China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

cirr · Sep 29, 2016

ASIA

China Plans to Build One of the World’s Fastest Bullet Trains That Can Go 311 MPH

ByRyan General

Posted on September 28, 2016

China wants to build one of the world’s fastest high-speed trains, capable of carrying passengers with a top speed of 311 mph. Development is scheduled as early as this year.

Beijing Jiaotong University professor Jia Limin told South China Morning Post that super high-speed trains will be powered by an innovative new hybrid-propulsion system that surpasses current high-speed technologies. The professor heads the government program to develop the high-speed trains.

With the innovation, plus the expanded network, “China will have the experience to operate high-speed rail networks in the world’s most diverse geographic and climatic conditions, from deserts to alpine plateaus to rainforests,” said Jia. “That gives Chinese technology the unique ability to adapt to any condition anywhere in the world.”

Chinese companies have “absorbed and digested” foreign technology after a high-speed railway project in 2004 where foreign companies were forced to share their technologies with local engineers. Through this, Jia said China was able to create innovations of their own.

The proposed train technology also allows for wheels that can be adjusted to fit different track gauges used around the world. It will also be designed to operate in harsh weather conditions in provinces where temperatures can drop to negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

The ambitious project, which aims to assert the country’s technological edge over the United States, Japan and Europe, also promises to overcome the world’s highest altitudes in mountainous Tibetan and even the expansive deserts within its territories.

High-speed tracks in the country, which measure at a total of 20,000 km, makes up 60% of the world’s tracks. The planned expansion would extend the current network to 30,000 km by 2020 and 45,000 km by 2030.

China also wants to be the world’s main builder of the next generation of railways. The government-owned China Railway Rolling Stock Corp and other railroad firms have reportedly secured deals to build high-speed rail projects in Turkey, Indonesia, Thailand and Russia. Projects in Malaysia, the U.S. and South America are also currently in talks.

An overland train system that would run from Singapore, which will pass through Indochina and China and then through central Asia and Europe, is also being planned. China wants to be the one to build it, realizing part of the government’s plan of the so-called “one belt, one road” program to recreate the ancient Silk Road.

While Jia is confident with Chinese train builders’ capabilities, he admits geopolitical considerations may cast a limit to the country’s big railroad dreams.

http://nextshark.com/china-worlds-fastest-bullet-train/

TaiShang · Sep 29, 2016

Is there any world record left China has yet to break? Please write it down on your next National Day wish list.

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Deepest rail station coming to Badaling
China Daily, September 29, 2016
The Badaling section of the Great Wall will soon offer another unique attraction－the world's deepest and largest high-speed railway station.

A worker explains a diagram of the Badaling Station of the Jingzhang High-Speed Railway on Wednesday.[Photo / China Daily]

It will be located along the 174-kilometer Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, which is still under construction.

"The Badaling station will be located 102 meters below the surface, with an underground construction area of 36,000 square meters, equal to five standard soccer fields, making it the deepest and largest high-speed railway station in the world," Chen Bin, director in charge of construction for China Railway No 5 Engineering Group, said on Wednesday.

The underground station will have three floors, separate levels for arriving and departing passengers－similar to airports－and two escalators with vertical heights of 62 meters, the highest in the country, he added.

Expected to be finished by the end of 2019, the railway is considered a vital link between the three venue clusters for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which will be held in Beijing and in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province.

The railway will have 10 stations and two branch lines connecting Yanqing and Chongli, aiming to smooth the residential traffic and fuel local economic growth, said He Yi, head of the major project construction department of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Development.

The railway, with a designed maximum speed of 350 kilometers per hour, will shorten the commute time between the Beijing North Station and the Olympics venues in Chongli of Zhangjiakou from the current three-plus hours to around 50 minutes, He said.

It is estimated that the 2022 Winter Olympics and the high-speed railway will boost the economy of Zhangjiakou by 10 percent annually, according to the commission.

"The railway will serve the capital as well, such as by easing traffic congestion in the northern part, because that section of rail will go underground," He said.

Of the 10 stations, the Badaling Station is considered the most challenging because of the mountainous landscape, vulnerable environment and limited construction period, which requires the project to be finished within 46 months.

"It will run through mountains where the Great Wall is winding, so we adopted some of the world's advanced explosion technologies to guarantee it would not affect the Great Wall," said Luo Duhao, chief engineer of the railway group for the Badaling section.

"We have to keep the high quality of the construction as a priority, so we can build another project to match the old railway in the region and make us proud," he said.

Qinglongqiao station, near the Badaling Great Wall, has been a station on the country's first self-designed and constructed railway since 1904, and still serves passengers.

ahojunk · Sep 29, 2016

Map of the Jingzhang High Speed Railway from Beijing to Zhangjiakou.

The map also shows the branch lines to Chongli South and Yanqing.

AndrewJin · Sep 30, 2016

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TaiShang said:
Is there any world record left China has yet to break? Please write it down on your next National Day wish list.

**

Deepest rail station coming to Badaling
China Daily, September 29, 2016
The Badaling section of the Great Wall will soon offer another unique attraction－the world's deepest and largest high-speed railway station.

A worker explains a diagram of the Badaling Station of the Jingzhang High-Speed Railway on Wednesday.[Photo / China Daily]

It will be located along the 174-kilometer Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, which is still under construction.

"The Badaling station will be located 102 meters below the surface, with an underground construction area of 36,000 square meters, equal to five standard soccer fields, making it the deepest and largest high-speed railway station in the world," Chen Bin, director in charge of construction for China Railway No 5 Engineering Group, said on Wednesday.

The underground station will have three floors, separate levels for arriving and departing passengers－similar to airports－and two escalators with vertical heights of 62 meters, the highest in the country, he added.

Expected to be finished by the end of 2019, the railway is considered a vital link between the three venue clusters for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which will be held in Beijing and in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province.

The railway will have 10 stations and two branch lines connecting Yanqing and Chongli, aiming to smooth the residential traffic and fuel local economic growth, said He Yi, head of the major project construction department of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Development.

The railway, with a designed maximum speed of 350 kilometers per hour, will shorten the commute time between the Beijing North Station and the Olympics venues in Chongli of Zhangjiakou from the current three-plus hours to around 50 minutes, He said.

It is estimated that the 2022 Winter Olympics and the high-speed railway will boost the economy of Zhangjiakou by 10 percent annually, according to the commission.

"The railway will serve the capital as well, such as by easing traffic congestion in the northern part, because that section of rail will go underground," He said.

Of the 10 stations, the Badaling Station is considered the most challenging because of the mountainous landscape, vulnerable environment and limited construction period, which requires the project to be finished within 46 months.

"It will run through mountains where the Great Wall is winding, so we adopted some of the world's advanced explosion technologies to guarantee it would not affect the Great Wall," said Luo Duhao, chief engineer of the railway group for the Badaling section.

"We have to keep the high quality of the construction as a priority, so we can build another project to match the old railway in the region and make us proud," he said.

Qinglongqiao station, near the Badaling Great Wall, has been a station on the country's first self-designed and constructed railway since 1904, and still serves passengers.

Speed up pls!
Zhangjiakou-Hohhot HSR will open before Zhangjiakou-Beijing HSR.
WTF
Who is responsible for the delay of the latter one???

powastick · Sep 30, 2016

100 meters? Are they going to use escalators of lift?

AndrewJin · Oct 2, 2016

Yulin City's upgraded railway station opens on National Day
Upgrading project continues, adding more platforms in the future

AndrewJin · Oct 2, 2016

powastick said:
100 meters? Are they going to use escalators of lift?

Crazy idea! But the only feasible one.

cirr · Oct 3, 2016

Wed Sep 28, 2016 | 11:17pm EDT

China's Fosun to invest in $6.9 billion Chinese high-speed rail project

Construction workers walk past a building of the headquarters of Fosun International, in Shanghai, China, December 14, 2015. RETUERS/Aly Song/File Photo

By Brenda Goh | SHANGHAI

Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd (0656.HK) said on Thursday it will invest in a 46.2 billion yuan ($6.92 billion) private-partnership project (PPP) to build a high-speed rail link, becoming the first private firm to take part in a Chinese high-speed rail project.

China's government is keen to lure private capital to infrastructure projects to alleviate the debt burden of local authorities, and has promised policies to support PPPs.

In January, the state planner said it would test PPPs in the railway sector with eight high-speed and intercity rail projects including one in Zhejiang province linking the coastal cities of Hangzhou and Wenzhou.

Fosun in an e-mailed statement said wholly owned subsidiary Shanghai Fosun High Technology Group Co Ltd [FOSUIA.UL] signed an agreement with the Zhejiang government for that project's first phase joining the cities of Hangzhou and Taizhou.

Fosun did not state how much it would invest in the project. Its chairman, billionaire Guo Guangcheng, in the statement said there was much scope for investment as infrastructure per capita in China lagged that of developed countries.

China built the world's longest high-speed rail network in less than a decade but its national railway operator took on heavy debt in the process. At the end of June, China Railway Corp's liabilities totaled 4.21 trillion yuan.

Fosun also said Sunvision Capital, a subsidiary of its property arm, was involved in close to 500 billion yuan worth of PPP projects across China.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-fosun-railway-idUSKCN11Z09J

Shotgunner51 · Oct 3, 2016

cirr said:
Wed Sep 28, 2016 | 11:17pm EDT

China's Fosun to invest in $6.9 billion Chinese high-speed rail project

Construction workers walk past a building of the headquarters of Fosun International, in Shanghai, China, December 14, 2015. RETUERS/Aly Song/File Photo

By Brenda Goh | SHANGHAI

Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd (0656.HK) said on Thursday it will invest in a 46.2 billion yuan ($6.92 billion) private-partnership project (PPP) to build a high-speed rail link, becoming the first private firm to take part in a Chinese high-speed rail project.

China's government is keen to lure private capital to infrastructure projects to alleviate the debt burden of local authorities, and has promised policies to support PPPs.

In January, the state planner said it would test PPPs in the railway sector with eight high-speed and intercity rail projects including one in Zhejiang province linking the coastal cities of Hangzhou and Wenzhou.

Fosun in an e-mailed statement said wholly owned subsidiary Shanghai Fosun High Technology Group Co Ltd [FOSUIA.UL] signed an agreement with the Zhejiang government for that project's first phase joining the cities of Hangzhou and Taizhou.

Fosun did not state how much it would invest in the project. Its chairman, billionaire Guo Guangcheng, in the statement said there was much scope for investment as infrastructure per capita in China lagged that of developed countries.

China built the world's longest high-speed rail network in less than a decade but its national railway operator took on heavy debt in the process. At the end of June, China Railway Corp's liabilities totaled 4.21 trillion yuan.

Fosun also said Sunvision Capital, a subsidiary of its property arm, was involved in close to 500 billion yuan worth of PPP projects across China.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-fosun-railway-idUSKCN11Z09J

Good to hear that state planners are using PPP on eight new hi-speed rail lines! Like I have advocated before, let's spin off from taxpayer's budget and expand the use of PPP in infra business.

Yes, Fosun is one good candidate, they have experience in other PPP infra projects like forestation, water supply, etc. Look forward to this hi-speed rail becoming operational asap:

@UKBengali @AndrewJin @TaiShang

AndrewJin · Oct 4, 2016

Shotgunner51 said:
Good to hear that state planners are using PPP on eight new hi-speed rail lines! Like I have advocated before, let's spin off from taxpayer's budget and expand the use of PPP in infra business.

Yes, Fosun is one good candidate, they have experience in other PPP infra projects like forestation, water supply, etc. Look forward to this hi-speed rail becoming operational asap:

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@UKBengali @AndrewJin @TaiShang

Holy crap....they choose a route that will definitely make money!
The entire corridor is full of wealthy towns and counties....

cirr · Oct 5, 2016

AndrewJin said:
Holy crap....they choose a route that will definitely make money!
The entire corridor is full of wealthy towns and counties....

Not to mention that Guo hails from Xinchang :lol:

http://www.guancha.cn/Project/2016_10_05_376233.shtml

:coffee:

AndrewJin · Oct 5, 2016

cirr said:
Not to mention that Guo hails from Xinchang

http://www.guancha.cn/Project/2016_10_05_376233.shtml

New test

AndrewJin · Oct 7, 2016

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ahojunk · Oct 8, 2016

There is a separate thread for discussion. This one is put in here for posterity/record.
The pictures have proper captions.

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Tunli Super Large Bridge in Nanning, Guangxi
2016-10-07 11:06 | Xinhua | Editor:Li Yan