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China’s bullet trains facilitate market integration and mitigate the cost of megacity growth
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Premier Li Keqiang inspects Changsha construction site of the 2264km Shanghai-Kunming HSR：
Travel time between the two cities will be cut by up to 28 hours。
李克强考察沪昆高铁长沙施工现场(图)_凤凰资讯
Travel time between the two cities will be cut by up to 28 hours。
李克强考察沪昆高铁长沙施工现场(图)_凤凰资讯
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Bullet trains form half of China's train services
By PTI | 2 Jul, 2014, 07.29PM IST
BEIJING: High-speed bullet trains now make up more than half of China's rail services, highlighting the massive expansion by the government to improve connectivity.
The state-owned rail operator, China Railway Corp, which introduced a new service schedule to meet the booming demand from the public said, of the total 4,894 trains being operated in the country 2,660 were high-speed bullet trains running at speeds of more than 200 km per hour.
"The fact that China Railway Corp adjusts its operation plan every six months shows that the nation's rail network is expanding at an unprecedented speed," Zhu Jianping, deputy head of the bureau told state-run China Daily.
"Compared with the past, now almost all of the major parts used on our bullet trains are developed and manufactured by Chinese engineers," said Ji Jialun, a railway expert at Beijing Jiaotong University.
Analysts, however, are of the opinion that security must be a top priority.
"Railway operators and authorities must pay more attention to the operational safety as they continue boosting the rail network," said Xu Guangjian, deputy dean of the School of Public Administration and Policy at Renmin University.
"In the near future, a bullet train will travel from the ultra cold northeastern provinces to eastern coastal regions that have warm and wet weather, which will pose a huge challenge to planning, maintenance and control personnel," he said.
He said the daily transport capacity of high-speed lines would be increased by 70,000travellers, 3.8 per cent higher than in the past.
The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, the busiest route in China, has transported 220 million passengers in the past three years, largely due to the high-speed service.
China has the longest high-speed railway network in the world with more than 10,000 km in operation and the country is actively promoting this technology to other countries, including Turkey, Thailand and the UK.
Bullet trains form half of China's train services - The Economic Times
By PTI | 2 Jul, 2014, 07.29PM IST
BEIJING: High-speed bullet trains now make up more than half of China's rail services, highlighting the massive expansion by the government to improve connectivity.
The state-owned rail operator, China Railway Corp, which introduced a new service schedule to meet the booming demand from the public said, of the total 4,894 trains being operated in the country 2,660 were high-speed bullet trains running at speeds of more than 200 km per hour.
"The fact that China Railway Corp adjusts its operation plan every six months shows that the nation's rail network is expanding at an unprecedented speed," Zhu Jianping, deputy head of the bureau told state-run China Daily.
"Compared with the past, now almost all of the major parts used on our bullet trains are developed and manufactured by Chinese engineers," said Ji Jialun, a railway expert at Beijing Jiaotong University.
Analysts, however, are of the opinion that security must be a top priority.
"Railway operators and authorities must pay more attention to the operational safety as they continue boosting the rail network," said Xu Guangjian, deputy dean of the School of Public Administration and Policy at Renmin University.
"In the near future, a bullet train will travel from the ultra cold northeastern provinces to eastern coastal regions that have warm and wet weather, which will pose a huge challenge to planning, maintenance and control personnel," he said.
He said the daily transport capacity of high-speed lines would be increased by 70,000travellers, 3.8 per cent higher than in the past.
The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, the busiest route in China, has transported 220 million passengers in the past three years, largely due to the high-speed service.
China has the longest high-speed railway network in the world with more than 10,000 km in operation and the country is actively promoting this technology to other countries, including Turkey, Thailand and the UK.
Bullet trains form half of China's train services - The Economic Times
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haha.......I heard viets would buy Japanese high speed trains.is it wrongful for such a poor country?
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Vietnamese judgement?! hehe, a joke.
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no just my private prediction only, not reflect Vietnam view or something.
I would comment the same for Vietnam similar project
Vietnamese is protesting that project too.
I would comment the same for Vietnam similar project
Vietnamese is protesting that project too.
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hahah...chimps are funny. Make nice pets too.
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New train operation diagram carried out from July 1st, 2014
Bullet train services launched between Chengdu and Fuzhou, Nanchang for the first time.
The travel time between Fuzhou and Chengdu cut to 15 hours from 41 hours.
Passengers boarding the train at Fuzhou station, Fujian Province
Passengers boarding the train at Fuzhou station, Fujian Province
Attendants boarding the train at Nanchang station, Jiangxi Province
Passengers boarding the train at Nanchang station, Jiangxi Province
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Bullet train services launched between Chengdu and Fuzhou, Nanchang for the first time.
The travel time between Fuzhou and Chengdu cut to 15 hours from 41 hours.
Passengers boarding the train at Fuzhou station, Fujian Province
Passengers boarding the train at Fuzhou station, Fujian Province
Attendants boarding the train at Nanchang station, Jiangxi Province
Passengers boarding the train at Nanchang station, Jiangxi Province
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Li visits builders of high-speed rail
By Zhao Yinan in Changsha and He Dan in Beijing (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2014-07-03 17:02
Premier Li Keqiang paid a visit to a construction site for a new high-speed railway line in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province on Thursday morning, and chatted with workers there.
The Changsha site will be part of a new line linking Shanghai and Kunming, with its 2,264-km length making it the longest rail line between East and west China once it is completed in 2016. The high-speed line will save 28 hours for passengers traveling between Shanghai and Kunming.
Li told workers at the site they are making a significant contribution to the country's development and praised their careers as "remarkable".
The railway line is designed to pass through several poverty-stricken areas in Central and west China. Li told the project managers that the construction of railways should take both economic benefits and social justice into consideration. The new railway line will help impoverished farmers from remote mountainous regions travel to cities for work and higher incomes, he added.
Li said the high-speed line will not only help to narrow the economic gap between the east and west regions but also reduce the emotional distance between people in the different regions.
He also praised the construction company's efforts in promoting rail products and equipment abroad.
More than 291.8 billion yuan ($46.9 billion) will be invested in the project, excluding the cost of the Shanghai to Hangzhou section, which went into service in 2010.
The construction site is close to the Changsha South Railway Station.
Li visits builders of high-speed rail - China - Chinadaily.com.cn
By Zhao Yinan in Changsha and He Dan in Beijing (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2014-07-03 17:02
Premier Li Keqiang paid a visit to a construction site for a new high-speed railway line in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province on Thursday morning, and chatted with workers there.
The Changsha site will be part of a new line linking Shanghai and Kunming, with its 2,264-km length making it the longest rail line between East and west China once it is completed in 2016. The high-speed line will save 28 hours for passengers traveling between Shanghai and Kunming.
Li told workers at the site they are making a significant contribution to the country's development and praised their careers as "remarkable".
The railway line is designed to pass through several poverty-stricken areas in Central and west China. Li told the project managers that the construction of railways should take both economic benefits and social justice into consideration. The new railway line will help impoverished farmers from remote mountainous regions travel to cities for work and higher incomes, he added.
Li said the high-speed line will not only help to narrow the economic gap between the east and west regions but also reduce the emotional distance between people in the different regions.
He also praised the construction company's efforts in promoting rail products and equipment abroad.
More than 291.8 billion yuan ($46.9 billion) will be invested in the project, excluding the cost of the Shanghai to Hangzhou section, which went into service in 2010.
The construction site is close to the Changsha South Railway Station.
Li visits builders of high-speed rail - China - Chinadaily.com.cn
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04.07.2014
Premier Li Keqiang visits Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd，a subsidary of CSR：
李克强考察南车：每次出国都为你们推销 要爱惜声誉|李克强|装备_凤凰资讯
Premier Li Keqiang visits Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co. Ltd，a subsidary of CSR：
李克强考察南车：每次出国都为你们推销 要爱惜声誉|李克强|装备_凤凰资讯
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Intercity express rail for every Chinese province except Tibet？
China approves $8 billion inter-city rail plan: report
17 hours ago
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has approved a 50 billion yuan ($8.06 billion) plan to build an inter-city rail network in its western Shaanxi province as it looks to improve transport links in its less-developed inland regions, state-run regional media said.
The project, approved by the National Development and Reform Commission on Thursday, will see the government invest in five projects to build 436 km (271 miles) of rail lines across Shaanxi's Guanzhong region, the Shaanxi Daily newspaper said.
The official Xinhua news agency confirmed the approval without stating an investment value for the project. It said that by 2030 the province would have rail lines spanning 1,484 km (922 miles) centered around Shaanxi's capital of Xi'an.
Shaanxi, which was the eastern terminus of China's ancient Silk Road trading link with Europe, is key to recent government plans to build a Silk Road economic belt connecting China to other Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan and parts of Europe.
China has invested billions in expanding its railway network, in part to support growth as the country's economy slows. It had a combined railway network of over 100,000 km (62,000 miles) by the end of last year, 10 percent of which was high-speed rail, Xinhua reported.
China approves $8 billion inter-city rail plan: report - Yahoo News
China approves $8 billion inter-city rail plan: report
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has approved a 50 billion yuan ($8.06 billion) plan to build an inter-city rail network in its western Shaanxi province as it looks to improve transport links in its less-developed inland regions, state-run regional media said.
The project, approved by the National Development and Reform Commission on Thursday, will see the government invest in five projects to build 436 km (271 miles) of rail lines across Shaanxi's Guanzhong region, the Shaanxi Daily newspaper said.
The official Xinhua news agency confirmed the approval without stating an investment value for the project. It said that by 2030 the province would have rail lines spanning 1,484 km (922 miles) centered around Shaanxi's capital of Xi'an.
Shaanxi, which was the eastern terminus of China's ancient Silk Road trading link with Europe, is key to recent government plans to build a Silk Road economic belt connecting China to other Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan and parts of Europe.
China has invested billions in expanding its railway network, in part to support growth as the country's economy slows. It had a combined railway network of over 100,000 km (62,000 miles) by the end of last year, 10 percent of which was high-speed rail, Xinhua reported.
China approves $8 billion inter-city rail plan: report - Yahoo News
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China starts bullet train service in most rugged terrain
PTIJul 1, 2014, 08.29PM IST
BEIJING: China today launched bullet train services along a mountainous route touted as the most challenging high speed rail project that the country has ever built.
The maiden train left Yichang City of central Hubei Province for Wanzhou District in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality today, traveling a route that cuts through rugged mountains and under hundreds of bridges and tunnels.
Wang Tongliang, an official with the Wuhan Railway Bureau, said the service will cut journey time between Chongqing and Wuhan, capital of Hubei, from over 11 hours to just six hours and 40 minutes, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Travel time from other central or east China cities to southwest China will also be significantly shorter, bringing new opportunities for residents who live in the steep and remote mountains.
The Yichang-Wanzhou Railway stretches across 377 kms. It is considered a feat of engineering as it runs through a rugged region where the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau meets the Yangtze River Plain, the report said.
The railway which started operation at the end of 2010 includes 159 tunnels and 253 bridges, accounting for about 74 percent of the line's total.
In the most extreme case, it took nearly six years to drill a tunnel through Qiyue Mountain due to complex and dangerous geological conditions.
China has the world's longest high-speed rail network with 8,358 kms of routes and is still rapidly expanding.
In 2012, China opened the world's longest high-speed rail line, which runs 2,208 kms from capital Beijing in the north to Shenzhen on the southern coast.
China starts bullet train service in most rugged terrain - Economic Times
