China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[AndrewJin]

Cyprus media representatives visiting China

 

[TaiShang]

Cyprus media representatives visiting China
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Let's build one for them, too.

 

[AndrewJin]

Let's build one for them, too.

They are tiny island.
Maybe some 200km/h intercitys using intercity bullet trains?

CJ3 yet to be commercialised

 

[TaiShang]

They are tiny island.
Maybe some 200km/h intercitys using intercity bullet trains?

CJ3 yet to be commercialised
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Yes, probably too small for a high speed train. Linking up some popular tourism areas with convenient fast enough transport could be optimum for them.

 

[cirr]

New Fuxing bullet trains on new routes

2017-11-22 09:41 China Plus Editor:Li Yan



A Fuxing bullet train operates out of Cangnan, Zhejiang Province on November 20, 2017. China's newest-generation bullet train, the Fuxing, has been extended into new routes. (Photo/Xinhua)



Passengers on the Fuxing bullet train G7350 at the Cangnan train station, Zhejiang Province on November 20, 2017. The newest-generation Chinese bullet trains have been added to four more routes including areas in Zhejiang and south to the city of Shenzhen. (Photo/Xinhua)



Fuxing bullet train G7147 runs from the Wuhu Railway Station in Jiangsu to Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station on November 20, 2017. With a maximum speed of 350 kph, the newest-generation of China's high-speed trains, are now the fastest trains in-service in the world. (Photo/Xinhua)

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

Yinchuan is tier what city?

capital city of ningxia hui autonomous region .politically 2rd tier while economically i would say 4 or 5 tier
correct me if iam wrong

 

[AndrewJin]

capital city of ningxia hui autonomous region .politically 2rd tier while economically i would say 4 or 5 tier
correct me if iam wrong

Low tier 3 o strong tier 4, no way in tier 2.

New Fuxing bullet trains on new routes

2017-11-22 09:41 China Plus Editor:Li Yan



A Fuxing bullet train operates out of Cangnan, Zhejiang Province on November 20, 2017. China's newest-generation bullet train, the Fuxing, has been extended into new routes. (Photo/Xinhua)



Passengers on the Fuxing bullet train G7350 at the Cangnan train station, Zhejiang Province on November 20, 2017. The newest-generation Chinese bullet trains have been added to four more routes including areas in Zhejiang and south to the city of Shenzhen. (Photo/Xinhua)



Fuxing bullet train G7147 runs from the Wuhu Railway Station in Jiangsu to Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station on November 20, 2017. With a maximum speed of 350 kph, the newest-generation of China's high-speed trains, are now the fastest trains in-service in the world. (Photo/Xinhua)

Do you still remember the dolphin blue?
They are still on Beijing-Tianjin HSR.

 

[JSCh]

Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway enters test run
Source: Xinhua| 2017-11-22 13:19:23|Editor: Yamei


XI'AN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The first full-course test run was carried out Wednesday on a high-speed railway linking Xi'an with Chengdu, which is scheduled to enter operation within the year.

A high-speed train pulled out of the station Wednesday morning in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, and was expected to arrive in the southwestern metropolis of Chengdu three hours later.

Five pairs of trains will run between Xi'an and Chengdu every day, and another two pairs will run between Xi'an and Chongqing, according to the city's railway authority.

The 643-km line is China's first rail route to run through the Qinling Mountains. With a designed speed of 250 km per hour, it will slash the travel time between the two cities from the previous 16 hours.

 

[JSCh]

Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway enters test run
Source: Xinhua| 2017-11-22 13:19:23|Editor: Yamei


XI'AN, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The first full-course test run was carried out Wednesday on a high-speed railway linking Xi'an with Chengdu, which is scheduled to enter operation within the year.

A high-speed train pulled out of the station Wednesday morning in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, and was expected to arrive in the southwestern metropolis of Chengdu three hours later.

Five pairs of trains will run between Xi'an and Chengdu every day, and another two pairs will run between Xi'an and Chongqing, according to the city's railway authority.

The 643-km line is China's first rail route to run through the Qinling Mountains. With a designed speed of 250 km per hour, it will slash the travel time between the two cities from the previous 16 hours.

New high-speed railway keeps pandas, rare birds safe
By Zhang Hui Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/22 21:43:40

Bridges, tunnels used in 90% of journey across legendary mountains

A bullet train conducts a trial run between Xi'an and Chengdu. Once put to use later this year, it will be China's first high-speed railway across the Qinling mountain range. Photo: Xinhua

A new high-speed railway linking Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province with Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province started its full-course test run Wednesday, making it China's first high-speed railway in the geologically sensitive Qinling mountain range, which is home to hundreds of rare animal species, including giant pandas.

The 643-kilometer line, with a top speed of 250 kilometers per hour, will slash railway travel times between the two cities from the previous 16 hours to three hours.

Due to the mountainous terrain, the Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway posed challenges during construction. It is scheduled to become fully operational within the year.

The Qinling mountain range includes precipitous mountains and many rivers and canyons. Since ancient times it has been legendary as extremely difficult to traverse. The area is considered the natural boundary between north and south China.

The railway passes through two national-level natural reserves, one for pandas and the other for the crested ibis. To make way for endangered wild life, animal protection experts were invited to design protective measures during construction and operation.

As of September, there were 345 wild pandas living in the Qinling mountain area. China currently has 1,864 wild pandas.

Long lengths of protective nets for crested ibis were a major breakthrough of the railway, as previous highways and railways in China have not adopted such measures for birds, according to Wu Xiaomin, a research fellow at the Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, who is in charge of the research team for the Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway.

Wu's team has monitored the impact of the construction on local animals since 2015, and trained construction workers to better protect animals. The protective measures greatly increased the cost and difficulty of the railway's construction.

The new high-speed railway adopted a number of protective measures for both beasts and birds, the first to do so in China, and has set a fine example for the construction of future railways and highways, Wu said.

"What's more, the innovative technology used in the animal protection measures in the railway could become supporting technology for China to export its high-speed railway technology," he said.

Construction challenges

Zhao Jian, a professor at Beijing Jiaotong University, told the Global Times that the construction of the railway was complex and difficult due to the complicated terrain of Qinling, where a large number of bridges and tunnels had to be built.

About 135 kilometers of the 643-kilometer railway is within the Qinling area.

Bridges and tunnels were used in over 90 percent of the journey across the Qinling, Zhang Hongfeng, an associate fellow of the Shaanxi Institute of Zoology and a member of Wu's team, told the Global Times. Wu's team has been involved in the construction of the railway since 2009.

Trains running on bridges and in tunnels create much less noise, light and vibrations, Zhang added, which also lessens the influence on animals.

The construction of a 13-kilometer-long tunnel took three years, and gas and mud outbursts frequently occurred, Zeng Cheng, a senior engineer at the China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group, the construction company for the railway, told news site scol.com.cn.

In all, the railway took five years to build and involved more than 80,000 construction workers.

The railway employed many new technologies during construction, such as an unstable rock monitoring system in a bid to tackle the complicated terrain and ensure the safety of workers digging tunnels.

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

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Ranked 137th in city GDP ranking of 2016.
Lower tier 3 or upper tier 4 in different tier city ranks.
I think it is tier 4......

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Just searched on 720yun.com
Found some interesting photos

Yinchuan Railway Station
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Hui muslim culture park under construction, warm house farmland, expressway and suburb
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Mosque in a county of Yinchuan prefecture
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@DESERT FIGHTER @@BDforever @Gufi @PaklovesTurkiye @Kaptaan et al


Citizen centre
(a building in many cities where citizens can handle all civil affairs such as applying for passport, open a shop, buy land)
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People's square
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Of course people like @Götterdämmerung will oppose such waste of land!
Though people need big square for square dancing!!!

Every city has Zhongshan Park (Dr. Sun Yat-sen Park)
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This is the best skyline,normally i would not take it as Yngchuan city should be,it should be a little bit shy to this

 

[AndrewJin]

New high-speed railway keeps pandas, rare birds safe
By Zhang Hui Source:Global Times Published: 2017/11/22 21:43:40

Bridges, tunnels used in 90% of journey across legendary mountains

A bullet train conducts a trial run between Xi'an and Chengdu. Once put to use later this year, it will be China's first high-speed railway across the Qinling mountain range. Photo: Xinhua

A new high-speed railway linking Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province with Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province started its full-course test run Wednesday, making it China's first high-speed railway in the geologically sensitive Qinling mountain range, which is home to hundreds of rare animal species, including giant pandas.

The 643-kilometer line, with a top speed of 250 kilometers per hour, will slash railway travel times between the two cities from the previous 16 hours to three hours.

Due to the mountainous terrain, the Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway posed challenges during construction. It is scheduled to become fully operational within the year.

The Qinling mountain range includes precipitous mountains and many rivers and canyons. Since ancient times it has been legendary as extremely difficult to traverse. The area is considered the natural boundary between north and south China.

The railway passes through two national-level natural reserves, one for pandas and the other for the crested ibis. To make way for endangered wild life, animal protection experts were invited to design protective measures during construction and operation.

As of September, there were 345 wild pandas living in the Qinling mountain area. China currently has 1,864 wild pandas.

Long lengths of protective nets for crested ibis were a major breakthrough of the railway, as previous highways and railways in China have not adopted such measures for birds, according to Wu Xiaomin, a research fellow at the Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, who is in charge of the research team for the Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway.

Wu's team has monitored the impact of the construction on local animals since 2015, and trained construction workers to better protect animals. The protective measures greatly increased the cost and difficulty of the railway's construction.

The new high-speed railway adopted a number of protective measures for both beasts and birds, the first to do so in China, and has set a fine example for the construction of future railways and highways, Wu said.

"What's more, the innovative technology used in the animal protection measures in the railway could become supporting technology for China to export its high-speed railway technology," he said.

Construction challenges

Zhao Jian, a professor at Beijing Jiaotong University, told the Global Times that the construction of the railway was complex and difficult due to the complicated terrain of Qinling, where a large number of bridges and tunnels had to be built.

About 135 kilometers of the 643-kilometer railway is within the Qinling area.

Bridges and tunnels were used in over 90 percent of the journey across the Qinling, Zhang Hongfeng, an associate fellow of the Shaanxi Institute of Zoology and a member of Wu's team, told the Global Times. Wu's team has been involved in the construction of the railway since 2009.

Trains running on bridges and in tunnels create much less noise, light and vibrations, Zhang added, which also lessens the influence on animals.

The construction of a 13-kilometer-long tunnel took three years, and gas and mud outbursts frequently occurred, Zeng Cheng, a senior engineer at the China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group, the construction company for the railway, told news site scol.com.cn.

In all, the railway took five years to build and involved more than 80,000 construction workers.

The railway employed many new technologies during construction, such as an unstable rock monitoring system in a bid to tackle the complicated terrain and ensure the safety of workers digging tunnels.

25 December open?

 

[JSCh]

 

[cirr]

Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway under construction

2017-11-27 09:16 Xinhua Editor: Li Yan



Workers install overhead line system of Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway in east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 26, 2017. The installation work has started since Nov. 21. The high-speed railway line is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2018. It will cut the travel time between the two cities to one hour. (Xinhua/Li An)



Workers install overhead line system of Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway in east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 26, 2017. The installation work has started since Nov. 21. The high-speed railway line is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2018. It will cut the travel time between the two cities to one hour. (Xinhua/Li An)



Workers install overhead line system of Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway in east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 26, 2017. The installation work has started since Nov. 21. The high-speed railway line is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2018. It will cut the travel time between the two cities to one hour. (Xinhua/Li An)



Workers install overhead line system of Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway in east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 26, 2017. The installation work has started since Nov. 21. The high-speed railway line is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2018. It will cut the travel time between the two cities to one hour. (Xinhua/Li An)

 

[AndrewJin]

Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway under construction

2017-11-27 09:16 Xinhua Editor: Li Yan



Workers install overhead line system of Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway in east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 26, 2017. The installation work has started since Nov. 21. The high-speed railway line is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2018. It will cut the travel time between the two cities to one hour. (Xinhua/Li An)



Workers install overhead line system of Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway in east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 26, 2017. The installation work has started since Nov. 21. The high-speed railway line is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2018. It will cut the travel time between the two cities to one hour. (Xinhua/Li An)



Workers install overhead line system of Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway in east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 26, 2017. The installation work has started since Nov. 21. The high-speed railway line is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2018. It will cut the travel time between the two cities to one hour. (Xinhua/Li An)



Workers install overhead line system of Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway in east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 26, 2017. The installation work has started since Nov. 21. The high-speed railway line is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2018. It will cut the travel time between the two cities to one hour. (Xinhua/Li An)

Long overdue....
It's a shame the railway linking the two biggest cities in Shandong Province has a mere speed of 200-250km/h.

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

ALL railway below 320kmph are none high speed but middle speed railway!
Hence china has littile HSR and a lot of MSR
while the rest of the world 0 Zero HSR and all MSR.