing bullet trains remain at their posts to ensure the safety of passengers during the National Day holiday. With a maximum speed of 350 kilometers per hour, Fuxing represents the best of China's high-speed railway technology. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

Technicians Wang Xiaozheng (L) and Xu Xumeng check a Fuxing bullet train at the Hongqiao bullet train base in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 2, 2017. Maintenance staff of Fuxing bullet trains remain at their posts to ensure the safety of passengers during the National Day holiday. With a maximum speed of 350 kilometers per hour, Fuxing represents the best of China's high-speed railway technology. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

http://china.org.cn/photos/2017-10/03/content_41681870_6.htm

 

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China EximBank finances railway engineering, equipment manufacture

2017-10-03 15:21

Xinhua Editor: Mo Hong'e

The Export-Import Bank of China (China EximBank) has signed a 200-billion-yuan (about 30 billion U.S. dollars) agreement with China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) to help the latter sharpen its competitiveness.

The bank will offer the construction group a wide range of financial services, including credit support and information counseling, according to the agreement.

Through the move, the China EximBank hopes to help CRCC increase its core competitiveness in railway engineering and equipment manufacturing,and encourage outbound cooperation.

CRCC, whose business scope covers virtually every aspect of engineering construction, has constructed hundreds of projects around the world.

In recent years, Chinese enterprises have been quickening their pace of "going global", and have gained a strong competitive edge in the area of railway construction.

China has the world's longest high-speed rail network, with 22,000 kilometers currently in operation. About one-third of the country's high-speed railways were designed to run at a speed of 350 kph.

Chinese-manufactured high-speed trains have been sold to Indonesia, Russia, Iran and India.

http://www.ecns.cn/business/2017/10-03/276004.shtml

 

[JSCh]

World's longest concrete arch bridge shortens the way home
CGTN
2017-10-07 19:10 GMT+8
Updated 2017-10-07 20:39 GMT+8

Deep in a valley between the mountains stands a bridge that connects two gorges that for long had divided southwest China's Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.

With a span of 445 meters, Beipan River Bridge on the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway is the longest concrete arch bridge in the world and literally bridges the gorge between the two provinces.

CGTN Photo​

CGTN Photo​

The bridge is a key link to the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway. Du Rui, chief engineer of the project and his associates spent six years living in the deep mountains in the region as they set out to construct the bridge.

Du Rui (right) working at a construction site. /Photo provided by Du Rui​

"I joined the project, which would also lead to my hometown in Yunnan Province, in 2010. At that time my mother kept asking me whether we could finish it earlier. I said it would take at least five years. She wished we could be faster.”

CGTN Photo​

CGTN Photo​

Du Rui shared his mother's desire to see the bridge completed at the earliest. However he also realized the enormous geographical and geological challenges that made the task at hand monumental.

The steep terrains, loose soil and the fact that they had to walk for hours to reach the construction sites up in the mountains made the project even harder.

CGTN Photo​

CGTN Photo​

"Looking at the terrains, the gorges and the valleys, I didn't even know how to build the bridge, let alone when could we finish it. We had absolutely no idea. We had to overcome so many difficulties," Du recalled.

The construction work on full swing at Beipan River Bridge on the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway, in 2014. /Photo provided by Du Rui​

After six years of hard work the bridge was ready, making the first high-speed rail in Yunnan Province operational. Technically, the high-speed rail is also the first one in Guizhou Province.

The steep terrains, loose soil and the fact that they had to walk for hours to reach the construction sites up in the mountains made the project even harder. /Photo provided by Du Rui​

During the construction, it often took more than 10 hours for Du to travel to his hometown. Now that the bridge is built, the high-speed train completes the same journey in merely three hours.

Aerial shot of Yunnan Province. /CGTN Photo​

Women working in a farmland in Yunnan Province. /CGTN Photo​

Du Rui and his mother. /CGTN Photo​

Du Rui was born in Munai village in Yunnan Province. The high-speed rail he built leads to his hometown, making him genuinely happy.

He recalled the days when his mother took him to relatives, they had to walk for an entire day. When he went to college in Chongqing, it would take nearly 20 hours to reach the mountainous city on the green train.

But now, sitting on the high-speed train traveling through the bridge he helped built, Du Rui knows that those days are gone forever.

 

[TaiShang]

He recalled the days when his mother took him to relatives, they had to walk for an entire day. When he went to college in Chongqing, it would take nearly 20 hours to reach the mountainous city on the green train.

But now, sitting on the high-speed train traveling through the bridge he helped built, Du Rui knows that those days are gone forever.

 

[cirr]

Beijing Winter Olympics high-speed train design unveiled

2017-10-10 15:10

Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping

The design of the trains that will run on a new high-speed railway line linking Beijing and Zhangjiakou, co-hosts of the 2022 Winter Olympics, was unveiled in Beijing Tuesday.

The Olympic trains will be even "smarter and greener" than the Fuxing bullet trains, which were put for service on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway in September, according to Chinese railcar maker CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicle Co.

The company said the new trains were designed specifically for the Winter Olympics, featuring a media carriage with WiFi service and TV screens for live broadcasting, an athlete drug testing area and and a storage area for winter sports equipment.

CRRC Changchun also produced subway trains for the Rio Olympics and operated the system smoothly for the duration of the Games last year.

In April 2016, construction began on the world's first ballast track with maximum speed of 350 kph between Beijing and Zhangjiakou. The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2019 and will shorten the trip between the two cities from the current three hours to just one hour.

Construction also began in 2016 on a 53.2-km extension of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway to Hebei's Chongli District, where most of the Olympic skiing events will be held. The trip from Zhangjiakou to Chongli will take 25 minutes.

Beijing and Zhangjiakou won their joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in July 2015.

http://www.ecns.cn/2017/10-10/276471.shtml

 

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Face scan check-in arrives at China's train stations

2017-10-11 10:57 Global Times Editor: Li Yan

After months of trials, train stations in major cities across China have rolled out ticketing systems using facial recognition technology.

The new system, which is capable of identifying faces regardless of cosmetics or colored contacts, has so far garnered praise from passengers.

"I think the new service is more convenient than [human] ticket checkers," a passenger at Wuhan Railway Station told Pear Video on Monday, "it took me only seven or eight seconds to check in," she added.

Major hubs in Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Wuhan are among the first to utilize the face-scanners.

At the turnstiles, passengers insert both their ticket and ID into a slot. They then are instructed to face a built-in camera.

The technology uses pulsing near-infrared light to create a detailed map of the passenger's face, which is then checked against the biometric information stored in their ID.

"As long as they're not wearing hats or glasses, the whole process takes about three seconds," said an employee at the Wuhan station.

Staff is standing by for passengers that have undergone plastic surgery or other special cases, the employee added.

For matches below 75 percent accuracy, passengers are directed to have their tickets checked by employees, reports the Chongqing Evening News.

http://www.ecns.cn/2017/10-11/276564.shtml

 

[JSCh]

Seat selection available for bullet train passengers
By Luo Wangshu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-10-12 11:16

Starting Thursday, passengers will be able to select seats when buying bullet train tickets online, China Railway Corp said.

When entering the ticket purchase page on 12306.cn or the mobile phone application, passengers can choose seats before submitting payment. If the available seats do not meet customers' preferences, the system will automatically choose a seat instead.

The railway department launched a pilot trial service to allow passengers to choose their seats on the bullet train in the round-island high-speed rail in South China's Hainan province in December of 2016.

According to a statement released by China Railway Corp, passengers can log on to 12306.cn, the national railway official website, for further information.

 

[cirr]

Sea-view subway ends 6-day test operation in Xiamen

2017-10-12 09:22 Xinhua Editor:Yao Lan


Subway line 1 runs on the Jixing Seawall in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 11, 2017. It was the last day of the 6-day test operation of the subway line 1 that spans the sea in Xiamen. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)


Citizens take subway line 1 in Xiamen in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 11, 2017. It was the last day of the 6-day test operation of the subway line 1 that spans the sea in Xiamen. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)


Citizens take subway line 1 in Xiamen in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 11, 2017. It was the last day of the 6-day test operation of the subway line 1 that spans the sea in Xiamen. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

 

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Sea-view subway ends 6-day test operation in Xiamen

2017-10-12 09:22 Xinhua Editor:Yao Lan


Subway line 1 runs on the Jixing Seawall in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 11, 2017. It was the last day of the 6-day test operation of the subway line 1 that spans the sea in Xiamen. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)


Citizens take subway line 1 in Xiamen in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 11, 2017. It was the last day of the 6-day test operation of the subway line 1 that spans the sea in Xiamen. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)


Citizens take subway line 1 in Xiamen in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 11, 2017. It was the last day of the 6-day test operation of the subway line 1 that spans the sea in Xiamen. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

Wow, that's an exclusive ride.

The rise of China is good.

 

[JSCh]

High-speed Rail Bridge's cantilever beams rotated and aligned with each other in 90 minutes
CGTN Published on Oct 13, 2017

A stunning video captures crucial moments of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Rail Bridge under construction, showing two cantilever beams rotating 31 degrees and aligning with each other, in precisely 90 minutes. The high-speed railway is a vital project for the integrated development strategy of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, as well as for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.