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Shiyan/Xiangyang is the third largest metropolitan region in Hubei Province, I'm sure it will become another successful intercity HSR like Wuhan-Yichang corridor.Formal construction of the Wuhan-Shiyan section of the 350km/h Wuhan-Xi'an HSR began on 02.12.2015
Construction of the Shiyan-Xi'an section will follow in the 13th 5-year period 2016-2020。
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The only tropical high-speed railways in the world so far! Any plan linking Haikou to Sanya via five finger mountains? I hope one day one can go to Sanya from Haikou by bullet train via 3 routes, the eastern ring, the western ring and the mountainous direct line.Hainan Western Ring HSR officially open today, December 30th 2015
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I want to know when the tunnel linking Hainan Island and the Leizhou Peninsula will be completed。
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High speed rail starts operation in treacherous mountains in SW China
Length: 1 min 13 sec
Published on 27 Dec 2015
A new high-speed rail service in southwest China, linking Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, and another mega city, Chongqing.
SOUNDBITE(CHINESE): Passenger
"I'm really lucky to take the first high-speed train. It feels nice, just like boarding a plane. And we can use WIFI, which is convenient."
It's a region known for its treacherous mountains and difficult roads.
Chengdu and Chongqing are only over 300 km apart.
It used to take 13 hours to travel on Chengyu Railway, which links the two cities and is the first ever railway built after the founding of new China.
Now it only takes one and a half hours to travel on Chengyu High Speed Rail.
SOUNDBITE: JIANG WENJUN, Chongqing Leheledu Tourism Co.
"An old saying goes, it's more difficult to travel on roads in Sichuan than climb to the skies. Now the Chengyu High Speed Rail makes it so easy to travel."
23 pairs of trains will operate between the two cities each day in the coming two weeks, and more than 30 pairs will run on the railway after Jan. 10.
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Published on 27 Dec 2015
A new high-speed rail service in southwest China, linking Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, and another mega city, Chongqing.
SOUNDBITE(CHINESE): Passenger
"I'm really lucky to take the first high-speed train. It feels nice, just like boarding a plane. And we can use WIFI, which is convenient."
It's a region known for its treacherous mountains and difficult roads.
Chengdu and Chongqing are only over 300 km apart.
It used to take 13 hours to travel on Chengyu Railway, which links the two cities and is the first ever railway built after the founding of new China.
Now it only takes one and a half hours to travel on Chengyu High Speed Rail.
SOUNDBITE: JIANG WENJUN, Chongqing Leheledu Tourism Co.
"An old saying goes, it's more difficult to travel on roads in Sichuan than climb to the skies. Now the Chengyu High Speed Rail makes it so easy to travel."
23 pairs of trains will operate between the two cities each day in the coming two weeks, and more than 30 pairs will run on the railway after Jan. 10.
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https://defence.pk/threads/chinese-hsr-news-and-information：original-translations.363685/page-3
The Shu Roads (蜀道) was a system of mountain roads joining the Chinese provinces of Shaanxi and Sichuan, built and maintained since the 4th century BC. Technical highlights were the gallery roads, consisting of wooden planks erected on wooden or stone beams slotted into holes cut into the sides of cliffs.
As the great poet Li Bai (705-762）wrote in his famous poem Shu Roads Are Difficult which every high school students in China will recite character by character:
Li Bai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sichuan Road
What heights!
It is easier to climb Heaven
Than take the Sichuan Road.
Long ago Can Cong and Yu Fu founded the kingdom of Shu;
Forty-eight thousand years went by,
Yet no road linked it with the land of Qin.
Westward from Taibai Mountain only birds
Wander to the summit of Mount Emei
But not until brave men had perished in the great landslide
Were bridges hooked together in the air
And a path hacked through the rocks.
Above, high peaks turn back the sun's chariot drawn by six dragons;
Below, the charging waves are caught in whirlpools;
Not even yellow cranes dare fly this way,
Monkeys cannot leap those gorges.
At Green Mud Ridge the path winds back and forh,
With nine twists for every hundred steps.
Touching the stars, the traveller looks up and gasps,
Then sinks down , clutching his heart ,to groan aloud.
Friend, when will you return from this westward journey?
This is a fearful way.
You cannot cross these cliffs.
The only living things are birds crying in ancient trees,
Male wooing female up and down the woods,
And the cuckoo, weary of empty hills,
Singing to the moon.
It is easier to climb to heaven
Than take the Sichuan Road.
The mere telling of its perils blanches youthful cheeks.
Peak follows peak, each but a hand's breadth from the sky;
Dead pine trees hang head down into the chasms,
Currents and waterfalls outroar over rocks,
Booming like thunder through a thousand caverns.
What takes you, travelers, this long, weary way
So filled with danger?
Sword Pass is steep and narrow,
One man could hold this pass against ten thousand;
And sometimes its defenders
Are not mortal men but wolves and jackals.
By day we dread the savage tiger ,by night the serpent,
Sharp-fanged sucker of blood
Who chops men down like stalks of hemp.
The City of Brocade may be a pleasant place,
But it is best to seek you home.
For it is easier to climb to heaven
Than take the Sichuan Road.
I gaze into the west, and sigh.
(p.s. The beauty of Chinese poems and words all gone
)噫吁嚱！危乎高哉！蜀道之难，难于上青天。蚕丛及鱼凫，开国何茫然！尔来四万八千岁，不与秦塞通人烟。西当太白有鸟道，可以横绝峨眉巅。地崩山摧壮士死,然后天梯石栈相钩连。上有六龙回日之高标,下有冲波逆折之回川。黄鹤之飞尚不得过,猿猱欲度愁攀援。青泥何盘盘! 百步九折萦岩峦。扪参历井仰胁息，以手抚膺坐长叹。
问君西游何时还，畏途巉岩不可攀。但见悲鸟号古木，雄飞雌从绕林间。又闻子规啼夜月，愁空山。蜀道之难，难于上青天! 使人听此凋朱颜。连峰去天不盈尺，枯松倒挂倚绝壁。飞湍瀑流争喧豗，砯崖转石万壑雷。其险也如此，嗟尔远道之人胡为乎来哉?
剑阁峥嵘而崔嵬，一夫当关，万夫莫开。所守或匪亲，化为狼与豺。朝避猛虎，夕避长蛇。磨牙吮血，杀人如麻。城虽云乐，不如早还家。蜀道之难，难于上青天，侧身西望长咨嗟!
Ancient Shu Roads vd Modern Shu Roads
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China's railway diplomacy unlocks enormous cooperation potential
2015-12-31 08:24 BEIJING
Thanks to tireless promotion by top Chinese leaders, the country's railway industry has seen another year of good harvest in overseas markets in 2015, culminating in the launch of a railway project in Asia and the start of another in Europe at the year end.
Thailand and China launched on Dec. 19 the project of building the railway line linking the Thai capital city of Bangkok with the northeastern city of Nong Khai near Laos, marking the beginning of bilateral cooperation to develop Thailand's first standard-gauge double-track railway line.
The 845-km railway line will be part of the backbone of a trans-Asia rail transportation system. In Europe on Dec. 23, construction work started for building the Serbian section of the Serbia-Hungary railway line, in the execution of a flagship project between China and the two European countries.
When completed by mid-2017, the 350-km high-speed railway line, undertaken by a Chinese-led consortium, will reduce travel time between Belgrade and Budapest to less than three hours from the current average of eight hours.
The two projects, both promising enormous potential in transforming the landscape of regional cooperation, are only the latest yields from China's railway diplomacy, a strategy aimed at better inter-connectivity and closer cooperation with partner countries.
PREMIER AS SUPER SALESMAN
Since 2013, Chinese leaders have been making unremitting efforts to promote the country's railway technologies and equipment during foreign visits or at multilateral gatherings. In November this year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, regarded as a "super salesman" for the country's railway industry, took leaders from 16 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries for a bullet-train trip from Suzhou to Shanghai in east China to showcase Chinese technology.
The 20-minute trip, which came at the end of a China-CEE forum, was dubbed as an unprecedented marketing endeavor for China's high-speed railway sector, as it involves so many top foreign leaders. In May, during an official visit to Brazil, the Chinese premier took a ride on a newly-opened subway line in Rio De Janeiro using China-built trains.
He said during the train ride that China has quality technology and powerful equipment manufacturing capacity in railroad transport, and that China-built products are cost-effective and adaptable to various markets.
CHINA RAIL CONNECTS WORLD
After years of technological upgrade and innovation, China has lifted its high-speed railway technologies to the most advanced level of the world. It is estimated that by the end of 2015, China's railway mileage will have reached 120,000 km, only second to the United States.
China also boasts the world's biggest high-speed railway network, with its current 16,000 km of high-speed rail lines accounting for more than half of that across the world. Rails built with Chinese investment have been generating huge economic efficiency in many parts of the world.
In Asia, an artery rail link connecting China, Laos and Thailand is taking shape. The line will significantly reduce logistics expenses for ASEAN nations and facilitate trade and travels in the region. In Africa, China-built rails have been or will be the backbone of the local public transport system and a key component of growth in a number of countries, including Nigeria and Ethiopia.
In South America, trains made in China are running on the Mitre commuter route in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, and also on a subway line in the Brazilian city of Rio De Janeiro. In Europe, besides the ongoing Serbia-Hungary railway project, Chinese trains will operate soon in Macedonia.
COMMON DEVELOPMENT
Railway has become an important component of China's diplomacy after President Xi Jinping brought up in 2013 the initiatives on international cooperation in the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (popularly known as the "Belt and Road" initiative) aimed at reviving the ancient Silk Road trade routes spanning Asia, Africa and Europe. Infrastructure cooperation and enhancement of regional inter-connectivity have been among the priorities in China's implementation of the "Belt and Road" initiative.
China's railway diplomacy also has its root in the fact that China's railway technologies are not only as reliable as those of developed countries, but also more cost-effective. Building railways abroad and exporting related equipment and technologies lead to all-win situations for both China and its foreign partners, as such cooperation will facilitate China's endeavor to upgrade its national economy and allow partner countries to enjoy all the interests of these projects at lower costs.
Addressing a forum in mid-December, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said China's "Belt and Road" initiative and railway cooperation in particular present new opportunities to many countries especially ASEAN.
"The importance of connectivity as a growth driver cannot be underestimated. That is why transport is one of the key sectors for Malaysia-China cooperation, with railway a core focus," he said. As the Chinese railway industry goes global, there is also room for cooperation between China and developed countries: They may work together to produce high-quality, inexpensive equipment and develop huge markets in third-party countries. Observers say China's initiatives on international cooperation in building the "Belt and Road" infrastructure networks would facilitate common development, as both initiatives allow participating nations to better tap into their comparative strength.
Huang Bin, a China expert with the Thai think tank Kasikorn Research Center, noted that the railway project between Thailand and China, once completed, could serve as a model for China's "Belt and Road" initiative and demonstrate to the world how such projects can bolster regional economic integration.
2015-12-31 08:24 BEIJING
Thanks to tireless promotion by top Chinese leaders, the country's railway industry has seen another year of good harvest in overseas markets in 2015, culminating in the launch of a railway project in Asia and the start of another in Europe at the year end.
Thailand and China launched on Dec. 19 the project of building the railway line linking the Thai capital city of Bangkok with the northeastern city of Nong Khai near Laos, marking the beginning of bilateral cooperation to develop Thailand's first standard-gauge double-track railway line.
The 845-km railway line will be part of the backbone of a trans-Asia rail transportation system. In Europe on Dec. 23, construction work started for building the Serbian section of the Serbia-Hungary railway line, in the execution of a flagship project between China and the two European countries.
When completed by mid-2017, the 350-km high-speed railway line, undertaken by a Chinese-led consortium, will reduce travel time between Belgrade and Budapest to less than three hours from the current average of eight hours.
The two projects, both promising enormous potential in transforming the landscape of regional cooperation, are only the latest yields from China's railway diplomacy, a strategy aimed at better inter-connectivity and closer cooperation with partner countries.
PREMIER AS SUPER SALESMAN
Since 2013, Chinese leaders have been making unremitting efforts to promote the country's railway technologies and equipment during foreign visits or at multilateral gatherings. In November this year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, regarded as a "super salesman" for the country's railway industry, took leaders from 16 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries for a bullet-train trip from Suzhou to Shanghai in east China to showcase Chinese technology.
The 20-minute trip, which came at the end of a China-CEE forum, was dubbed as an unprecedented marketing endeavor for China's high-speed railway sector, as it involves so many top foreign leaders. In May, during an official visit to Brazil, the Chinese premier took a ride on a newly-opened subway line in Rio De Janeiro using China-built trains.
He said during the train ride that China has quality technology and powerful equipment manufacturing capacity in railroad transport, and that China-built products are cost-effective and adaptable to various markets.
CHINA RAIL CONNECTS WORLD
After years of technological upgrade and innovation, China has lifted its high-speed railway technologies to the most advanced level of the world. It is estimated that by the end of 2015, China's railway mileage will have reached 120,000 km, only second to the United States.
China also boasts the world's biggest high-speed railway network, with its current 16,000 km of high-speed rail lines accounting for more than half of that across the world. Rails built with Chinese investment have been generating huge economic efficiency in many parts of the world.
In Asia, an artery rail link connecting China, Laos and Thailand is taking shape. The line will significantly reduce logistics expenses for ASEAN nations and facilitate trade and travels in the region. In Africa, China-built rails have been or will be the backbone of the local public transport system and a key component of growth in a number of countries, including Nigeria and Ethiopia.
In South America, trains made in China are running on the Mitre commuter route in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, and also on a subway line in the Brazilian city of Rio De Janeiro. In Europe, besides the ongoing Serbia-Hungary railway project, Chinese trains will operate soon in Macedonia.
COMMON DEVELOPMENT
Railway has become an important component of China's diplomacy after President Xi Jinping brought up in 2013 the initiatives on international cooperation in the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (popularly known as the "Belt and Road" initiative) aimed at reviving the ancient Silk Road trade routes spanning Asia, Africa and Europe. Infrastructure cooperation and enhancement of regional inter-connectivity have been among the priorities in China's implementation of the "Belt and Road" initiative.
China's railway diplomacy also has its root in the fact that China's railway technologies are not only as reliable as those of developed countries, but also more cost-effective. Building railways abroad and exporting related equipment and technologies lead to all-win situations for both China and its foreign partners, as such cooperation will facilitate China's endeavor to upgrade its national economy and allow partner countries to enjoy all the interests of these projects at lower costs.
Addressing a forum in mid-December, Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said China's "Belt and Road" initiative and railway cooperation in particular present new opportunities to many countries especially ASEAN.
"The importance of connectivity as a growth driver cannot be underestimated. That is why transport is one of the key sectors for Malaysia-China cooperation, with railway a core focus," he said. As the Chinese railway industry goes global, there is also room for cooperation between China and developed countries: They may work together to produce high-quality, inexpensive equipment and develop huge markets in third-party countries. Observers say China's initiatives on international cooperation in building the "Belt and Road" infrastructure networks would facilitate common development, as both initiatives allow participating nations to better tap into their comparative strength.
Huang Bin, a China expert with the Thai think tank Kasikorn Research Center, noted that the railway project between Thailand and China, once completed, could serve as a model for China's "Belt and Road" initiative and demonstrate to the world how such projects can bolster regional economic integration.
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Is this section part of the future Zhengzhou-Hefei HSR?Zhengzhou Station-Airport Section opened on 31.12.2015
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It's one of the intercity railways.
Now Zhengzhou has three intercity railway operating. Zhengzhou-Kaifeng, Zhengzhou-Jiaozuo, Zhengzhou-Xinzheng International Airport.
Future Zhengzhou railway plan. It shapes like Chinese character 米.
Zhengzhou-Taiyuwan
Zhengzhou-Jinan
Zhengzhou-Wanzhou
Zhengzhou-Hefei
Xuzhou-Lanzhou
Beijing-Guangzhou
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I know Zhengzhou Zhongyuan area has 3 intercity HSRs.
What I mean is that they are actually "primers" of future long-distance high-speed railways, for local government to "troll" central government for bigger projects. I assume Zhengzhou-Airport Intercity will be the first section of Zhengzhou-Hefei HSR.
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