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[Keel]

Chinese-made train car hoisted for Vietnam's 1st urban railway

Source: Xinhua | 2017-02-21 11:25:56 | Editor: huaxia

Photo shows the first carriage of the train arriving at Cat Linh - Ha Dong urban railway project in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Feb.21, 2017. (Xinhua/Le Yanna)


HANOI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- First carriage of the train used for Vietnam's first urban railway Cat Linh-Ha Dong Line was hoisted in Vietnam's capital Hanoi at the dawn on Tuesday.

The 13-km Cat Linh-Ha dong Line is constructed by the 6th bureau of China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC).

The first train, which contains four carriages, started its travel from Beijing on Jan. 20 and arrived Hanoi on Feb. 19, said Tang Hong, the general manager of Overseas Company of CREC told Xinhua, adding that the Chinese-made train applied with Chinese standards and technology.

Although it was raining, the process of hoisting and installing the train attracted more than a hundred Vietnamese journalists and Hanoi citizens. With the announcement of the successful installment of the first carriage, a chorus of claps began.

"The construction of the urban railway, as a symbol of Sino-Vietnam friendship, will ease up the traffic jam obsessed by Hanoi citizens", claimed Tang.

According to Tang, the other three carriages of the train will be hoisted and installed later this week, waiting to be tried when the electricity is connected later this year.

The remaining 12 trains purchased by the project will arrive in Hanoi following the appropriate conditions.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-02/21/c_136073231.htm

Chinese-made train car hoisted for Vietnam's first urban railway
Xinhua | Updated: 2017-02-21 10:08
HANOI - First carriage of the train used for Vietnam's first urban railway Cat Linh-Ha Dong Line was hoisted in Vietnam's capital Hanoi at the dawn on Tuesday.

The 13-km Cat Linh-Ha dong Line is constructed by the 6th bureau of China Railway Engineering Corporation.

The first train, which contains four carriages, started its travel from Beijing on Jan 20 and arrived Hanoi on Feb 19, said Tang Hong, the general manager of Overseas Company of CREC told Xinhua, adding that the Chinese-made train applied with Chinese standards and technology.

Although it was raining, the process of hoisting and installing the train attracted more than a hundred Vietnamese journalists and Hanoi citizens. With the announcement of the successful installment of the first carriage, a chorus of claps began.

"The construction of the urban railway, as a symbol of Sino-Vietnam friendship, will ease up the traffic jam obsessed by Hanoi citizens", claimed Tang.

According to Tang, the other three carriages of the train will be hoisted and installed later this week, waiting to be tried when the electricity is connected later this year.

The remaining 12 trains purchased by the project will arrive in Hanoi following the appropriate conditions.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2017-02/21/content_28281910.htm

 

[AViet]

Chinese-made train car hoisted for Vietnam's 1st urban railway

Source: Xinhua | 2017-02-21 11:25:56 | Editor: huaxia

Photo shows the first carriage of the train arriving at Cat Linh - Ha Dong urban railway project in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Feb.21, 2017. (Xinhua/Le Yanna)


HANOI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- First carriage of the train used for Vietnam's first urban railway Cat Linh-Ha Dong Line was hoisted in Vietnam's capital Hanoi at the dawn on Tuesday.

The 13-km Cat Linh-Ha dong Line is constructed by the 6th bureau of China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC).

The first train, which contains four carriages, started its travel from Beijing on Jan. 20 and arrived Hanoi on Feb. 19, said Tang Hong, the general manager of Overseas Company of CREC told Xinhua, adding that the Chinese-made train applied with Chinese standards and technology.

Although it was raining, the process of hoisting and installing the train attracted more than a hundred Vietnamese journalists and Hanoi citizens. With the announcement of the successful installment of the first carriage, a chorus of claps began.

"The construction of the urban railway, as a symbol of Sino-Vietnam friendship, will ease up the traffic jam obsessed by Hanoi citizens", claimed Tang.

According to Tang, the other three carriages of the train will be hoisted and installed later this week, waiting to be tried when the electricity is connected later this year.

The remaining 12 trains purchased by the project will arrive in Hanoi following the appropriate conditions.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-02/21/c_136073231.htm

Chinese-made train car hoisted for Vietnam's first urban railway
Xinhua | Updated: 2017-02-21 10:08
HANOI - First carriage of the train used for Vietnam's first urban railway Cat Linh-Ha Dong Line was hoisted in Vietnam's capital Hanoi at the dawn on Tuesday.

The 13-km Cat Linh-Ha dong Line is constructed by the 6th bureau of China Railway Engineering Corporation.

The first train, which contains four carriages, started its travel from Beijing on Jan 20 and arrived Hanoi on Feb 19, said Tang Hong, the general manager of Overseas Company of CREC told Xinhua, adding that the Chinese-made train applied with Chinese standards and technology.

Although it was raining, the process of hoisting and installing the train attracted more than a hundred Vietnamese journalists and Hanoi citizens. With the announcement of the successful installment of the first carriage, a chorus of claps began.

"The construction of the urban railway, as a symbol of Sino-Vietnam friendship, will ease up the traffic jam obsessed by Hanoi citizens", claimed Tang.

According to Tang, the other three carriages of the train will be hoisted and installed later this week, waiting to be tried when the electricity is connected later this year.

The remaining 12 trains purchased by the project will arrive in Hanoi following the appropriate conditions.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2017-02/21/content_28281910.htm

Thank China. Vietnam railways use metre-gauge D19E locomotive, which is assembled in Vietnam with Chinese parts, as the backbone of locomotive fleets for years.

 

[TaiShang]

CRRC to supply Iranian city with 100 subway cars
By ZHONG NAN in Beijing and LIU MINGTAI in Changchun | China Daily | Updated: 2017-02-24

Workers assemble subway trains at CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co in Changchun, Jilin province. WANG HAOFEI / XINHUA

Railway vehicle maker eyes big prospects in nation

CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co will supply 100 subway cars for Metro Line 2 in Mashhad, the second-biggest city in Iran in May, the company told China Daily on Thursday.

As a subsidiary of China Railway Rolling Stock Corp Ltd, the country's railway vehicle and equipment maker and exporter, CRRC Changchun completed trial operations of the Mashhad metro line this month. The 100 subway cars will be formatted in five sets, said the media office of CRRC Changchun.

CRRC Changchun said that Metro Line 2 in Mashhad is just one aspect of the company's business in the country. It already started to ship subway cars to Iran in 2016 after it signed a $1.39 billion contract to supply 1,008 subway cars to Teheran, the Iranian capital, over a five-year period.

Iran plans to open 30 urban rail lines in nine cities over the next five years, with a total length of 350 kilometers. The demand for rail vehicles is expected to reach 2,000 subway cars.

The 14-km Metro Line 2 in Mashhad is scheduled to be operational in May, shuttling between the north and south of the city. There will be transfer stops between metro lines 1 and 2, expanding the city's transportation network.

Apart from the first three sets of subway cars shipped from China, the remainder will be manufactured in a joint venture formed by CRRC Changchun and a rail vehicle manufacturing company in Teheran, which was established in 2016.

The joint venture has an annual production capacity of 300 subway cars and 200 double-decker cars. It will also provide maintenance services and staff training.

According to the company, these new trains can be run at a maximum speed of 80 km per hour, with a capacity of 1,300 passengers per set.

At present, there is only one rail transit line－the 19-km Metro Line 1－being operated in Mashhad.

CRRC Changchun's revenue amounted to 358 million yuan ($52 million) in Iran last year. Trainmakers from Japan, South Korea and Europe are the company's archrivals in the country.

Feng Hao, a rail transportation researcher at the National Development and Reform Commission, said: "Chinese trainmakers could find great opportunities in the surging demand in many developing countries and regions along the Belt and Road Initiative for improved railway infrastructure, passenger services and regional connectivity, as well as their desire to create jobs and new commercial areas".

Zheng Yiran contributed to this story.

 

[rott]

More pictures of the locomotives for Argentina.

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Two Chinese-built locomotives arrive in Argentina
Xinhua | 2017-02-09 16:16:46 | Editor: Lu Hui

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Photo provided by Argentina's Transport Ministry shows workers unloading one of the two new Chinese-built locomotives for the Belgrano Line, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Feb. 8, 2017. Two Chinese-built locomotives arrived in Argentina on Wednesday, as part of an ambitious plan to revive the South American country's aging cargo rail network and spur the country's economic development. (Xinhua/Argentina's Transport Ministry)


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Photo provided by Argentina's Transport Ministry shows Argentina's Transport Minister Guillermo Dietrich (R) and Ezequiel Lemos, president of the state-run firm Argentinean Cargo Trains, receiving two new Chinese-built locomotives for the Belgrano Line, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Feb. 8, 2017. Two Chinese-built locomotives arrived in Argentina on Wednesday, as part of an ambitious plan to revive the South American country's aging cargo rail network and spur the country's economic development. (Xinhua/Argentina's Transport Ministry)

Not much details into the specs of the Loco.

 

[艹艹艹]

Chinese enterprises to the delivery of Hanoi's first city railway train in Vietnam

In February 21th, Chinese enterprises to the delivery of Hanoi's first city railway train in Vietnam.

Vietnam's first city railway, a total length of 13 km, a total investment of about $865 million, all adopt China technology and China standard.

The engineering design, manufacture, supply and service all adopt Chinese technology and Chinese standard）

People in the neighbourhood gathered to watch the installation of the first train onto the rail track. – VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng

Workers adjust the position of the train to fit onto the rail track. – VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng

At 2.45am today, the train was safely put onto the rail track. – VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng

The train is lifted onto the rail track. – VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng



more read：
https://www.talkvietnam.com/2017/02/600-trained-to-serve-cat-linh-ha-dong-railway/
600 trained to serve Cat Linh – Ha Dong Railway
FEBRUARY 24, 2017

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 600 workers have been trained to serve in the 13-km long Cat Linh – Ha Dong Elevated Railway Project in Ha Noi.

The Cat Linh – Ha Dong train.— Photo: VNA/VNS

Of these, more than 200 people, including 37 traindrivers, have been sent to China to participate in trainingcourses.

Vu Hong Phuong, deputy director of the Railway Projects Management Unit under the Ministry of Transport, said expenses for the trainingcourseswere drawn from the budget allotted for project.

With the training activities set to be nearly completed, the elevated railway will undertake its trial run in October.

The first train for the elevated railway project wasinstalledon the track successfully on Tuesday.

The Cat Linh – Ha Dong Elevated Railway Project was kicked off in November 2011, with an initial investment of US$552 million (including over $133 million from the Vietnamese Government).

The railway was scheduled to be put into operation in 2016 itself. However, due to changes in design plan and tardiness in land clearance, work on the project was delayed, and the investment for the project increased to about $250 million.

The railway will now be operational by the first quarter of 2018 with a total investment of $868 million.

The China Railway Sixth Group is the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractor for the project.

The Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway will include 12 stations and a depot linking Dong Da District’s Cat Linh Street and Ha Dong District’s Yen Nghia bus station.

Each train worth $63.2 million, manufactured by China’s Beijing Subway RollingStockEquipment Ltd, will be run on an average speed of 35km per hour and a maximum speed of 80km per hour.

The estimated time for each train to ferry passengers from Ha Dong to Cat Linh will be 24 minutes.

 

[AViet]

Thank you China.

I believe the first Cat Linh-Ha Dong line will work well, thank to good cooperation between Vietnamese Railways and China. The D19E has proved its quality and almost replaced the made-in-Germany D20E, with same capacity, once hoped to be the backbone of VN railways. The D20E, with 7-times higher initial investment, has very high maintenance cost, and its quality is less-than-expected.

This is a lesson for other railways project in Vietnam, who prefer Western Europe or Japan equipment.

 

[艹艹艹]

Thank you China.

I believe the first Cat Linh-Ha Dong line will work well, thank to good cooperation between Vietnamese Railways and China. The D19E has proved its quality and almost replaced the made-in-Germany D20E, with same capacity, once hoped to be the backbone of VN railways. The D20E, with 7-times higher initial investment, has very high maintenance cost, and its quality is less-than-expected.

This is a lesson for other railways project in Vietnam, who prefer Western Europe or Japan equipment.

Happy cooperation

 

[Viet]

Too expensive too late

Nearly $900 millions for a piece of railway

Unless the Chinese improve the quality and lower the price, I believe that will be the last big infrastructure contract which was awarded to Chinese companies.

 

[AViet]

Too expensive too late

Nearly $900 millions for a piece of railway

Unless the Chinese improve the quality and lower the price, I believe that will be the last big infrastructure contract which was awarded to Chinese companies.

Boy, do you know 01km of subway in New York costs $2.4 billions, compared with $100 millions in Guangzhou. No, I am correct. It costs 24 times more expensive to build it in New York. (Source: nytimes.com in 2008)

In this article below, it costs 2.2 billions/1km. Elevated train, like Cat Linh - Ha Dong line, generally costs half the price, so you can see the picture.
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/1/14112776/new-york-second-avenue-subway-phase-2

And remember, the US uses Chinese urban trains too.

 

[TaiShang]

Chinese enterprises to the delivery of Hanoi's first city railway train in Vietnam

In February 21th, Chinese enterprises to the delivery of Hanoi's first city railway train in Vietnam.

Vietnam's first city railway, a total length of 13 km, a total investment of about $865 million, all adopt China technology and China standard.

The engineering design, manufacture, supply and service all adopt Chinese technology and Chinese standard）

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People in the neighbourhood gathered to watch the installation of the first train onto the rail track. – VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng

Workers adjust the position of the train to fit onto the rail track. – VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng

At 2.45am today, the train was safely put onto the rail track. – VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng

The train is lifted onto the rail track. – VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng



more read：
https://www.talkvietnam.com/2017/02/600-trained-to-serve-cat-linh-ha-dong-railway/
600 trained to serve Cat Linh – Ha Dong Railway
FEBRUARY 24, 2017

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 600 workers have been trained to serve in the 13-km long Cat Linh – Ha Dong Elevated Railway Project in Ha Noi.

The Cat Linh – Ha Dong train.— Photo: VNA/VNS

Of these, more than 200 people, including 37 traindrivers, have been sent to China to participate in trainingcourses.

Vu Hong Phuong, deputy director of the Railway Projects Management Unit under the Ministry of Transport, said expenses for the trainingcourseswere drawn from the budget allotted for project.

With the training activities set to be nearly completed, the elevated railway will undertake its trial run in October.

The first train for the elevated railway project wasinstalledon the track successfully on Tuesday.

The Cat Linh – Ha Dong Elevated Railway Project was kicked off in November 2011, with an initial investment of US$552 million (including over $133 million from the Vietnamese Government).

The railway was scheduled to be put into operation in 2016 itself. However, due to changes in design plan and tardiness in land clearance, work on the project was delayed, and the investment for the project increased to about $250 million.

The railway will now be operational by the first quarter of 2018 with a total investment of $868 million.

The China Railway Sixth Group is the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contractor for the project.

The Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway will include 12 stations and a depot linking Dong Da District’s Cat Linh Street and Ha Dong District’s Yen Nghia bus station.

Each train worth $63.2 million, manufactured by China’s Beijing Subway RollingStockEquipment Ltd, will be run on an average speed of 35km per hour and a maximum speed of 80km per hour.

The estimated time for each train to ferry passengers from Ha Dong to Cat Linh will be 24 minutes.

Good cooperation and it will not likely stop at this point as Vietnam's metro system integrates China standards and systems. Unified national metro system is important to ensure cost effectiveness. Taipei Metro is bleeding money because it is using German and Japanese systems. A short line from the city to the airport took more than three years to start service.

China's regional development efforts are paying off. A stable, prosperous region/neighbourhood is good for China and all.

 

[Viet]

Boy, do you know 01km of subway in New York costs $2.4 billions, compared with $100 millions in Guangzhou. No, I am correct. It costs 24 times more expensive to build it in New York. (Source: nytimes.com in 2008)

In this article below, it costs 2.2 billions/1km. Elevated train, like Cat Linh - Ha Dong line, generally costs half the price, so you can see the picture.
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/1/14112776/new-york-second-avenue-subway-phase-2

And remember, the US uses Chinese urban trains too.

The US has one thing Vietnam hasn't: dollar printing machine. We aren't rich to afford such expensive light rail, the Chinese are building now for Hanoi. Made in China is supposed to be cheap, isn't it? There are 7 more light rails to construct. If every rail costs so much, the Hanoier can't forget them.

 

[rott]

Go for China , UK won't regret it

Bro, the article didn't mention China.

 

[terranMarine]

Bro, the article didn't mention China.

it said the bidding process, China could join right?

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

Too expensive too late

Nearly $900 millions for a piece of railway

Unless the Chinese improve the quality and lower the price, I believe that will be the last big infrastructure contract which was awarded to Chinese companies.

I'm pretty sure that Vietnam has knocked Japan's door or Western's door, after Vietnam has realized that others offered a cut throat bid then awarded the contract to China, you should be flattered to get such affordable infrastructure projects from China... others won't have mercy on Vietnam.

 

[TaiShang]

Made in China is supposed to be cheap, isn't it?

Welcome to earth. I think lots has changed.

Made in China is supposed to be profitable and affordable, not cheap, I think.

Plastics, textile, or garments can be cheap, but a metro car can only be affordable and more competitive, not cheap.

The advantage of Made in China is now quality with affordability. This makes those products attractive for developing nations.

Vietnam, like any rational customer, goes for the best value for its money.