China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[cirr]

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840km/h relative speed test

China South Railway version
Dolphin blue

Operation on Dalian-Harbin HSR, NE China

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It is high time to get onto the next level and leave doubters in the dust.

 

[AndrewJin]

It is high time to get onto the next level and leave doubters in the dust.

A railfan's journey to Wenchang, Hainan Island!

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[TaiShang]

China's rail freight volume rises to 21-month high
(Xinhua) November 07, 2016

(File photo)

China's rail freight volume, an indicator of economic activity, rose for a third straight month in October, China Railway Corporation said on Monday.

Rail freight volume increased 8.4 percent year on year to reach 244 million tonnes last month, the highest level since February 2015. During the first ten months of the year, volume fell 4.8 percent year on year.

The corporation attributed October's rise to a stabilizing economy and improved commodity markets.

China's economy grew 6.7 percent in the third quarter, holding steady with the second quarter and within the annual target range.

The second half of the year is a traditionally peak season for rail transport. With steel prices and other commodity prices recovering, demand has risen since July.

Rail freight has been floundering since March 2013 partly due to a slowing economy, and the situation worsened at the start of 2015. Volume slipped as much as 12.3 percent in February this year.

Rail freight volume posted year-on-year growth for the first time in August, after falling for 32 consecutive months.

 

[ohmrlobalobayeh]

any closeup pics of train foodfare?

 

[TaiShang]

any closeup pics of train foodfare?

Very tasty lunch boxes. I tried rice with chicken. I should say more tasty than the lunch boxes sold inside Taiwan (slow) trains. Comes with vegetables and kimchi.

But I did not take a picture.

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Sichuan-Tibet railway to be completed in 2025
China Daily, November 8, 2016

The most difficult part of the Sichuan-Tibet railway, the Kangding-Nyingchi section, will begin construction in 2018, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.

As the second railway connecting Tibet with the rest of the country, the project is expected to be completed in 2025, five years earlier than planned.

The 1,838-km track starts in Chengdu, Sichuan province, the lowlands of China's southwestern region, and will pass through Sichuan province's Ya'an and Kangding, and Tibet's Nyingchi and Lhasa.

The new line will reduce the travel time from Chengdu to Lhasa to about 13 hours. It takes up to three days to drive from Chengdu to Lhasa. The other railway connecting Tibet, the Qinghai-Tibet railway, takes 21 hours from Qinghai to Lhasa.

Construction of the east and west sections began in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

The whole project will cost about 216 billion yuan (US$32 billion). The highest speed the train will reach will be 200 km/h.

Sun Yongfu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that the new line will travel through the most complicated geographical area in the world.

"It will cross many fault zones," Sun said, adding that geological difficulties, including landslides, earthquakes and avalanches, will be overcome in the project.

Perched at more than 3,000 meters above sea level, and with more than 74 percent of its length running on bridges or in tunnels, the railway will meander through the mountains, the highest of which is over 7,000 meters.

It will also cross the Minjiang, Jinshajiang and Yarlung Zangbo rivers, said Lin Shijin, a senior civil engineer at China Railway Corp.

The southeast is the most populous region in Tibet, and the west of Sichuan is the least developed region of the province. The two regions are filled with breathtaking natural views and fascinating ethnic cultures.

"The railway will effectively boost tourism, bring a new Shangri-La to the world and tangible revenue to local people," said He Ping, a tourism agency manager in Chengdu.

 

[cirr]

Very tasty lunch boxes. I tried rice with chicken. I should say more tasty than the lunch boxes sold inside Taiwan (slow) trains. Comes with vegetables and kimchi.

But I did not take a picture.

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Sichuan-Tibet railway to be completed in 2025
China Daily, November 8, 2016

The most difficult part of the Sichuan-Tibet railway, the Kangding-Nyingchi section, will begin construction in 2018, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.

As the second railway connecting Tibet with the rest of the country, the project is expected to be completed in 2025, five years earlier than planned.

The 1,838-km track starts in Chengdu, Sichuan province, the lowlands of China's southwestern region, and will pass through Sichuan province's Ya'an and Kangding, and Tibet's Nyingchi and Lhasa.

The new line will reduce the travel time from Chengdu to Lhasa to about 13 hours. It takes up to three days to drive from Chengdu to Lhasa. The other railway connecting Tibet, the Qinghai-Tibet railway, takes 21 hours from Qinghai to Lhasa.

Construction of the east and west sections began in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

The whole project will cost about 216 billion yuan (US$32 billion). The highest speed the train will reach will be 200 km/h.

Sun Yongfu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that the new line will travel through the most complicated geographical area in the world.

"It will cross many fault zones," Sun said, adding that geological difficulties, including landslides, earthquakes and avalanches, will be overcome in the project.

Perched at more than 3,000 meters above sea level, and with more than 74 percent of its length running on bridges or in tunnels, the railway will meander through the mountains, the highest of which is over 7,000 meters.

It will also cross the Minjiang, Jinshajiang and Yarlung Zangbo rivers, said Lin Shijin, a senior civil engineer at China Railway Corp.

The southeast is the most populous region in Tibet, and the west of Sichuan is the least developed region of the province. The two regions are filled with breathtaking natural views and fascinating ethnic cultures.

"The railway will effectively boost tourism, bring a new Shangri-La to the world and tangible revenue to local people," said He Ping, a tourism agency manager in Chengdu.

I always thought that the Yunnan-Tibet(Kunming-Lhasa) railway would come before this one.

 

[AndrewJin]

I always thought that the Yunnan-Tibet(Kunming-Lhasa) railway would come before this one.

Why not?
The railway has already reached Shangri-La.
Only a small section to be built from Shangri-La further northwest.

 

[AndrewJin]

New CRH1A will be officially used on Hainan Island Ring HSR
with the speed increasing back to 250km/h in Jan. 2017
Massive speeding up will begin in April 2017

@cirr @TaiShang @terranMarine @eldarlmari

 

[AndrewJin]

any closeup pics of train foodfare?

All food on HSR is microwaved food!
It is eatable, but boxed meals after all.

Best food is found on traditional train which has one dining car.
Some trains to tourist cities even have bar car. (same price)

For example, train from Kunming to Lijiang...you can have drinks and freshly cooked food.
Kunming Station

Lijiang Railway Station

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[AndrewJin]

Huge Railway Plan!
Shannxi Province 13th 5-year plan

Some unfinished HSRs continue construction:
Xi'an-Chengdu HSR (2017) linking Northwest China with Southwest China
Baoji-Laznhou HSR (2017) the second unfinished section of Silk Road HSR
Xi'an-Yinchuan HSR (2020) the first HSR ever in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Xi'an-Airport Intercity (2018)

New HSRs to begin construction
Xi'an-Yan'an-Baotou HSR (2022) linking Shannxi Province to Inner Mongolia
Xi'an-Chongqing HSR (2022) another corridor linking Northwest to Southwest
Xi'an-Wuhan HSR (2022) linking Southwest China to Central China
Ya'an-Taiyuan HSR (2023) linking Northwest China to Northern China
4 intercity HSRs in Xi'an mega-region

And many other upgrading programs, freight railways and conventional railways

ROCK ON!

@TaiShang @ahojunk @long_ @Malik Abdullah @Lure

 

[cirr]

Huge Railway Plan!
Shannxi Province 13th 5-year plan

Some unfinished HSRs continue construction:
Xi'an-Chengdu HSR (2017) linking Northwest China with Southwest China
Baoji-Laznhou HSR (2017) the second unfinished section of Silk Road HSR
Xi'an-Yinchuan HSR (2020) the first HSR ever in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Xi'an-Airport Intercity (2018)

New HSRs to begin construction
Xi'an-Yan'an-Baotou HSR (2022) linking Shannxi Province to Inner Mongolia
Xi'an-Chongqing HSR (2022) another corridor linking Northwest to Southwest
Xi'an-Wuhan HSR (2022) linking Southwest China to Central China
Ya'an-Taiyuan HSR (2023) linking Northwest China to Northern China
4 intercity HSRs in Xi'an mega-region

And many other upgrading programs, freight railways and conventional railways
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ROCK ON!

@TaiShang @ahojunk @long_ @Malik Abdullah @Lure

Pretty every province has got a long way to go when it comes to the building of railways.

Still 20 years of hard work ahead.

Hardship? NO.

 

[AndrewJin]

Pretty every province has got a long way to go when it comes to the building of railways.

Still 20 years of hard work ahead.

Hardship? NO.

2030 to form the basic network.
But I'm pretty sure at that time many HSRs will have to be upgraded to 4 tracks even 6 tracks.

 

[AndrewJin]

Download the China Railway Network Map
Updates to December 2016
Including numerous new railways to be inaugurated at the end of 2016

PNG：http://pan.baidu.com/s/1slW0Opf
PDF：http://pan.baidu.com/s/1gfLpSzD

@TaiShang @anant_s @cirr @JSCh @jkroo @eldarlmari et al

Details
Southern China: Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Xiamen-Nanning

Northeast China: Dalian-Shenyang-Changchun-Harbin

Northern China: Beijing-Tianjin-Zhengzhou-Xi'an

Central-Eastern China: Shanghai-Hangzhou-Nanjing-Wuhan-Changsha-Nanchang

Southwest China: Chengdu-Chongqing-Kunming-Guiyang

Silk Road Corridor: Lanzhou-Xining-Urumqi-Khorgos

Major trunk corridors are now mostly comprised of 2 or even 3 and more always, 1 or 2 among them are high-speed. Such as Shanghai-Nanjing (2 HSRs+ 1 railway) and Chongqing-Chengdu (1 HSR +1 semi-HSR + 1 railway).

However, the connection between Northwest China to Central/Southern China is still week, 5-10 years to be needed for more close railway connection.

Railway density in Southern China is comparably low, inconsistent with the burgeoning local economy.

 

[AndrewJin]

The mid-long-term railway plan is still several decades ahead to be achieved.