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Lv Pingfan, an ordinary worker at the power supply section of Nanning Railway Bureau
His hobby is to draw railway-themed GIFs!
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btw. his given name Pingfan means ordinary in Chinese
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.......This is somethin new and unique. I have never heard of that b4....
Nice hobby...
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Yes.
The two HSRs linked to Kunming will open in December.
The red line is Shanghai-Kunming HSR (350km/h)
The blue and green line is Nanning-Kunming HSR (250km/h)
(green section opened last year)
Final preparation before inauguration in December 2016!
Hope so!
Local people there have planned Sino-Viet, Sino-Laos, Sino-Burma and Sino-Indian railways.
Sino-Viet railway is in operation.
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Salute to the builders of Nanning-Kunming Railway!
Salute to railway linemen!
Salute to DJI drones!
The 5th highest railway bridge in the world, the Qingshuihe bridge is located deep in the mountains of Western China’s Guizhou province near the border of Yunnan province. A simple prestressed continuous rigid-frame bridge with a main span of 420 feet (128 meters), the span crosses a spectacular canyon of the Qingshui River filled with cascading waterfalls.
If you visit the region, also be sure to check out nearby Maling gorge. Not only are there are two major road bridges across the Maling River more than 328 feet (100 meters) high but there are several trails that descend to the bottom of the cliff enclosed canyon. Here you can view dozens of waterfalls that cascade into the gorge from a walkway cut into the lower cliffs along the Maling river. The water erosion has created many caves and unique rock formations that hang over portions of the walkway. Some look like mushrooms or tapestries. The river is also one of the most popular places in Guizhou province for canoeing, kayaking and rafting. In 1994 Maling gorge was declared an official National Scenic Spot. There is also rafting on the much larger Nanpanjiang river nearby. There are very basic hotel accommodations about 6 miles (10 kilometers) away in the city of Xingyi. You can reach Xingyi on a 12 hour bus ride from Yunnan’s capital city of Kunming or Guizhou’s capital city of Guiyang.
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Salute to railway linemen!
Salute to DJI drones!
The 5th highest railway bridge in the world, the Qingshuihe bridge is located deep in the mountains of Western China’s Guizhou province near the border of Yunnan province. A simple prestressed continuous rigid-frame bridge with a main span of 420 feet (128 meters), the span crosses a spectacular canyon of the Qingshui River filled with cascading waterfalls.
If you visit the region, also be sure to check out nearby Maling gorge. Not only are there are two major road bridges across the Maling River more than 328 feet (100 meters) high but there are several trails that descend to the bottom of the cliff enclosed canyon. Here you can view dozens of waterfalls that cascade into the gorge from a walkway cut into the lower cliffs along the Maling river. The water erosion has created many caves and unique rock formations that hang over portions of the walkway. Some look like mushrooms or tapestries. The river is also one of the most popular places in Guizhou province for canoeing, kayaking and rafting. In 1994 Maling gorge was declared an official National Scenic Spot. There is also rafting on the much larger Nanpanjiang river nearby. There are very basic hotel accommodations about 6 miles (10 kilometers) away in the city of Xingyi. You can reach Xingyi on a 12 hour bus ride from Yunnan’s capital city of Kunming or Guizhou’s capital city of Guiyang.
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I am totally flattered...
In real life, Chinese way of humbleness will make me find a room to hide....
Your thread and the likes such as created by @ahojunk bro is important in the sense that they help create an alternative discourse of China.
This is often a better way than engaging in debates initiated by others.
I have always stressed here the importance of creating and shaping our own discourse.
This is because I see China now as capable of being an historical agency - an active subject of history.
Hence, from this agency, we need to generate theories and discourses.
These sorts of threads are helping to create discourses. That's why I call them revolutionary.
Exactly, my friend. What needs to be told, needs to be told.
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Panda subway train debuts in bear's home province
Xinhua, July 31, 2016
A panda-themed train debuted on Sunday in southwest China's Sichuan Province, home of the beloved black and white bears.
At 8:26 a.m., the train departed with its first passengers, marking the opening of the fourth subway line in the provincial capital of Chengdu.
The carriages have handles shaped like panda heads, while the pole grips are painted to resemble bamboo. Seats and walls are decorated with panda patterns and pink bear footprints speckle the floor.
The panda train also features announcements in the voice of a child for maximum cuteness.
The subway line, which runs from the southwest to the northeast of the city, is about 20 kilometers long and has 17 stops, passing through major tourist destinations, including the Chengdu Giant Panda Base.
Chengdu is accelerating its subway construction, with five new lines scheduled to begin construction this year, according to Rao Yong, general manager of Chengdu Subway Service Co. Ltd.
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Your thread and the likes such as created by @ahojunk bro is important in the sense that they help create an alternative discourse of China.
This is often a better way than engaging in debates initiated by others.
I have always stressed here the importance of creating and shaping our own discourse.
This is because I see China now as capable of being an historical agency - an active subject of history.
Hence, from this agency, we need to generate theories and discourses.
These sorts of threads are helping to create discourses. That's why I call them revolutionary.
Exactly, my friend. What needs to be told, needs to be told.
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Panda subway train debuts in bear's home province
Xinhua, July 31, 2016
A panda-themed train debuted on Sunday in southwest China's Sichuan Province, home of the beloved black and white bears.
At 8:26 a.m., the train departed with its first passengers, marking the opening of the fourth subway line in the provincial capital of Chengdu.
The carriages have handles shaped like panda heads, while the pole grips are painted to resemble bamboo. Seats and walls are decorated with panda patterns and pink bear footprints speckle the floor.
The panda train also features announcements in the voice of a child for maximum cuteness.
The subway line, which runs from the southwest to the northeast of the city, is about 20 kilometers long and has 17 stops, passing through major tourist destinations, including the Chengdu Giant Panda Base.
Chengdu is accelerating its subway construction, with five new lines scheduled to begin construction this year, according to Rao Yong, general manager of Chengdu Subway Service Co. Ltd.
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Your thread and the likes such as created by @ahojunk bro is important in the sense that they help create an alternative discourse of China.
This is often a better way than engaging in debates initiated by others.
I have always stressed here the importance of creating and shaping our own discourse.
This is because I see China now as capable of being an historical agency - an active subject of history.
Hence, from this agency, we need to generate theories and discourses.
These sorts of threads are helping to create discourses. That's why I call them revolutionary.
Exactly, my friend. What needs to be told, needs to be told.
**
Panda subway train debuts in bear's home province
Xinhua, July 31, 2016
A panda-themed train debuted on Sunday in southwest China's Sichuan Province, home of the beloved black and white bears.
At 8:26 a.m., the train departed with its first passengers, marking the opening of the fourth subway line in the provincial capital of Chengdu.
The carriages have handles shaped like panda heads, while the pole grips are painted to resemble bamboo. Seats and walls are decorated with panda patterns and pink bear footprints speckle the floor.
The panda train also features announcements in the voice of a child for maximum cuteness.
The subway line, which runs from the southwest to the northeast of the city, is about 20 kilometers long and has 17 stops, passing through major tourist destinations, including the Chengdu Giant Panda Base.
Chengdu is accelerating its subway construction, with five new lines scheduled to begin construction this year, according to Rao Yong, general manager of Chengdu Subway Service Co. Ltd.
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Tai Shang, you are completely correct. I have also stated the same to @AndrewJin and @ahojunk .
And yes, there will be redicule and envy. The usual harted.
But we must keep highlighting OBOR and the second phase of the Chinese development model.
This offers a positive paradigm in action for all to see.
We are not competing against anyone. China offers a new direction to all the countries in eurasia and africa. One of peace and co-development.
Keep up the great work gentlemen. You have Virtue.
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China's bullet trains make five billion trips
Xinhua, August 1, 2016
A bullet train runs on a viaduct in Bishan County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Dec. 26, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]
There have been more than 5 billion passenger trips on China's world-renowned bullet trains in eight years, according to new data from the national rail operator.
Since its debut in 2008, China's high-speed railway has seen an average annual growth of over 30 percent in passenger trips, the China Railway Corporation said on Thursday, the day after China announced plans to double its length of HSR by 2025.
In 2015 alone, over 1.1 billion trips were made on bullet trains in China, representing more than 45 percent of the country's total railway passenger delivery.
For a nation as large and populous as China, the HSR is charged with overcoming the "bottleneck" in the development of the railway, which is vital for mass transportation, said transportation expert Gu Zhongyuan.
Some 4,200 bullet trains operate on the HSR every day, facilitating over 4 million passenger trips, according to an employee with the official train ticketing website 12306.com.
One of the countless people to benefit is Wang Liya, a mother of two who lives in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province, which used to be a 21-hour train trip away from her husband and the children's father's workplace of Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province.
"It's now much more convenient to visit their dad," said Wang of a high-speed train service launched in late 2014 that cut the journey down to only four hours, enabling far more frequent family reunions.
There are many other reasons behind the stellar growth in passenger trips besides the speed, including accessibility, safety and punctuality, all of which have enabled the CRC to find more and more customers worldwide.
China's 19,000 km of high-speed track represents 60 percent of the world's total. It is part of a domestic network of more than 120,000 km of track, which now connect almost all the provincial capital cities and cities with over 500,000 residents.
"China is the world's largest HSR builder and operator, the best all-rounder in technical know-how and the most experienced manager," said Sun Zhang, a professor at Shanghai's Tongji University.
In July, the National Development and Reform Commission said that China would aim to have 38,000 km of HSR by 2025.
By 2020, one-fifth of the country's 150,000-km railway network will be HSR, connecting over 80 percent of major cities nationwide, said the NDRC.
The race to build is being done with no compromise in terms of safety. China's rail network, on which the world's largest fleet of bullet trains operates, has the world's best safety record, according to data compiled by the International Union of Railways and the European Railway Agency.
Besides, Chinese high-speed trains score high in punctuality - 98.8 percent for departure and 95.4 percent for arrival at the final destination in 2015.
"Bullet trains are enabling the Chinese people to significantly expand their circle of life and travel, which is changing their lifestyle," said Shi Peihua, a professor at Beijing Jiaotong University.
The construction and operation of high-speed railways is also driving industries including metallurgy, machinery and electricity.
"The high-speed railway is a powerful engine propelling China's economic and social development," Sun said.
Xinhua, August 1, 2016
A bullet train runs on a viaduct in Bishan County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Dec. 26, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]
There have been more than 5 billion passenger trips on China's world-renowned bullet trains in eight years, according to new data from the national rail operator.
Since its debut in 2008, China's high-speed railway has seen an average annual growth of over 30 percent in passenger trips, the China Railway Corporation said on Thursday, the day after China announced plans to double its length of HSR by 2025.
In 2015 alone, over 1.1 billion trips were made on bullet trains in China, representing more than 45 percent of the country's total railway passenger delivery.
For a nation as large and populous as China, the HSR is charged with overcoming the "bottleneck" in the development of the railway, which is vital for mass transportation, said transportation expert Gu Zhongyuan.
Some 4,200 bullet trains operate on the HSR every day, facilitating over 4 million passenger trips, according to an employee with the official train ticketing website 12306.com.
One of the countless people to benefit is Wang Liya, a mother of two who lives in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province, which used to be a 21-hour train trip away from her husband and the children's father's workplace of Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province.
"It's now much more convenient to visit their dad," said Wang of a high-speed train service launched in late 2014 that cut the journey down to only four hours, enabling far more frequent family reunions.
There are many other reasons behind the stellar growth in passenger trips besides the speed, including accessibility, safety and punctuality, all of which have enabled the CRC to find more and more customers worldwide.
China's 19,000 km of high-speed track represents 60 percent of the world's total. It is part of a domestic network of more than 120,000 km of track, which now connect almost all the provincial capital cities and cities with over 500,000 residents.
"China is the world's largest HSR builder and operator, the best all-rounder in technical know-how and the most experienced manager," said Sun Zhang, a professor at Shanghai's Tongji University.
In July, the National Development and Reform Commission said that China would aim to have 38,000 km of HSR by 2025.
By 2020, one-fifth of the country's 150,000-km railway network will be HSR, connecting over 80 percent of major cities nationwide, said the NDRC.
The race to build is being done with no compromise in terms of safety. China's rail network, on which the world's largest fleet of bullet trains operates, has the world's best safety record, according to data compiled by the International Union of Railways and the European Railway Agency.
Besides, Chinese high-speed trains score high in punctuality - 98.8 percent for departure and 95.4 percent for arrival at the final destination in 2015.
"Bullet trains are enabling the Chinese people to significantly expand their circle of life and travel, which is changing their lifestyle," said Shi Peihua, a professor at Beijing Jiaotong University.
The construction and operation of high-speed railways is also driving industries including metallurgy, machinery and electricity.
"The high-speed railway is a powerful engine propelling China's economic and social development," Sun said.
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China's bullet trains make five billion trips
Xinhua, August 1, 2016
A bullet train runs on a viaduct in Bishan County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Dec. 26, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]
There have been more than 5 billion passenger trips on China's world-renowned bullet trains in eight years, according to new data from the national rail operator.
Since its debut in 2008, China's high-speed railway has seen an average annual growth of over 30 percent in passenger trips, the China Railway Corporation said on Thursday, the day after China announced plans to double its length of HSR by 2025.
In 2015 alone, over 1.1 billion trips were made on bullet trains in China, representing more than 45 percent of the country's total railway passenger delivery.
For a nation as large and populous as China, the HSR is charged with overcoming the "bottleneck" in the development of the railway, which is vital for mass transportation, said transportation expert Gu Zhongyuan.
Some 4,200 bullet trains operate on the HSR every day, facilitating over 4 million passenger trips, according to an employee with the official train ticketing website 12306.com.
One of the countless people to benefit is Wang Liya, a mother of two who lives in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province, which used to be a 21-hour train trip away from her husband and the children's father's workplace of Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province.
"It's now much more convenient to visit their dad," said Wang of a high-speed train service launched in late 2014 that cut the journey down to only four hours, enabling far more frequent family reunions.
There are many other reasons behind the stellar growth in passenger trips besides the speed, including accessibility, safety and punctuality, all of which have enabled the CRC to find more and more customers worldwide.
China's 19,000 km of high-speed track represents 60 percent of the world's total. It is part of a domestic network of more than 120,000 km of track, which now connect almost all the provincial capital cities and cities with over 500,000 residents.
"China is the world's largest HSR builder and operator, the best all-rounder in technical know-how and the most experienced manager," said Sun Zhang, a professor at Shanghai's Tongji University.
In July, the National Development and Reform Commission said that China would aim to have 38,000 km of HSR by 2025.
By 2020, one-fifth of the country's 150,000-km railway network will be HSR, connecting over 80 percent of major cities nationwide, said the NDRC.
The race to build is being done with no compromise in terms of safety. China's rail network, on which the world's largest fleet of bullet trains operates, has the world's best safety record, according to data compiled by the International Union of Railways and the European Railway Agency.
Besides, Chinese high-speed trains score high in punctuality - 98.8 percent for departure and 95.4 percent for arrival at the final destination in 2015.
"Bullet trains are enabling the Chinese people to significantly expand their circle of life and travel, which is changing their lifestyle," said Shi Peihua, a professor at Beijing Jiaotong University.
The construction and operation of high-speed railways is also driving industries including metallurgy, machinery and electricity.
"The high-speed railway is a powerful engine propelling China's economic and social development," Sun said.
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China's bullet trains make five billion trips
Xinhua, August 1, 2016
A bullet train runs on a viaduct in Bishan County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Dec. 26, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]
There have been more than 5 billion passenger trips on China's world-renowned bullet trains in eight years, according to new data from the national rail operator.
Since its debut in 2008, China's high-speed railway has seen an average annual growth of over 30 percent in passenger trips, the China Railway Corporation said on Thursday, the day after China announced plans to double its length of HSR by 2025.
In 2015 alone, over 1.1 billion trips were made on bullet trains in China, representing more than 45 percent of the country's total railway passenger delivery.
For a nation as large and populous as China, the HSR is charged with overcoming the "bottleneck" in the development of the railway, which is vital for mass transportation, said transportation expert Gu Zhongyuan.
Some 4,200 bullet trains operate on the HSR every day, facilitating over 4 million passenger trips, according to an employee with the official train ticketing website 12306.com.
One of the countless people to benefit is Wang Liya, a mother of two who lives in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province, which used to be a 21-hour train trip away from her husband and the children's father's workplace of Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province.
"It's now much more convenient to visit their dad," said Wang of a high-speed train service launched in late 2014 that cut the journey down to only four hours, enabling far more frequent family reunions.
There are many other reasons behind the stellar growth in passenger trips besides the speed, including accessibility, safety and punctuality, all of which have enabled the CRC to find more and more customers worldwide.
China's 19,000 km of high-speed track represents 60 percent of the world's total. It is part of a domestic network of more than 120,000 km of track, which now connect almost all the provincial capital cities and cities with over 500,000 residents.
"China is the world's largest HSR builder and operator, the best all-rounder in technical know-how and the most experienced manager," said Sun Zhang, a professor at Shanghai's Tongji University.
In July, the National Development and Reform Commission said that China would aim to have 38,000 km of HSR by 2025.
By 2020, one-fifth of the country's 150,000-km railway network will be HSR, connecting over 80 percent of major cities nationwide, said the NDRC.
The race to build is being done with no compromise in terms of safety. China's rail network, on which the world's largest fleet of bullet trains operates, has the world's best safety record, according to data compiled by the International Union of Railways and the European Railway Agency.
Besides, Chinese high-speed trains score high in punctuality - 98.8 percent for departure and 95.4 percent for arrival at the final destination in 2015.
"Bullet trains are enabling the Chinese people to significantly expand their circle of life and travel, which is changing their lifestyle," said Shi Peihua, a professor at Beijing Jiaotong University.
The construction and operation of high-speed railways is also driving industries including metallurgy, machinery and electricity.
"The high-speed railway is a powerful engine propelling China's economic and social development," Sun said.
That's a billion trips a year. I still remember vividly the scorn we receive, the insults, that we can never make HSR work, and nobody would ride those trains. Now even the insulting Indians want to build one. Things have really change!
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Even today, some experts mock Chinese in the west cannot afford HSR.
They probably don't know HSR is cheaper than long-distance coach in the Western China.
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What will the trunk High-speed Rail network be like in 2030s?
only trunk routes (8 horizontal and 8 vertical) are illustrated
excluding intercity HSRs and tributary HSRs.
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2030 Outlook
Trunk routes + intercity + tributary routes
only trunk routes (8 horizontal and 8 vertical) are illustrated
excluding intercity HSRs and tributary HSRs.
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2030 Outlook
Trunk routes + intercity + tributary routes
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The HSR lines are in east are profitable. The ones in central and western regions will take a few more years, but that's okay. The HSR is a big catalyst for tourism in the central and western regions which in turn will give a boost to passenger numbers.
China tourism revenue year up 12.4 pct in H1
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China high speed rail: lucrative in east, loss-making in center and west
2016-08-02 14:48 | Ecns.cn | Editor: Mo Hong'e
A high-speed railway line in China. (Photo/Ceweekly.cn)
(ECNS) -- The expanded high-speed train network in China has started to make a profit in the populated east, but services running through the vast central and western regions are still far from breaking even.
In 2015, six high-speed rail lines made a profit, with the Beijing-Shanghai route topping the list at a net profit of 6.58 billion yuan ($990 million), said China Economic Weekly on Tuesday, citing a report from the national railway authority.
The six profitable lines all connect mega cities in populated areas with strong economies such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Except for the Beijing-Tianjin high speed railway, the other five lines have managed to turn from deficit to profit within five years of operations.
The report showed the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train that began working in 2011 almost broke even in 2014 due to its large passenger volume. Daily numbers reached 290,000, generating revenues of 30 billion yuan from ticket sales that year.
Two other high-speed trains, both in Yangtze River Delta, also managed to make a profit last year. The Shanghai-Ningbo rail had a net profit of 641 million yuan while the Ningbo-Hangzhou rail line earned 101 million yuan.
But in contrast to profitable railways in the east, high-speed connections in central and western regions fell far short of profitability. Many experts said performance is closely related to the population and economic strength of cities they serve.
The report said many high-speed rail lines connecting major cities in the central and western regions continue to lose money, and some are far from breaking even.
The Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed rail has run at a loss since it began operating in 2010, when passenger numbers failed to reach half of capacity. In 2012, the line had a loss of 1.4 billion yuan.
By the end of 2015, China's high-speed railway network had extended rapidly, with the total track reaching 19,000 kilometers, 60 percent of the world's total for high-speed rail.
China has even more ambitious plans, saying by 2020, the total track would grow to 30,000 kilometers and reach 38,000 kilometers by 2025.
China tourism revenue year up 12.4 pct in H1
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China high speed rail: lucrative in east, loss-making in center and west
2016-08-02 14:48 | Ecns.cn | Editor: Mo Hong'e
A high-speed railway line in China. (Photo/Ceweekly.cn)
(ECNS) -- The expanded high-speed train network in China has started to make a profit in the populated east, but services running through the vast central and western regions are still far from breaking even.
In 2015, six high-speed rail lines made a profit, with the Beijing-Shanghai route topping the list at a net profit of 6.58 billion yuan ($990 million), said China Economic Weekly on Tuesday, citing a report from the national railway authority.
The six profitable lines all connect mega cities in populated areas with strong economies such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Except for the Beijing-Tianjin high speed railway, the other five lines have managed to turn from deficit to profit within five years of operations.
The report showed the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train that began working in 2011 almost broke even in 2014 due to its large passenger volume. Daily numbers reached 290,000, generating revenues of 30 billion yuan from ticket sales that year.
Two other high-speed trains, both in Yangtze River Delta, also managed to make a profit last year. The Shanghai-Ningbo rail had a net profit of 641 million yuan while the Ningbo-Hangzhou rail line earned 101 million yuan.
But in contrast to profitable railways in the east, high-speed connections in central and western regions fell far short of profitability. Many experts said performance is closely related to the population and economic strength of cities they serve.
The report said many high-speed rail lines connecting major cities in the central and western regions continue to lose money, and some are far from breaking even.
The Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed rail has run at a loss since it began operating in 2010, when passenger numbers failed to reach half of capacity. In 2012, the line had a loss of 1.4 billion yuan.
By the end of 2015, China's high-speed railway network had extended rapidly, with the total track reaching 19,000 kilometers, 60 percent of the world's total for high-speed rail.
China has even more ambitious plans, saying by 2020, the total track would grow to 30,000 kilometers and reach 38,000 kilometers by 2025.
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