China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[Jlaw]

Meritocracy is long-term tradition.
Government is reckoned as the guardians of people.
We call our mayor 父母官(parent officer).
A mayor is selected from his/her previous achievements in lower government not how they speech.

We call our leaders 骗子

 

[AndrewJin]

We call our leaders 骗子

That's how charismatic leaders do.
Chinese mayors can barely do a proper speech, better at negotiation with investors.

 

[Jlaw]

That's how charismatic leaders do.
Chinese mayors can barely do a proper speech, better at negotiation with investors.

hehe..i think it was lost in translation. Our leaders are like con artists, scoundrels, etc.

 

[AndrewJin]

hehe..i think it was lost in translation. Our leaders are like con artists, scoundrels, etc.

 

[AndrewJin]

Nanning-Baise Section of Nanning-Kunming HSR to open in December
The HSR dream of old revolutionary base Baise City comes true
南昆客专南百段12月开通 老区百色圆高铁梦

革命老区广西百色市有望在今年实现“高铁梦”。南宁铁路局20日介绍，目前南昆客运专线南宁至百色段开始轨道设备精调精整，计划10月1日启动联调联试，12月开通运营。

　　于2009年12月开工建设的南昆客运专线(此前称“云桂铁路”)西起云南昆明，东至广西南宁，正线全长710公里，其中南宁至百色段223公里，设计时速250公里，是国家《中长期铁路网规划》重要干线铁路，是广西、云南两省区之间的首条高铁，连接西南贫困地区的新干线铁路，也是穿越广西百色革命老区的首条高铁。

　　中新网记者当天来到南昆客运专线南宁至百色段百色站、平果站实地采访。现场施工人员冒着烈日正在紧张施工，为10月份即将开展的联调联试做准备。

　　高铁建设主要包括路基建设、“四站”安装和站房工程、联调联试、开通运营四个阶段。南宁铁路局介绍，今年7月，南昆客运专线南宁到百色段完成铺轨后，立即开展轨道设备静态验收。

　　据介绍，南昆客运专线南宁至百色段设置南宁西、隆安东、平果、那何北、田东北、田阳、百色共7座车站。目前，电力、电气化、通讯、信号“四电”工程建设完成量已超过90%，全线新建或改建的7个高铁站站房建设全部完成。

　　从8月20日开始，南宁铁路局全面启动轨道精调精整工作，对轨道进行数据采集和精调，具有高铁轨道调试经验的700多技术人员进入现场施工。

　　南宁铁路局称，南昆客运专线建成后，将以南宁为支点，经柳南客专、衡柳高铁进入华中地区，经南广高铁通往珠三角地区，经广西沿海高铁进入北部湾沿海港口连通“海上丝绸之路”，构成西南泛珠三角和环北部湾的快速出海大通道。

　　届时，从南宁到昆明的行车时间将由原来的12小时缩短为5小时左右。南宁至百色的运行时间将由原来的3个多小时缩短至1.5小时，两地间将形成“1小时高铁交通圈”，也将有效释放既有南昆铁路的运输压力。

　　在今年7月末召开的广西年中工作会议上，广西壮族自治区主席陈武表示，今年下半年，广西将建成运营云桂铁路南宁至百色段，加快南昆铁路南宁至百色段增建二线、黎湛铁路电气化改造等项目建设，新开工合浦至湛江铁路，确保全年完成投资150亿元人民币以上。

　　此外，广西将抓紧推进贵阳至南宁客运专线、柳州站站房扩建工程、新建桂林动车所、湘桂铁路衡阳至柳州段电气化、焦柳线怀化至柳州段电气化等5个项目前期工作，力争年内开工。广西积极谋划以南宁为起点、北上连接丝绸之路经济带的铁路新通道，争取列入国家铁路规划。

Nanning Railway Bureau yesterday announced, Nanning-Baise section of Nanning-Kunming HSR will start trial run in October and officially operate in December of 2015.

The 754-kilometre Nanning-Kunming HSR(Yunnan-Guangxi railway) is the first high-speed railway connecting Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, two relatively poorer southwestern provinces. The 233-kilometre Nanning-Baise section will operate first with a cruising speed of 250km/h. It will cut the traveling time of Nanning-Baise from more than 3 hours to around 1.5 hours.

It will serve as a key transport corridor of the maritime Silk Road, linking the interior of Southwestern China to ports of Guangxi's Beibu Gulf. Other new railway projects in Guangxi include a second track of old Nanning-Kunming railway, several electrification projects, Guiyang-Nanning HSR, new Guilin CRH Depot, etc.

 

[cirr]

Nanning-Baise Section of Nanning-Kunming HSR to open in December
The HSR dream of old revolutionary base Baise City comes true
南昆客专南百段12月开通 老区百色圆高铁梦

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革命老区广西百色市有望在今年实现“高铁梦”。南宁铁路局20日介绍，目前南昆客运专线南宁至百色段开始轨道设备精调精整，计划10月1日启动联调联试，12月开通运营。

　　于2009年12月开工建设的南昆客运专线(此前称“云桂铁路”)西起云南昆明，东至广西南宁，正线全长710公里，其中南宁至百色段223公里，设计时速250公里，是国家《中长期铁路网规划》重要干线铁路，是广西、云南两省区之间的首条高铁，连接西南贫困地区的新干线铁路，也是穿越广西百色革命老区的首条高铁。

　　中新网记者当天来到南昆客运专线南宁至百色段百色站、平果站实地采访。现场施工人员冒着烈日正在紧张施工，为10月份即将开展的联调联试做准备。

　　高铁建设主要包括路基建设、“四站”安装和站房工程、联调联试、开通运营四个阶段。南宁铁路局介绍，今年7月，南昆客运专线南宁到百色段完成铺轨后，立即开展轨道设备静态验收。

　　据介绍，南昆客运专线南宁至百色段设置南宁西、隆安东、平果、那何北、田东北、田阳、百色共7座车站。目前，电力、电气化、通讯、信号“四电”工程建设完成量已超过90%，全线新建或改建的7个高铁站站房建设全部完成。

　　从8月20日开始，南宁铁路局全面启动轨道精调精整工作，对轨道进行数据采集和精调，具有高铁轨道调试经验的700多技术人员进入现场施工。

　　南宁铁路局称，南昆客运专线建成后，将以南宁为支点，经柳南客专、衡柳高铁进入华中地区，经南广高铁通往珠三角地区，经广西沿海高铁进入北部湾沿海港口连通“海上丝绸之路”，构成西南泛珠三角和环北部湾的快速出海大通道。

　　届时，从南宁到昆明的行车时间将由原来的12小时缩短为5小时左右。南宁至百色的运行时间将由原来的3个多小时缩短至1.5小时，两地间将形成“1小时高铁交通圈”，也将有效释放既有南昆铁路的运输压力。

　　在今年7月末召开的广西年中工作会议上，广西壮族自治区主席陈武表示，今年下半年，广西将建成运营云桂铁路南宁至百色段，加快南昆铁路南宁至百色段增建二线、黎湛铁路电气化改造等项目建设，新开工合浦至湛江铁路，确保全年完成投资150亿元人民币以上。

　　此外，广西将抓紧推进贵阳至南宁客运专线、柳州站站房扩建工程、新建桂林动车所、湘桂铁路衡阳至柳州段电气化、焦柳线怀化至柳州段电气化等5个项目前期工作，力争年内开工。广西积极谋划以南宁为起点、北上连接丝绸之路经济带的铁路新通道，争取列入国家铁路规划。

Nanning Railway Bureau yesterday announced, Nanning-Baise section of Nanning-Kunming HSR will start trial run in October and officially operate in December of 2015.

The 754-kilometre Nanning-Kunming HSR(Yunnan-Guangxi railway) is the first high-speed railway connecting Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, two relatively poorer southwestern provinces. The 233-kilometre Nanning-Baise section will operate first with a cruising speed of 250km/h. It will cut the traveling time of Nanning-Baise from more than 3 hours to around 1.5 hours.

It will serve as a key transport corridor of the maritime Silk Road, linking the interior of Southwestern China to ports of Guangxi's Beibu Gulf. Other new railway projects in Guangxi include a second track of old Nanning-Kunming railway, several electrification projects, Guiyang-Nanning HSR, new Guilin CRH Depot, etc.

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Traveling time between Kunming and Nanning cut from 12 hours to 5 hours. Great。

But when is the Baise-Kunming section due for opening?

 

[AndrewJin]

Traveling time between Kunming and Nanning cut from 12 hours to 5 hours. Great。

But when is the Baise-Kunming section due for opening?

Optimistic estimation is in 2016. I think it will open during spring festival of 2017.

18.2km Shilin Tunnel, Nanning-Kunming HSR
The longest double-track railway tunnel in China（single-track tunnel is much longer).

New Baise HSR station

 

[AndrewJin]

Before Nanning-Baise Section of Nanning-Kunming HSR opening,
let's have a look at old Nanning-Kunming Railway!

 

[cirr]

Before Nanning-Baise Section of Nanning-Kunming HSR opening,
let's have a look at old Nanning-Kunming Railway!
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The good old Chengdu-Kunming Railway is far more perilous than this one。

 

[AndrewJin]

The good old Chengdu-Kunming Railway is far more perilous than this one。

Monument of railway construction soldiers who lost their lives in 1960s for Chengdu-kunming Railway

 

[cirr]

Monument of railway construction soldiers who lost their lives in 1960s for Chengdu-kunming Railway
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Work is on-going to turn the single-track railway in to a double-track one。

Hopefully completion by 2020 will bring about an explosion of tourism in the southwestern region which is lavishly rich in landscapes and famous sceneries。

 

[Götterdämmerung]

Many of the mountain slopes are barren, China should reforest them as soon as possible.

that's how middle high mountains look like in Germany

 

[AndrewJin]

Many of the mountain slopes are barren, China should reforest them as soon as possible.

that's how middle high mountains look like in Germany

Forestation is good, but not in every place in China, like the very dry regions in above photos about Southwest China. (Liangshan is one of the poorest regions)

My province in Central China

Indeed more forests should be planted especially in highly urbanised regions in China.

 

[AndrewJin]

Another great series of photos by respected railway photographer Luo Chunxiao

Lanzhou-Xinjiang HSR in dreams!

Menyuan Country, Qinghai Province
Southern slopes of Qilian Mountains

 

[AndrewJin]

9490m-long HSR tunnel, the longest high-speed railway tunnel in the world, also the highest(3600m)
At the border of Qinghai Province and Gansu Province

Shandan Military Horse Farm in Gansu Province
Northern slopes of Qilian Mountains