China's Harbin-Dalian 921km high-latitude high-speed rail ready for service

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01 December 2012 | last updated at 11:15AM

World's first high-speed railway in frigid area starts ops

SHENYANG, China -- The world's first high-speed railway in areas with extremely low temperature, which runs through three provinces in north eastern China, started operation on Saturday as part of the country's efforts to revitalise the old industrial base, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

Four trains with the initial of "G" left the stations in Harbin, capitalof Heilongjiang, Changchun, capital of Jilin, Shenyang, capital of Liaoning, and Dalian, port city in Liaoning, simultaneously at 9am Saturday to mark the operation of the 921-km line.

The high-speed railway with designed speeds of up to 350 km per hour wenti nto service after passing a two-month test during which the region had been hitby blizzards and harsh cold as low as 40 degrees Celsius below zero.

"The operation of Harbin-Dalian high-speed railway signals a greatprogress in the building of a 'four-vertical' and 'four-horizontal' high-speedrail network," said Lu Chunfang, vice minister of the Ministry of Railways.

So far, China has 8,600 kilometres of operating high-speed railways, ranking it first globally. -- Bernama

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Four（CRH380B）trains （G501、G502、G5006 and G5008）with the initial of "G" left the stations in Harbin, capitalof Heilongjiang, Changchun, capital of Jilin, Shenyang, capital of Liaoning, and Dalian, port city in Liaoning, simultaneously at 9am Saturday to mark the operation of the 921-km line：

http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XNDgyNDEyMDA0/v.swf

 

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http://v.ifeng.com/include/exterior...926f-4719-9d56-3eee53300788&fromweb=ZHVPlayer

 

[Arsalan]

A locomotive, traveling at speeds of up to 350 km per hour in minus 40 degree Celsius temperature and you sit in all comfy and warm..

will love to travel in this.
I hope i get a chance. Awesome!

 

[shuttler]

That is great technology in operation!

Question:
How can the train be running with the thick layer of snow covering the tracks? A forewarn system (to stop the car) or a heating system along the tracks?

 

[cybertron]

Out of words here.
Awesome!

 

[Korean]

That is great technology in operation!

Question:
How can the train be running with the thick layer of snow covering the tracks? A forewarn system (to stop the car) or a heating system along the tracks?

There are snow plow rail cars used in other countries.

 

[shuttler]

There are snow plow rail cars used in other countries.

how about heavy snowing in between the plow rail cars' clearing and the speed train's arrival?

 

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Haerbin West Railway Station：

 

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Ploughing through heavy snow：

 

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Photos of CRH trains：

 

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Hong Kong Railway‘s CRH380ALs：

 

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840-km Guangzhou-Guiyang（capital of Guizhou province， China's poorest）HSR under construction：

The line is expected to open in 2014.

 

[Methu_Xie]

A locomotive, traveling at speeds of up to 350 km per hour in minus 40 degree Celsius temperature and you sit in all comfy and warm..

will love to travel in this.
I hope i get a chance. Awesome!

You are welcome,our buddy

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