China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[PARIKRAMA]

@AndrewJin

You are making me jealous big time.. those HSR stations look much better than few of our big airports.. damn.. I wish we can replicate such infrastructure in India.

@anant_s @Ankit Kumar 002
This thread and last few posts by Andrew are eye openers.. I wish we have such facilities in our stations and in airports too..

 

[truthseeker2010]

WOW, JUST WOW!
What an achievement in Northwest China!
Better than our damn old and small railway station in Wuhan!!!
Jealous! JEALOUS!

A subway linking the new station and the old station is under construction!
Now BRT line 5 links the station to downtown Urumqi.
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Entrance to the station
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Security check
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Special waiting area for passengers with disability
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Check in
Passengers with disability, elder people over 70 year old, children and pregnant women
have the priority to check-in.
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Platform
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@simple Brain @anant_s @ChineseTiger1986 @X-2. @PaklovesTurkiye @PARIKRAMA @Gibbs @terranMarine @Sinopakfriend @Fattyacids @Götterdämmerung @waz @Mohammed Khaled @Godman @Bussard Ramjet @Nilgiri @Echo_419 @Chinese-Dragon @Gufi @UKBengali @Species @Mista @Dungeness @Śakra et al

Sir what is the cost of this railway station?

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

WOW, JUST WOW!
What an achievement in Northwest China!
Better than our damn old and small railway station in Wuhan!!!
Jealous! JEALOUS!

A subway linking the new station and the old station is under construction!
Now BRT line 5 links the station to downtown Urumqi.
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Entrance to the station
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Security check
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Special waiting area for passengers with disability
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Check in
Passengers with disability, elder people over 70 year old, children and pregnant women
have the priority to check-in.
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Platform
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@simple Brain @anant_s @ChineseTiger1986 @X-2. @PaklovesTurkiye @PARIKRAMA @Gibbs @terranMarine @Sinopakfriend @Fattyacids @Götterdämmerung @waz @Mohammed Khaled @Godman @Bussard Ramjet @Nilgiri @Echo_419 @Chinese-Dragon @Gufi @UKBengali @Species @Mista @Dungeness @Śakra et al

Indeed, wonderful to see. Pure airport quality this...do keep sharing beautiful things..and do not forget to take tons of pictures on your trip.

Have fun!

 

[AndrewJin]

Shangrao City
The emerging high-speed railway hub
in Central China

A T-shape railway station
Lever1: 2690km Shanghai-Kunming Railway & 2066km Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway(350km/h)
Level 2: 813km Hefei-Fuzhou High-speed Railway (350km/h)

Shangrao-Shanghai 2.5-3 hours 500km
Shangrao-Beijing 6-7 hours 1468km

Crazy railway flyover!

T-shape platforms

One of the waiting rooms

Shangrao's location in the current HSR network
Two 350km/h HSRs intersect
Shanghai-Kunming HSR and Beijing-Hefei-Fuzhou HSR

Shangrao's location in the long-term China HSR Network

 

[Mangus Ortus Novem]

Shangrao City
The emerging high-speed railway hub
in Central China

A T-shape railway station
Lever1: 2690km Shanghai-Kunming Railway & 2066km Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway(350km/h)
Level 2: 813km Hefei-Fuzhou High-speed Railway (350km/h)

Crazy railway flyover!
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T-shape platforms
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One of the waiting rooms
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Shangrao's location in the current HSR network
Two 350km/h HSRs intersect
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Shangrao's location in the long-term China HSR Network
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I just love this monumental architecture of these bridges... someone with creative imagination can write great travel stories or just fantasy fiction... Journey to the West II....Beautiful.

Keep up the good work!

 

[ahojunk]

Taiwan High Speed Rail plans listing on TWSE
CNA
July 24, 2016, 12:09 am TWN

TAIPEI--Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. (台灣高鐵) is planning to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) to raise capital for future expansion and boost shareholder value.

The TWSE, which operates the domestic main board, said it conducted a review of Taiwan High Speed Rail's application Friday and has given a green light to the listing.

Market analysts said the high speed rail company could go public as early as the third quarter of the year.

Taiwan High Speed Rail, which was set up on May 11, 1998, has paid-in capital of NT$56.05 billion (US$1.75 billion), but NT$30 billion of it belongs to shareholders through a private placement made in 2015 to write off the company's losses, the TWSE said.

According to a prospectus filed by Taiwan High Speed Rail with the TWSE, the company is planning to issue 23 million new shares in the listing and has tentatively set the issue price at NT$11.50, which would generate about NT$264.5 million in new funds.

The railway company said the proceeds from the new share sale are expected to be used as working capital to finance future expansion and should also help the company boost shareholder value.

The company said it would reserve 3 million of the planned 23 million shares for its employees to purchase. Fubon Securities and Concord International Securities will serve as the underwriters of the listing.

Because Taiwan High Speed Rail, the sole high speed rail system operator in Taiwan, has turned a profit since 2014, analysts expect the limited offering of new shares to attract strong interest from investors at a time when the market is awash in liquidity.

The prospectus showed that Taiwan High Speed Rail had a net profit of NT$20.82 billion in 2015, up from NT$5.52 billion seen a year earlier. It had earnings per share of NT$7.19 in 2015, compared with NT$1.39 registered in 2014.

In the first three months of this year, Taiwan High Speed Rail posted NT$1.11 billion in net profit, with an EPS of NT$0.20.

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is currently the largest shareholder of Taiwan High Speed Rail, holding a 43.17 percent stake in the company, the prospectus showed.

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Taiwan High Speed Rail could list on the stock exchange
July 28, 2016

Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. plans to list on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE). The company is planning to issue 23 million new shares in the listing and has tentatively set the issue price at NT$11.50 (USD0.3), which would generate about NT$264.5 million (USD7.4 million) in new funds. The proceeds from the new share sale are expected to be used as working capital to finance future expansion and should also help the company boost shareholder value.

The TWSE, which operates the domestic main board, announced it conducted a review of Taiwan High Speed Rail’s application and has given green light to the listing.

According to analysts, the rail company could go public as early as the third quarter of the year.

Taiwan High Speed Rail had a net profit of NT$20.82 billion (USD587 million) in 2015.

 

[AndrewJin]

BRT - is it Bus Rapid Transit?

Yes, BRT, as in Bus Rapid Transit.

watch 1:18

Urumqi BRT uses 10% of the total number of buses for 20% bus passenger volume.
Now, it has 7 lines, daily ridership more than half a million.
Now BRT Line 5 links to the new HSR station.

an old network map

Now another 2 lines are under construction.
The new HSR hub will be served by 3 BRT lines as well as subway.
BRT costs only one yuan ($ 15 cents) per journey no matter how many times you transfer.

The organisation of BRT is exactly the same as subway, such as tag on/off, security check at the entrance, etc.
When the first subway opens in 2018, BRT and Subway will be integrated into one Metro system.

The mayor of Urumqi

BRT station at night

BRT Station

 

[AndrewJin]

You are jealous of the new Urumqi HSR station, good.

I am jealous of your HSR, period.

If a subway is needed to link the new station with the old station, how far apart are they? When will it be completed and ready?

Not really far, now there is BRT.

The Urumqi Metro is made up of 7 subways and 1 low-speed maglev line alongside with BRT.
Now, Subway 1 & 2 are under construction. All lines will start construction during the 13th 5-year-plan.

The maglev line, estimated to open in 2020, will link downtown Urumqi to the national park of Nanshan, which is at the northern face of Tianshan Range.

 

[AndrewJin]

The transportation hub sounds interesting. Are you able to provide more info and pictures?

It's a transit hub, also a financial centre, focusing on Central Asia.

The HSR station itself has two squares, North Square and South Square.
It will be served by Subway 2 and Subway 4 which are below the station.
On the North Square there is a long-distance coach station and taxi.
On the South Square, there is BRT, regular buses.
There are parking lots on both squares.

Arrival floor

Platforms (beneath the waiting room)

The waiting hall
Directly connect with elevated roads on both sides

Affiliated long-distance coach station

Also, are there any other similar transportation hubs in China?

Yes....Nearly all newly built HSR stations are like this.
The difference is how big is each station.
Many of the new hubs are actually integrated with airport, such as Shanghai Hongqiao, Haikou Meilan and the planned one in my city, Wuhan Tianhe.

The current HSR station in my city, compared to Urumqi's, it's nothing!!!

 

[AndrewJin]

@AndrewJin

You are making me jealous big time.. those HSR stations look much better than few of our big airports.. damn.. I wish we can replicate such infrastructure in India.

@anant_s @Ankit Kumar 002
This thread and last few posts by Andrew are eye openers.. I wish we have such facilities in our stations and in airports too..

Integrate airport and high-seed station!
We are planning one in Wuhan！

Sir what is the cost of this railway station?

2.5 billion yuan, floor area 100,000m2

 

[Jlaw]

Zhengzhou-Xi'an HSR has not been profitable because it is only one section of the grand Silk Road HSR. When Zhengzhou-Xuzhou HSR (late 2016) and Xi'an-Lanzhou HSR (2018) open, things will gradually change. Anyway, profitability of HSRs in the west is not priority.

Btw, the link is from an infamous anti-HSR pro-airline newspaper, controlled by liberals who want to privitise China's railway assets.[/QUOTE

Still so many hanjians in China. Dont ever privatize things of national security like airlines, railways, etc.
These hanjian need to be replaced.

 

[TaiShang]

It is more than a railway station!

When the whole project is finished,
the transportation hub will be served by HSR, subway, BRT, long-distance coaches, tourist centre, hotels, shopping malls, financial institution, as well as regional headquarters of companies in Central Asia.
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Safety matters!
Pls cooperate!
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Buy your ticket!
Chinese nationals can buy ticket or print their tickets bought online via TVMs.
Foreign nationals should go to the staffed ticket office.
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After security/ID/ticker check, climb up to the waiting room.
You can buy Halal food, non-Halal food, local specialties and books in the waiting room.
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Check-in
Automatic check-in for blue magnet tickets
Staffed check-in for red paper tickers
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CRH2G, designed for Xinjiang!
Sand/wind/coldness/snow-proof
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Basically a hub for OBOR.

 

[AndrewJin]

Where is your comment?

 

[Nilgiri]

Where is your comment?

It got wrapped in the quote:

"Still so many hanjians in China. Dont ever privatize things of national security like airlines, railways, etc.
These hanjian need to be replaced."

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What is a Hanjian?

 

[JSCh]

China-standard bullet trains start operation
Source: Xinhua 2016-08-15 15:51:14

DALIAN, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The China Railway Corporation announced on Monday that its "China Standard" bullet trains, also known as electric multiple units (EMUs), have started operation in northeast China's Liaoning Province.

Train No. G8041 departed from Dalian for Shenyang, capital of Liaoning on Monday. It is the first passenger service using China Standard EMU trains, said Zhou Li, head of technological management at the China Railway Corporation, the national rail operator.

"China independently owns the design of the EMU, and it will be a leading model for China to export to the world," Zhou said.

The China Standard EMU uses the latest exterior design, reduces energy consumption, and adopts a standard parts design, he said. It has reinforced safety features compared with old models, he added.

The trains can reach a speed of 350 kilometers per hour.

China's EMU fleet of 2,470 trains is the world's largest, and the total length of high-speed track in the country -- 19,000 km -- represents 60 percent of the global total.

In the future, China will offer rail products and solutions according to the needs of various countries, he added.

Chinese bullet trains have already found international customers in Indonesia, Russia, Iran and India.

Construction of a 150-km high-speed link between the Indonesian capital Jakarta and Bandung began in January 2016. It will cut travel time between the two cities by about two thirds. The project is almost entirely Chinese, including the technical standards, survey and design, construction, equipment manufacturing and personnel training.