China Exports of HSR, Trains, Metro, Tram, Rolling Stocks, etc: News

[ahojunk]

This will help to speed up the HSR link between Moscow and Kazan.

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Russia, China agree on localization of high-speed train production
June 26, 2016 INTERFAX

The deal was reached while Putin's two-day visit to Beijing.

Russia and China have agreed to localize the production of high-speed rail cars and railway equipment in Russia.

The relevant framework agreement was signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's official visit to China on Saturday, an Interfax correspondent reported on Saturday.

In addition, Russian Railways and China Railway agreed on the "comprehensive strategic cooperation" and signed a relevant agreement.

 

[cirr]

High-Speed Rail Line by Chinese Company to Connect Agadir and Marrakesh

Friday 24 June 2016 - 09:06

By Safae Kajouane

Rabat – A delegation from the a Chinese Society of Railways met Rabie Khlie, the General Director of the National Railways Office (ONCF), in Rabat on Monday June 20 to discuss the possibility to construct a high-speed rail between Marrakesh and Agadir.

According to ONCF, the meeting is a part of a plan to initiate actions on an agreement between the two companies signed on May 11. The two sides discussed potential ways to increase cooperation and reviewed the technical studies of the future high-speed line linking Marrakesh to the coastal city.

The Chinese company aims to get the multi-billion contract for Marrakech-Agadir line. The line will be the second of its kind in Morocco after the French company Alstom constructs a high speed line between Casablanca-Tangier expected to operate in 2018.

Earlier in June during the King’s visit to China, the two parties signed a series of agreements, including a memorandum of understanding on rail cooperation between the Chinese company and ONCF.

The memo was signed by Minister of Infrastructure, Transport, and Logistics Aziz Rabbah, the CEO of ONCF, and their Chinese counterparts.

http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/201...nese-company-to-connect-agadir-and-marrakesh/

 

[ahojunk]

I think China is the front runner for the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore HSR...

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Chinese company, banks back Malaysia's future high speed rail terminal project
Source: Xinhua | 2016-06-17 16:01:51 | Editor: huaxia

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (5th R, front) visit the model of the Bandar Malaysia project in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 16, 2016. (Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung)

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese leading banks and company on Thursday express their support for a flagship project in the Malaysian capital, which will also house the terminal of the proposed high speed rail linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Bank of China, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank will join hands with HSBC and several leading local banks to provide funding to the investors of the Bandar Malaysia project, according to a memorandum of understanding signed here Thursday.

Located about 7 km from the Kuala Lumpur city center, Bandar Malaysia will serve as a future transport, business and commercial hub for Kuala Lumpur.

China Railway Group Limited (CREC), one of China's largest state-owned companies, owns 24 percent equity of the project.

The Malaysian government, through the finance ministry, owns the majority stake of the project.

"The ministry of finance in particular is proud to partner with CREC, a major international developer that is also a Chinese state-owned company", said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who also holds the finance minister portfolio.

"This commitment by CREC is as a clear endorsement by China of its continued confidence in the strength and resilience of the Malaysian economy," he added.

Najib pointed out that the joint venture between Malaysia and China in the Bandar Malaysia project was "another indication of the strong and vibrant relations between the two countries."

June 16, 2016 shows the signing ceremony of the Bandar Malaysia project in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung)

 

[ahojunk]

China’s bullet trains in race to win global high-speed rail market

Quality and communication are key if the nation is to win, say foreign visitors to state-owned factory

PUBLISHED : Monday, 27 June, 2016, 12:02am
UPDATED : Monday, 27 June, 2016, 9:52am

Giant factories, a wide range of advanced locomotives and a modern exhibition centre may have impressed foreign visitors to one of China’s biggest bullet train producers – but it will take more than that to clinch deals.

China is at an early stage of its push to export its high-speed rail technology, and there is much Beijing needs to address.

Officials from nearly 20 developing countries in Africa, Asia and South America visited the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation’s (CRRC) Tangshan factory last month in a week-long programme arranged by the Hong Kong-based Finance Centre for South-South Cooperation.

Most came from countries along the route of China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative aimed at boosting trade links and infrastructure such as railways.

The overseas market for CRRC Tangshan is chiefly low- to medium-speed rail stock, railways and light rail systems that have been sold to Germany, Turkey and some African countries. It accounts for 30 per cent of the global locomotive market. But while the countries of most of the visitors have imported rail technology from China, including CRRC Tangshan, few have imported Chinese high-speed know-how.

CRRC Tangshan accounts for 70 per cent of high-speed locomotives starting from Beijing, including those running on the most profitable high-speed line between Beijing and Shanghai.

It provides 10 basic categories of locomotives and can complete standard orders in two months.

“It shows how a state-owned company can produce world-class products like bullet trains. It will feed the [One Belt, One Road] initiative,” said Biru Paksha Paul, chief economist with the Central Bank of Bangladesh.

 

[ahojunk]

Let's not forget the roads that China is building in Africa......

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Chinese-built roads help improve economic situation in DR Congo
Source: Xinhua | 2016-06-29 15:34:10 | Editor: huaxia

Staff with China railway seventh group CO. discusses with workmate on how to construct on the bridge floor at a construction site of an international port in Matadi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), April 30, 2016. (Xinhua/Wang Bo)

KINSHASA, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The different road-construction and rehabilitation works launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) by President Joseph Kabila in collaboration with Chinese companies, have greatly contributed to improvement of the economic situation in the country.

According to Gorbi Mirindi, a congolese economic expert, DR Congo has suffered due to lack of road infrastructure for many years since its decolonization.

"The launch of the road construction program by Kabila with Sino-Congolese cooperation, has helped to boost other sectors in the country, especially within Kinshasa town," Mirindi said.

The expert noted that the housing sector had equally grown in different parts of the country, especially in Kinshasa.

"The congolese population strongly appreciates the enormous road infrastructure work that has been undertaken by Chinese companies in this country because the work has had a direct and positive impact on their daily lives," Mirindi said.

As for Nkere Ntanda, a professor at Kinshasa University and an expert on investment matters, "the Congolese people had never seen such levels of construction works in their country since independence in 1960."

Su Fucheng of China railway seventh group CO. welds metal with local workers at a construction site of an international port in Matadi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), April 30, 2016. (Xinhua/Wang Bo)

He noted that the reconstruction work is highly appreciated by the population, because it has helped to resolve problems that date back to decades.

According to him, the improvement of the road infrastructures by Chinese companies in DR Congo had generally led to the emergence of small and medium size companies in various parts of the country, something that has directly improved the people's well being.

Ntanda equally urged the population to change their behaviour and maintain the new roads that have been constructed.

"There should be a behavioural change for our population and leaders to ensure we are able to maintain the infrastructures we have benefited with through Sino-Congolese cooperation program," Ntanda said.

 

[TaiShang]

"Straddling bus" starts production in east China
2016-07-04



File photo shows people attending the "straddling bus" debut at a factory in Changzhou, in east China's Jiangsu province. [Photo: huanqiu.com]

The "straddling bus" or "tunnel bus", which is designed to ease traffic congestion in cities, has been put into production in Changzhou, in east China's Jiangsu province, according to a report by huanqiu.com.

Earlier models show each passenger section of the bus will be 22 meters long, 7.8 meters wide and 4.8 meters high, with 55 seats. Most importantly, the hollow space under the bus allows other vehicles to pass underneath which greatly improves the use of roads with limited space, easing traffic congestion.

The report said the Transit Explore Bus or TEB will be comprised of four passenger rooms on average, and it can be modified according to road conditions.

The bus will be electric and can reach a top speed of 97-129 kilometers per hour.



File photo shows people attending the "straddling bus" debut at a factory in Changzhou, in east China's Jiangsu province. [Photo: huanqiu.com]



File photo shows the inner decorations of the "straddling bus" at a factory in Changzhou, in east China's Jiangsu province. [Photo: huanqiu.com]



File photo shows the inner decorations of the "straddling bus" at a factory in Changzhou, in east China's Jiangsu province. [Photo: huanqiu.com]



File photo shows the inner decorations of the "straddling bus" at a factory in Changzhou, in east China's Jiangsu province. [Photo: huanqiu.com]

 

[TaiShang]

Beijing rolls out big CRRC subway train
China Daily, July 5, 2016

CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co, one of three trainmakers in China Railway Rolling Stock Corp, has announced it is to supply its new eight-car 8A subway trains with more carrying capacity to the Beijing Subway Line 16 in March next year.

Compared with the 6A and 6B six-car metro trains currently operating in Beijing's metro system with a maximum carrying capacity of 2,000 to 2,500 passengers, the eight-car subway train will transport up to 3,560 commuters at any time during peak periods.

Equipped with a stainless steel car body and high-standard fire prevention technology, the 8A trains are 20 centimeters wider than 6A and 6B subway units. CRRC Changchun will supply a total of 280 cars for Line 16 in Beijing.

The company said it has also shipped 176 units of its larger subway model to Hong Kong and 204 to Saudi Arabia since 2009 and 2011.

Wang Zhonghai, deputy head of the research and development department at CRRC Changchun's engineering project research center, said the larger train was quite suitable for most-populated cities such as Shanghai, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok.

He said its traction battery system can ensure the trains run even during general power failures.

"The interior of all of the cars has been designed to be free of sharp edges to prevent injuries," Wang added.

The 50-kilometer Beijing Subway Line 16 has 29 stations between Haidian district and Fengtai district.

It will be the first subway line that will be equipped with 8A trains in the Chinese capital city.

Eager to improve the network, the Beijing municipal government has decided to roll out the new model to other lines. It is planning to introduce them to the first phase of Line 3, Line 12, Line 17 and Line 19, as it moves to improve transport capacity in the long run.

CRRC Changchun also said it will continue to supply 8A subway trains to Saudi Arabia to meet the country's needs between Riyadh and Mecca. The existing trains transported a total of 2 million passengers during the Kiblah religious period in 2015.

CRRC Changchun also began to ship subway trains to Iran from March after it signed a $1.39 billion contract to supply a total of 1,008 subway cars to the capital, Teheran, over a five-year period.

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 for improved railway infrastructure, passenger services and regional connectivity, as well as their desire to create jobs and new commercial areas."

 

[TaiShang]

China has made great progress in overseas rail projects, says senior official
By Yuan Can (People's Daily Online) 15:28, July 06, 2016


Photo taken on May 17, 2016 shows bullet trains in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

A number of China's overseas railway projects have made significant progress lately, said Yang Zhongmin, chairman of China Railway International, during a press briefing on Tuesday.

Yang's statement came after questions were raised by some media outlets about whether China's overseas high-speed railway projects have stalled. Yang refuted that supposition, saying at the briefing that China is responsible for the world's largest high-speed rail operation and construction networks, as well as the most comprehensive high-speed rail technology and management experiences.

Yang said that China's high-speed rail system has four advantages. First, China owns the intellectual property rights to its high-speed rail technology, which is the most advanced in the world. Second, China's high-speed rail operations include a risk management system for disaster prevention and emergency rescue and relief. Third, China's high-speed rail technology is highly compatible with that of other countries. And fourth, China's high-speed rail boasts a high performance-cost ratio.

Yang said that China is on its way to building railways in Asia, Europe, North America and Africa. Those projects include the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail in Indonesia, the Moscow-Kazan high-speed rail in Russia, and the Belgrade-Budapest high-speed rail between Serbia and Hungary.


Aerial photo taken on June 22, 2016 shows a bullet train running on the Kaili section of Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Wu Jibin)


Train passes Tsonag Lake.(People's Daily Online/Photo)

File hoto taken on Sept. 28, 2014 shows a train running on the Nagqu section of the Qinghai-Tibet railway, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway turns 10 on July 1, 2016. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

 

[ahojunk]

OMG. Western media is trying to dig up old news which is 3 to 4 years old with the intention to defame.
Moreover, it was a joint-venture with Japan. Smh.
Jealously knows no bounds.

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CRRC Sifang: Our trains in Singapore are safe
China Daily, July 7, 2016

A CRH train production site of CRRC's Qingdao Sifang Co Ltd in Qingdao, Shandong province. [Photo/Xinhua]


Qingdao-based CRRC Sifang Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the country's largest trainmaker China Railway Rolling Stock Corp, said on Wednesday that it had recalled defective metro trains used in Singapore, and the first batch of repaired trains have been back in service running nearly 300,000 kilometers.

The company's comments came after foreign media reported that several metro trains, jointly designed and manufactured by Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd and CRRC Sifang, are being shipped back from Singapore to their manufacturer due to issues including cracks in structural components and an insufficient battery system.

"CRRC Sifang found some defects in car bodies during routine maintenance checks in Singapore in June 2013. It then recalled 26 of them to the factory for repairs. The problem was caused by a defective aluminum alloy. After thorough analysis, the problem was found not to pose a risk to safety," the company said in a statement.

The Japanese-Chinese joint venture gained its first contract from Singapore's Land Transport Authority to provide 22 six-car trains for the North-South and East-West lines in the country in 2009 for $368 million.

SMRT Corp Ltd, the multimodal public transport operator in Singapore, ordered another 13 train sets from Kawasaki and CRRC Sifang to improve its metro rail service in 2012.

"Aged rail infrastructure, inappropriate maintenance work and various weather conditions could all cause certain damage to the metro trains," said Feng Hao, a rail transportation researcher at the National Development and Reform Commission.

Under such circumstances, Feng said it is the time for Chinese companies to accelerate the pace of promoting their railway standards abroad and foreign clients should also consider letting them carry out full-package services from supplying trains to installing tracks.

China Railway Corp Group, the country's railway service provider, said on Wednesday that exports of China's railway equipment and railway construction projects are proceeding well, and breakthroughs are being made in many overseas projects.

Yang Zhongmin, CRC's deputy chief engineer, said China's railway equipment and infrastructure service businesses have entered markets in Asia, Europe, North America and Africa.

Chinese companies have also made breakthroughs in the China-Laos railway, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway in Indonesia and the high-speed rail project in Russia connecting Moscow to Kazan.

"The Chinese and Thai governments also reached a consensus in building the China-Thailand railway and will try to start the construction work by the end of this year," said Yang, who is also chairman of China Railway International Group, a CRC subsidiary.

 

[TaiShang]

OMG. Western media is trying to dig up old news which is 3 to 4 years old with the intention to defame.
Moreover, it was a joint-venture with Japan. Smh.
Jealously knows no bounds.

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CRRC Sifang: Our trains in Singapore are safe
China Daily, July 7, 2016

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A CRH train production site of CRRC's Qingdao Sifang Co Ltd in Qingdao, Shandong province. [Photo/Xinhua]


Qingdao-based CRRC Sifang Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the country's largest trainmaker China Railway Rolling Stock Corp, said on Wednesday that it had recalled defective metro trains used in Singapore, and the first batch of repaired trains have been back in service running nearly 300,000 kilometers.

The company's comments came after foreign media reported that several metro trains, jointly designed and manufactured by Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd and CRRC Sifang, are being shipped back from Singapore to their manufacturer due to issues including cracks in structural components and an insufficient battery system.

"CRRC Sifang found some defects in car bodies during routine maintenance checks in Singapore in June 2013. It then recalled 26 of them to the factory for repairs. The problem was caused by a defective aluminum alloy. After thorough analysis, the problem was found not to pose a risk to safety," the company said in a statement.

The Japanese-Chinese joint venture gained its first contract from Singapore's Land Transport Authority to provide 22 six-car trains for the North-South and East-West lines in the country in 2009 for $368 million.

SMRT Corp Ltd, the multimodal public transport operator in Singapore, ordered another 13 train sets from Kawasaki and CRRC Sifang to improve its metro rail service in 2012.

"Aged rail infrastructure, inappropriate maintenance work and various weather conditions could all cause certain damage to the metro trains," said Feng Hao, a rail transportation researcher at the National Development and Reform Commission.

Under such circumstances, Feng said it is the time for Chinese companies to accelerate the pace of promoting their railway standards abroad and foreign clients should also consider letting them carry out full-package services from supplying trains to installing tracks.

China Railway Corp Group, the country's railway service provider, said on Wednesday that exports of China's railway equipment and railway construction projects are proceeding well, and breakthroughs are being made in many overseas projects.

Yang Zhongmin, CRC's deputy chief engineer, said China's railway equipment and infrastructure service businesses have entered markets in Asia, Europe, North America and Africa.

Chinese companies have also made breakthroughs in the China-Laos railway, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway in Indonesia and the high-speed rail project in Russia connecting Moscow to Kazan.

"The Chinese and Thai governments also reached a consensus in building the China-Thailand railway and will try to start the construction work by the end of this year," said Yang, who is also chairman of China Railway International Group, a CRC subsidiary.

Desperation. Nothing else but desperation. It is not that their slander will make their production capacity more efficient or even close to China's level of progress.

 

[rott]

Western folks have always known or capable to predict China's progress judging by China's old inventions. It's actually a positive note that they fear China's rise and potential thus the jealousy.
We don't see that jealousy when it comes to India or any other nation for that matter.

It's weird I can't rate myself up.

 

[TaiShang]

Morocco inaugurates Chinese-built cable-stayed bridge
Xinhua, July 8, 2016

Moroccan inaugurated here on Thursday a Chinese-built and Africa's largest cable-stayed bridge with the aim support trade flow in the North African Kingdom.

The bridge, which was built by Chinese group Cover-Mbec over Oued Bouregreg, is about 30 meters wide and 950 meters long, with two 200 meter-high main towers.

Dubbed after the name of Moroccan King, Mohammed VI Bridge, the bridge's architecture is inspired by the Arab-Muslim civilization.

The 72-million-dollars bridge, which links the Moroccan capital Rabat with the northwestern city of Sale, was financed by Autoroutes du Maroc and the European Investment Bank.

It is part of a larger project rerouting the major highway system that runs from the Mediterranean city of Tangier to the financial capital Casablanca.

Through this new major infrastructure, Morocco's motorway network increases to 1.630 km.

 

[ahojunk]

This 72-million-dollars bridge in Morocco is quite beautiful.

The China built cable-stayed-bridge in Morocco. It's beautiful!

The China built bridge in Morocco.

The China built bridge in Morocco.

The video - 26 seconds.

Morocco inaugurates Chinese-built cable-stayed bridge
New China TV
Published on 7 Jul 2016
Morocco inaugurated on Thursday a Chinese-built and Africa's largest cable-stayed bridge.

 

[JSCh]

Africa's first China-assisted gauge railway opens to traffic
2016-07-28 11:31, CRIENGLISH.com

Africa's first completed standard gauge railway, built in collaboration with by China, opens to traffic in Nigeria on July 26, 2016. (Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/Zhang Weiwei)

Africa's first completed standard gauge railway, built in collaboration with by China, opened to traffic in Nigeria on Tuesday.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the commercial operation of the rail service, which is 186.5 kilometers long with nine stops.

President of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, Yuan Li, said at the ceremony that the railway would facilitate the economic development of Nigeria.

"It is the first Chinese standard gauge railway to be built abroad, and also the first standard gauge railway to be built in Africa. It could serve as an example for other railways being built in Africa. The construction of railways will not only promote local economic development and create more jobs, but also stimulate the export of Chinese railway products such as rail accessories, junctions, and carriages, thus pushing forward the economic cooperation between the two countries."

With a designated speed of 150 km per hour, the railway links Nigerian capital Abuja and the northwestern state of Kaduna, reducing travel time to one hour.

Some locals believe the creation of a modern railway represents a positive sign for the country's economy.

"I'm very happy today because the new line that is commissioned signals a new life, a new beginning of railroad modernization in Nigeria. Our hope is to send it to other parts of the country because we have been talking about this for a very long time. This is the only time they are able to actualize it."

The next two projects between China and Nigeria will be the Lagos-Ibadan and Lagos-Kano railways.

 

[AndrewJin]

CRRC rolls out first metro train for Lagos

DALIAN Locomotive and Rolling Stock, a subsidiary of China’s CRRC Corporation, has rolled out the first of 15 trains for the initial phase of the metro network in Nigeria’s largest city Lagos.

The stainless-steel-bodied 750V dc third-rail sets for the Blue Line are based on trains supplied for Tianjin metro Line 2 and are the first trains to be built in China for an African metro. Each four-car train is formed of two powered vehicles and two trailers, and has a maximum speed of 100km/h.

Lagos Area Metropolitan Transport Authority originally planned to use refurbished H5 trains formerly used on the Toronto subway network, but following a reassessment of rolling stock requirements it decided in January 2015 to order new trains from CRRC with the aid of a loan from China’s Exim Bank. The contract for 15 trains includes an option for a further 14 sets.

The 27.5km 13-station Blue Line will link Marina in the west with Okokomaiko in the east. Commercial services are due to begin on the first even-station Marina - Mile 2 section of the line in December.