China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[Echo_419]

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Nice pics,also how many Institutes are dedicated to railway research in China

 

[cirr]

Hefei-Fuzhou high-speed railway to operate on Sunday

2015-06-28 11:08:00

Helping yourself to a ticket

A passenger buys tickets of the Hefei-Fuzhou high-speed railway at the Hefei South Railway Station in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, June 27, 2015. The Hefei-Fuzhou high-speed railway started to sell tickets on Saturday, which will operate on Sunday and shortens the travel hours from Hefei to southeast China's Fuzhou to within four hours. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

A passenger shows a ticket of the Hefei-Fuzhou high-speed railway at the Hefei South Railway Station in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, June 27, 2015. The Hefei-Fuzhou high-speed railway started to sell tickets on Saturday, which will operate on Sunday and shortens the travel hours from Hefei to southeast China's Fuzhou to within four hours. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

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The interiors look quite pleasing to my eyes。

Nice pics,also how many Institutes are dedicated to railway research in China

Hard to count。

There are institutes, academies, colleges and universities that specialize in railway sciences and technologies。

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Is this the CRH350 prototype by the old CNR or CSR？

中国350公里标准动车组样车已经初步研制完成，由中国南车和中国北车各自制造的一列样车将于2015年6月下线。

青岛四方和长客各负责一列样车

　　中国轨道交通车辆企业相关人士对财新记者透露称，由青岛四方机车车辆股份有限公司（下称南车四方）和长春轨道客车股份有限公司（下称北车长客）负责生产的两列样车目前已经涂装完毕，正在做最后的场内测试，该车具有完全自主知识产权。

　　上述人士对财新记者强调，目前生产完毕的两列动车组仅是样车，样车下线后将交付中国铁路总公司进行线上试验，进行优化完善和试运考核等，这项工作耗时较长，估计将于2016年年底前完成。在线上测试工作完成后，两列样车将再次回到各自制造地，中国铁路总公司将联合南北车通过实验数据吸取两列列车的优点，完善并确定最终统型的中国标准动车组。

　　中国铁路总公司相关人士对财新记者表示，中国350公里标准动车组的研制工作由中国铁路总公司主导，时速分为250公里和350公里两种速度等级。中国铁路总公司与国家发改委协调后决定先期研制时速350公里标准动车组。研制工作从2013年开始，当年由中国铁道科学研究院牵头完成了中国标准动车组的顶层技术指标确定，2014年9月开始进入到制造阶段。

　　据了解，中国标准动车组从动力配置、牵引系统、制动系统、网络控制系统等9个方面提出了总体技术方案。上述铁总人士强调，南北车负责整车设计，软件实现全面自主化，动车组将统一旅客界面、司乘人员操作界面和检修维护界面；统一主要维修零部件，最终实现同一速度等级动车组可重联运营（将8辆编组的标准列组成16辆编组的长编列），不同速度等级动车组可相互救援等基本目标。

　　该人士还透露，未来，铁总将以中国标准动车组的研制为基础，为中国更高速动车组的研制创造条件（CRH450？CRH550？）；并在动车组主动安全防范技术上开展研究。同时通过中国标准动车组的研制提升中国企业在国际市场的竞争力，以高速动车组出口为突破口，带动工务工程、牵引供电、通信信号、运营管理等成套技术走出去，为中国高铁海外战略目标提供技术支撑。

　　早在2010年，原铁道部就发布过动车组技术标准，南北车按照标准，在各自的技术平台上制造出了“统型车”（对列车的车型、主要性能、服务设施、操作设施、定员等进行了统一设计）。目前，南北车共有4个技术平台的17种型号动车组，各车型在技术参数上均不统一。

统一标准后运营及维修成本有望降低

　　北京动车段一位人士对财新记者介绍，动车组型号众多，对路局动车段进行的一、二级维修造成很大困难，这些零配件不能通用互换，同时配件种类繁杂，维修成本高，难度大。他举例称，每型车的长度、架车点位置以及轴距、定距等都不一样。动车组架车工艺一直是检修中的难点，统一标准后，培训、维护、维修难度会得到相应降低，维修成本也将随之减少。

　　其次，统一标准后运营成本也有望降低。北京铁路局一位人士对财新记者表示，当前动车组普遍存在不同型号不能重联运行的问题，而为保证载客运营车辆的安全，各路局对动车组车次都会有热备车底（指设备完好、随时可以投入使用，但没有输入车次的动车组），而热备车底一般要与现役车底型号相同，这就需要路局针对不用型号的动车组各配热备车底。统一车型后，动车组备用率会大大降低，实现互联互通，也可以实现动车组间的相互救援，企业运营成本也会降低。

　　中国北车人士对财新记者分析称，当前每型动车组各自依赖单独的产品供应链，大量配件独家供货，价格居高不下，一旦技术标准统一，生产企业只要按照该标准生产并通过铁总的认证，就可以进入该部件市场。这将对国内众多生产企业形成利好，打破一些企业在动车组关键部件上的垄断局面。

　　目前，中国高铁运营里程1.6万公里，全路共有13个铁路局开行了动车组列车，建立了9个动车段，39个动车运用所。投用动车组1411列、13696辆。其中时速200～250公里动车组680列以上，时速300～350公里动车组700列以上；日均开行动车组列车2700余列，日均发送旅客超过240万人次；动车组累计运行里程超过16.7亿公里，单列最长累计运行里程达390万公里，单程开行距离最长达到2500公里。中国高铁运营里程、动车组保有量均占世界总量一半以上。

 

[AndrewJin]

Nice pics,also how many Institutes are dedicated to railway research in China

I don't know the exact number, but I think they can be categorised into several types,

1, China Academy of Railway Sciences
Highest, organise research and railway projects across China

2, Regional academies of railway sciences
belongs to regional railway bureaus or directly to Ministry of Transport
For example, Harbin Railway Technical Research Institute

3, Railway Universities and their attached research institutes
10 national railway universities which belonged to formal Ministry of Railway, all became independent in 2000.
For example, Southwest Jiaotong University (jiaotong=transport) and its State Key Laboratory of Traction Power

4, CRRC and its numerous research institutes
Formal China North Railway and China South Railway
One of the most famous institutes is CSR Zhuzhou Institute
China develops cutting-edge Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Electric-Machinery Traction System for High-Speed Rail - RailNews

5, CRCC(China Railway Construction Corporation) and other state-owned railway construction companies with their research departments.

6, Regional railway colleges and their attached institutes

7, Railway-related institutes, such as materials, electronics, etc.

etc.

Is this the CRH350 prototype by the old CNR or CSR？

By CNR. Domestically, they still have to compete, even institutes and companies within CSR have to compete with each other. Railway fans kind of dislike this 土豪金 design, but I like it, what's your opinion?

I think CRH3(based on Siemens) is the ugliest bullet train, thank god, CRH3 is seldom seen in Wuhan! Good news, CRH3 and other trains based on foreign designs will not be largely manufactured anymore.

 

[cirr]

By CNR. Domestically, they still have to compete, even institutes and companies within CSR have to compete with each other. Railway fans kind of dislike this 土豪金 design, but I like it, what's your opinion? I think CRH3(based on Siemens) is the ugliest bullet train, thank god, CRH3 is seldom seen in Wuhan! Good news, CRH3 and other trains based on foreign designs will not be largely manufactured anymore.

Both prototypes are out。There are pics in ditiezu Forum to which I have no access since I am not a member therein。

The CNR design looks fine to me。Some people like complaining just for the sake of complaining。They never seem to be happy with anything under the sun。

 

[AndrewJin]

Both prototypes are out。There are pics in ditiezu Forum to which I have no access since I am not a member therein。

The CNR design looks fine to me。Some people like complaining just for the sake of complaining。They never seem to be happy with anything under the sun。

Now I anticipate intercity EMUs most, like CRH6, CRH3F, etc. Now using CRH2 and other 250-350km/h trains is a total waste, too slow to speed up/down, too heavy for tracks and waste too much electricity. Hope they can be manufactured on a large scale soon. 150-200km/h is the optimal speed of intercity railway, every 5-20km a station.

CRRC in a recent metro expo in Beijing.
Cinova is our most advanced intercity EMU technical platform on which a lot of 140-250km/h EMUs are designed.
Cinova Intercity EMUs, CRH6, CRH3F

CRRC's trams

Low-speed maglev train for Changsha's airport maglev line which will be open in 2016.

 

[AndrewJin]

The Hefei-Fuzhou high-speed railway was inaugurated at 7am today , which spans east China's Anhui, Jiangxi Provinces and also southeast China's Fujian Province and shortens the travel hours from Hefei to southeast China's Fuzhou from 16 hours to within four hours. This railway is the second HSR opened in June.
To boost economy of Southwest China: Guizhou section of Shanghai-Kunming HSR open on 18 June

The total mileage of Chinese high-speed rail
increases from 16,000km of last year to more than 17,000km by June 2015.

A steward of the G2621 high-speed train from Hefei South to Fuzhou serves passengers on train, June 28, 2015

Model workers of Fujian Province experience taking the G5602 high-speed train departing from Fuzhou in southeast China's Fujian Province, June 28, 2015.

Driver Chen Chengyi drives the G5602 high-speed train departing from Fuzhou in southeast China's Fujian Province, June 28

Passengers show their tickets for the G2621 high-speed train at the Hefei South Railway Station in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, June 28, 2015

A passenger poses for photos with a steward of the G2621 high-speed train at the Hefei South Railway Station in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, June 28, 2015

@TaiShang This project is one part of the proposed Beijing-Hefei-Fuzhou-Taipei HSR, hope one day it can be linked to your city!

Route
The Hefei-Fuzhou HSR connects the plains of central China and the southeastern coast. It is one of several projects that the Chinese government has undertaken to develop rail infrastructure along the western shores of the Taiwan Strait. Most of the line runs through mountainous regions, including scenic areas of Huangshan and Wuyi Mountains, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Of the 339.4 km of tracks in Anhui, 81.6% will be laid on bridges and in tunnels. The longest of the line's 170 bridges and 54 tunnels will be the Tongling Yangtze River Railroad Bridge .

 

[througheye]

What is the total length of CRH in operation now? Any update?

 

[AndrewJin]

What is the total length of CRH in operation now? Any update?

Around 17000km, not many new lines open until now in 2015. Most new lines or upgraded old lines(>200km/h) will be open from October to December. In my hometown, almost all metros are inaugurated on 26-28th December.

Mind that some new lines which will be in trial in 2015 will be official inaugurated in Q1 of 2016.
Chinese HSR News And Information：Original Translations | Page 14

 

[cirr]

The Hefei-Fuzhou high-speed rail has been nicknamed the most beautiful HSR in China。It certainly deserves a promotional video better than the following：

合福高铁上高姐表演才艺—在线播放—优酷网，视频高清在线观看

 

[AndrewJin]

Before 1 July, only limited services on the newly opened Hefei-Fuzhou HSR are available. After the major timetable upgrade on 1 July, there will be numerous through-services linking stations on this railway to different cities in the national high-speed-railway network, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai.

 

[shah1398]

Congratulations from .

 

[AndrewJin]

Congratulations from .

Hope we can work together, not just build, but let our friends know how to build like those joint military projects.
In Chinese, “授人以鱼不如授人以渔", it's better to teach people how to fish than give people fish.

 

[FunkyGen]

A big congrats to my chinese brothers

 

[shah1398]

Hope we can work together, not just build, but let our friends know how to build like those joint military projects.
In Chinese, “授人以鱼不如授人以渔", it's better to teach people how to fish than give people fish.

Very rightly said Sir. We indeed are grateful. Long Live Friendship.

 

[AndrewJin]

A big congrats to my chinese brothers

Big thank!

Very rightly said Sir. We indeed are grateful. Long Live Friendship.

Chinese always remember Pakistan's generous help during 2008 earthquake, much more precious than money. Wife may leave when husband is in crisis, but friendship during hardship mirrors one's genuine heart.