One section of The Silk Road High-speed Railway opens on 10 September, Chinese HSRs reach 20,000km

[AndrewJin]

One section of the Silk Road High-speed Railway Corridor
Zhengzhou–Xuzhou High-Speed Railway
opens on 10 September 2016 (6am)
The mileage of Chinese HSRs surpasses 20,000km milestone!

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Two terminal stations & 7 intermediate stations
Zhengzhou East in Henan Province of Central China (intersect with Beijing-HK HSR & Zhengzhou-Xi'an HSR)
Xuzhou East in Jiangsu Province of Eastern China (intersect with Beijing-Shanghai HSR)

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I was pissed off in the morning...
No live news from CCTV news channel, only several seconds of "introduction".
They f**king don't know the significance of this railway though the length is only 300+km....

1, It FINALLY connects the HSR network in East China with the network in Northwest China, making the national network more integrated.
2, It is part of the NEW SILK ROAD !
3, It shortens the distance between Shanghai in the East to Xi'an in the Northwest into 1500km, it takes less than 6 hours thanks to this short cut!
3, The total mileage of Chinese HSRs reaches 20,000km !

50+ pairs of EMUs are added today on the new railway.
The connectivity of a lot of cities which are NOT on this railway has significantly increased because of this connection between Beijing-Shanghai HSR and Beijing-Guangzhou-HK HSR.

Connectivity has significantly increased!
Through services via this new HSR (no need to interchange to another train) have reached a lot of remote cities, marked blue (on the first day).

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[AndrewJin]

Before Inauguration

砀山南站
Dangshan South HSR Station
Dangshan County, Anhui Province, Central China
One day before official operation on 9 Sep.

万事俱备只欠东风！
2-3 hours later
The first train will start operation!

 

[AndrewJin]

Before Inauguration

Shaoqiu Railway Station
Shaoqiu City, Henan Province, Central China
8 hours before the first official train

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Kaifeng North Station
Kaifeng City, Henan Province, Central China
One day before
Where are cleaners???

@simple Brain dude, thank you for your "thanks"...but I will delete all the following photos...

 

[AndrewJin]

Before Inauguration

Yongcheng North Railway Station
Yongcheng county-level City, Shangqiu City, Henan Province, Central China
The day before....

 

[AndrewJin]

The last overnight double-decker slow train from Hangzhou to Zhengzhou
EMPTY, Bye, 慢走不送

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EMUs will move from the old silk road (right) to the new silk road (left) a couple of hours later

Source: https://defence.pk/threads/one-sect...ese-hsrs-reach-20-000km.448611/#ixzz4JrkDoQM7



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Pressure all on airlines
65% discounts!

But

4 hours by HSR + 98+% punctual+ less boarding time + closer to downtown + small cities have stops
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2 hours by plane + frequent delay + lengthy boarding process + more time on metro + small cities no airport


http://news.163.com/16/0906/15/C09QE27N000181O6.html
郑徐高铁即将开通，上海至郑州、开封、西安、太原等方向将新增高铁列车。根据最新的列车运行图，郑徐高铁开通后，上海至郑州最快仅4小时01分，上海至西安最快也只要5小时57分。而面对来自高铁的“冲击”，民航也立即降价争夺客源。机票代理机构的数据显示，郑徐高铁通车后，9、10月间上海往返郑州的航班纷纷降价，有的机票含税价甚至比高铁二等座还低。

也正因此，面对郑徐高铁的开通，为了吸引旅客，民航部门也已经开始“行动”。青年报记者昨日在携程网查询发现，9月期间，上海至郑州航班几乎每天都有340元左右（相当于3.5折）的特价票，即使加上50元民航发展基金，总价仍比单程高铁的花费要便宜。

坐高铁花447元、仅需4小时就能抵达郑州，坐飞机虽然单程飞行时间仅2小时，但算上提前安检、值机以及可能遇到的航班延误，最终耗时可能也要4-5小时。业内人士认为，从性价比的计算来看，高铁、航空各具优势，对于旅客而言，今后前往郑州等周边地区游玩，在交通工具上将会有更多的选择。

 

[AndrewJin]

No photos from ANY mainstream media yet....
But there is a Baidu post bar (like a small BBS, every body can create one on one topic)
exclusively on Zhengzhou-Xuzhou HSR
187,747 comments since 2009!

6am
The first east bound train
G1908 Zhengzhou East- Fuzhou
(via the new HSR, then Beijing-Shanghai HSR, Hefei-Bengbu HSR, Hefei-Fuzhou HSR)

Workers for the electrification project of the new HSR take the first train

Arrive in Shangqiu City, one of the ancient Chinese capitals

No need to "cultivate" the client base
New HSRs in China tend to be popular from the very first day

 

[AndrewJin]

G1908 Zhengzhou East- Fuzhou
6am

Zhengzhou East Station
Capital of Henan Province, Central China

Arrive at Shangqiu Station

 

[AndrewJin]

More photos in Zhengzhou East Station

Arrive at Shangqiu Station

 

[Jlaw]

what's with the "irrelevant photos, save the floor ?"

 

[AndrewJin]

what's with the "irrelevant photos, save the floor ?"

I used irrelevant photos to "occupy a floor".
Kind of Chinese online expression.....占楼
I created this thread hours before the inauguration....
Usually, when netizens create a thread, but they have no ideas what to post like in this thread until now....they will first "occupy" some "floors" in the beginning of the thread. Some will write, 占楼先，first occupy the floor and will edit later when they have something to post, and they want to post at the first several "floors".

 

[AndrewJin]

China's high speed railway exceeds 20,000 km
Xinhua, September 10, 2016

A high-speed railway linking Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province with Xuzhou in eastern Jiangsu Province opened Saturday.

The 360-km line connects high-speed railway in the west with two major north-south lines, helping cut travel time between the west and east.

The travel time between Xi'an and Shanghai is cut to six hours from nearly 11 hours.

The line has nine stations and trains run at a speed of up to 300 km per hour in the initial period.

Construction of the line started in December 2012 and test operation started in April 2016.

With the operation of the new line, China's high-speed railway lines have exceeded 20,000 km in total length, the world's longest.

@TaiShang @PARIKRAMA @Ankit Kumar 002 @Lure @AViet @anant_s et al

what's with the "irrelevant photos, save the floor ?"

All settled.....

 

[cirr]

This line should be extended eastward to Lianyungang as early as possible.

I'd also like to see a coastal line through Lianyungang linking Qingdao and Shanghai built as soon as possible.

 

[anant_s]

@AndrewJin @ahojunk
Got a news today that Chinese HST has crossed 20,000 kms route network mark.
Congratulations!

 

[AndrewJin]

How "hot" was HSR in Xiaoxian North Station?
Xiao County, Anhui Province, Central China

Electric buses are ready!

 

[Daniel808]

China's high speed railway exceeds 20,000 km
(Xinhua)Updated: 2016-09-10 13:40

A bullet train leaves the Zhengzhou East Railway Station, Sept 10, 2016.[Photo/Xinhua]


ZHENGZHOU - A high-speed railway linking Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province with Xuzhou in eastern Jiangsu province opened Saturday.

The 360-km line connects high-speed railway in the west with two major north-south lines, helping cut travel time between the west and east.

The travel time between Xi'an and Shanghai is cut to six hours from nearly 11 hours.

The line has nine stations and trains run at a speed of up to 300 km per hour in the initial period.

Construction of the line started in December 2012 and test operation started in April 2016.

With the operation of the new line, China's high-speed railway lines have exceeded 20,000 km in total length, the world's longest.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-09/10/content_26759186.htm

Big Congratulations for China's Development

20,000 Km High Speed Railway ! Crazy !!
How China can Develop their High Speed Railway Network so fast