China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[AndrewJin]

Children's Day on the train
Inner Mongolia Railway

Keep the heart of child forever
keep smile

Super-aged big child!

@anant_s @ahojunk @WSHH @Emperor_of_Mankind @oprih @Echo_419 @JSCh @cirr @greenwood @Indos @onebyone

 

[anant_s]

The lady in black jacket is using same lens that i use for my rail photography sessions, EOS 70-200 f4L IS
Amazing sharpness with that lens especially at f/7.1.

 

[cirr]

Harbin - Songhuajiang Gonglu Bridge at night.

 

[AndrewJin]

Harbin - Songhuajiang Gonglu Bridge at night.

Harbin is a little CCCP

 

[AndrewJin]

The last bullet of the day
22:00 Chengdu-Meishan
March 2016
@天府之星号

 

[AndrewJin]

CRH6
The new made-in-China

 

[Jlaw]

I couldn't image the crazy crowd at all scenic spots in China.
I prefer to stay at home on all public holidays.
Unless I have to visit my relatives during spring festival.
But thanks to HSR, even during spring festival, bullet trains are fine, a little crowded(maybe 20% standing) but not that terrible on conventional trains 10 years ago.
Decent travel, not like a refugee on the go!

I thought everyone gets a seat and seat selection when you buy tickets? Can you stand if a train is going that fast?

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Damn! my country, Australia also lags behind in mobile payment.

Or more accurately, I am lagging behind with mobile payment.

Me too. I don't feel comfortable with scanning my phone for payment right now.

 

[cirr]

CRH350 undergoing tests on the Datong-Xi'an HSR @AndrewJin

 

[JSCh]

Construction of Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway underway
(Xinhua) 09:43, June 16, 2016

SHENYANG, June 15, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Workers are seen at the construction site on the Puhe River Bridge of Liaoning section of Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway in northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 15, 2016. The 700-kilometer-long railway line, with a designed speed of 350 km per hour, is expected to be put into operation in 2019. The construction work of the line's Liaoning section has entered track-related phase. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

 

[cirr]

Construction of Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway underway
(Xinhua) 09:43, June 16, 2016

SHENYANG, June 15, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Workers are seen at the construction site on the Puhe River Bridge of Liaoning section of Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway in northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 15, 2016. The 700-kilometer-long railway line, with a designed speed of 350 km per hour, is expected to be put into operation in 2019. The construction work of the line's Liaoning section has entered track-related phase. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

So both the summer and winter resorts for Beijing residents，in Chengde and Zhangjiakou respectively，will be reachable by 350km/h bullet trains by 2019。

China to build five more stations on Qinghai-Tibet railway

Source: Xinhua 2016-06-15 23:06:06

LHASA, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Five more stations are to be added to the Qinghai-Tibet railway, said local authorities on Wednesday.

Six other stations are to be renovated, said Wang Qing'an of the project command center.

Environmental protection will be a top priority, with water sources protected and vegetation protected or quickly restored.

The 1,956-km Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the world's highest and longest plateau railroad and the first connecting Tibet Autonomous Region with other parts of China.

During the past decade, the railway has carried 115 million passengers and 448 million tonnes of freight.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-06/15/c_135440036.htm

 

[AndrewJin]

During the past decade, the railway has carried 115 million passengers and 448 million tonnes of freight.

Considering the population of Tibet, WOW!

From Qinghai to Tibet

Lhasa Railway Station

 

[cirr]

Considering the population of Tibet, WOW!

The Qinghai-Tibet railway is subject to upgrades in 3 phases, with the addition of 5 stations being the 1st.

 

[GS Zhou]

The Qinghai-Tibet railway is subject to upgrades in 3 phases, with the addition of 5 stations being the 1st.

Do you know if we have any plan to extend the railway till the border between China and Nepal? Or do we have plan to construct a new separate railway line to Tibet? E.g. start from Yunan or Sichuan?

 

[AndrewJin]

I thought everyone gets a seat and seat selection when you buy tickets? Can you stand if a train is going that fast?


Me too. I don't feel comfortable with scanning my phone for payment right now.

Not everyone.
10-20% standing tickets are sold.
People are willing to stand than taking slow trains or self-driving.
Especially on intercity corridor like Shanghai-Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou-Nanjing, Guangzhou-Dongguan-Shenzhen, standing is the "new norm".

People mostly buy tickets (for short distance like 170km Shanghai-Changzhou) right at the TVM or several hours before via APP (pay with Alipay), very likely can't secure a seat!
For long-distance, people will buy tickets ahead of time because time is long and services are not so frequent.

Shanghai Hongqiao Station

 

[cirr]

Do you know if we have any plan to extend the railway till the border between China and Nepal? Or do we have plan to construct a new separate railway line to Tibet? E.g. start from Yunan or Sichuan?

Yes Yes and Yes Yes.

I hope I have answered your queries.