China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[AndrewJin]

23 Key Railway Projects to start construction in 2017

The biggest project will be Chongqing-Kunming HSR, 785km, 95 billion yuan
Kunming South HSR Terminal, Kunming City, Southwest China

1.重庆至昆明高铁：新建铁路785公里，投资950亿。
2.西宁至成都(黄胜关)铁路：新建铁路540公里，投资450亿。
3.广州至汕尾铁路：新建铁路168公里，投资182亿。
4.西安至铜川至延安铁路：新建铁路315公里，投资320亿。
5.合肥至淮安铁路：新建铁路270公里，投资350亿。
6.沪乍杭铁路：新建铁路130公里，投资112亿。
7.廊涿城际铁路：新建铁路126公里，投资205亿。
8.霸州至衡水铁路：新建铁路199公里，投资260亿。
9.鲁南铁路(菏泽至曲阜)：新建铁路200公里，投资160亿。
10.鲁南铁路(兰考至菏泽)：新建铁路85公里，投资93亿。
11.潍坊至莱西铁路：新建铁路126公里，投资190亿。
12.郑州至濮阳城际铁路：新建铁路200公里，投资240亿。
13.漳州至厦门城际铁路：新建铁路70公里，投资160亿。
14.纳雍至六盘水铁路：新建铁路60公里，投资33亿。
15.平凉至庆阳铁路：新建铁路100公里，投资70亿。
16.宁波至金华铁路：新建铁路135公里，投资110亿。
17.三门峡至禹州铁路：新建铁路257公里，投资180亿。
18.天津枢纽杨双、汉周联络线：新建铁路30公里。投资16亿。
19.克拉玛依至塔城铁路铁厂沟至塔城段新建铁路190公里，投资50亿。
20.平凉至中卫铁路增建二线：新建铁路315公里，投资130亿。
21.焦柳铁路电化工程(怀化至柳州段)：铁路电化415公里，投资43亿。
22.集宁至二连浩特扩能工程：改扩建铁路330公里，投资82亿。
23大莱龙铁路扩能工程：改扩建铁路167公里，投资60亿。

Some families are destined to serve their societies in certain fields and they do it quite well.
i know quite a few cases where 3-4 generations have served in armed forces and they take a lot of pride in it.
That said, i'm sure grandpa would be really proud to see his grandson driving HST and it also tells the story of Chinese progress in railways in matter of 3 generations.
I as a railfan feel quite proud of the family.
PS: i too hope for great grandson (or daughter) to one day pilot Maglev


Locomotive cabins of new generation 3 phase electric locomotives and driving panel layouts are very impressive and ergonomically designed.

Me too, hope his next next generations could continue making contribution to railway.

 

[ahojunk]

We had an article of Grandfather, Father and Son train drivers. The following is not related to HSR but that of a mother and daughter flight attendants. But, WTH, I will post it here.

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Daughter follows footsteps of busy mum as flight attendant
2017-02-13 16:21 | Ecns.cn | Editor:Yao Lan

Flight attendants Wei Fang and her daughter Niu Jialu pose for a photo inside a plane. In 1987, Wei Fang became one of the first to become a flight attendant in Shanxi Province. For the past 30 years, she has directly witnessed the growth and changes in Shanxi’s civil aviation industry and served on every type of plane used in the province. Now working as a chief flight attendant for an airline, Wei said she spent too much time at work and felt guilty for the limited time with her daughter. Wei now pays close attention to her health and often goes to the gym, saying she doesn’t want to divert her daughter’s attention from her career. The 25-year-old daughter also became a flight attendant, noting she has begun to better appreciate her mother’s dedication to flight. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

Flight attendants Wei Fang and her daughter prepare for work in the early morning. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

Chief Flight attendant Wei Fang organizes a meeting before a flight. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

Flight attendant Niu Jialu working inside a plane. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

Flight attendant Wei Fang watches as her daughter Niu Jialu serves a first-class passenger aboard a plane. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

Chief Flight attendant Wei Fang helps a passenger who feels uncomfortable aboard a plane. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

Flight attendant Wei Fang (R, 2nd) helps a passenger sitting in a wheelchair. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

Flight attendants Wei Fang and her daughter, Niu Jialu leave a bus after a day’s work. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

 

[AndrewJin]

Celberating Lantern Festival on Bullet Train C6218 Chengdu-Mianyang

The Lantern Festival or the Spring Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar. It marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations,[1] and falls on some day in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.[2] During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns.

Solve riddles

Eat Yuanxiao

We had an article of Grandfather, Father and Son train drivers. The following is not related to HSR but that of a mother and daughter flight attendants. But, WTH, I will post it here.

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Daughter follows footsteps of busy mum as flight attendant
2017-02-13 16:21 | Ecns.cn | Editor:Yao Lan

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Flight attendants Wei Fang and her daughter Niu Jialu pose for a photo inside a plane. In 1987, Wei Fang became one of the first to become a flight attendant in Shanxi Province. For the past 30 years, she has directly witnessed the growth and changes in Shanxi’s civil aviation industry and served on every type of plane used in the province. Now working as a chief flight attendant for an airline, Wei said she spent too much time at work and felt guilty for the limited time with her daughter. Wei now pays close attention to her health and often goes to the gym, saying she doesn’t want to divert her daughter’s attention from her career. The 25-year-old daughter also became a flight attendant, noting she has begun to better appreciate her mother’s dedication to flight. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

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Flight attendants Wei Fang and her daughter prepare for work in the early morning. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

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Chief Flight attendant Wei Fang organizes a meeting before a flight. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

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Flight attendant Niu Jialu working inside a plane. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

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Flight attendant Wei Fang watches as her daughter Niu Jialu serves a first-class passenger aboard a plane. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

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Chief Flight attendant Wei Fang helps a passenger who feels uncomfortable aboard a plane. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

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Flight attendant Wei Fang (R, 2nd) helps a passenger sitting in a wheelchair. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

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Flight attendants Wei Fang and her daughter, Niu Jialu leave a bus after a day’s work. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)

I have to say, compared to bullet trains, these economical seats are tortures!

 

[ahojunk]

China to invest over 800 billion RMB in railway construction in 2017
(People's Daily Online) 15:35, February 14, 2017

China plans to start 35 new railway projects in 2017, spending upwards of 800 billion RMB on new lines, Economic Information Daily reported on Feb. 14.

The construction plan, which will be carried out by China Railway Corporation (CRC), states that China will maintain its railway investment scale and complete its scheduled investment in fixed assets. In 2016, China invested 801.5 billion RMB in fixed assets in the domestic railway sector, starting 46 new projects. China's operating railway lines covered 124,000 kilometers by the end of 2016, and high-speed rails exceeded 22,000 kilometers.

Recently, many regions have released their key project construction plans for 2017, with railways making another strong showing. Guangzhou, for instance, plans to invest more than 49 billion RMB in 56 railway construction projects this year.

Lu Dongfu, general manager of CRC, stressed at the company's annual work conference that they plan to continue promoting railway construction and strengthening project quality and safety. Lu said the release of a longer-term plan and devolution of project approval rights will further boost railway investment.

 

[AndrewJin]

Celberating Lantern Festival on Bullet Train C6218 Chengdu-Mianyang

The Lantern Festival or the Spring Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar. It marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations,[1] and falls on some day in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival with great significance.[2] During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns.

Solve riddles
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Eat Yuanxiao
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I have to say, compared to bullet trains, these economical seats are tortures!

More photos about Lantern Festival
On Shanghai-Beijing Bullet Train

Riddles and Rice Balls

 

[AndrewJin]

The charm of Slow Trains

@ahojunk @Jguo @Daniel808 @anant_s et al

 

[AndrewJin]

Policewomen in Yunnan Province
Kunming-Beijing Bullet Train Service

 

[cirr]

China to start construction on 35 railway projects: report

2017-02-20 08:55

Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping

It is full steam ahead for China's railway sector as construction on 35 new railway projects will start in 2017 as the country plans to expand the network, according to a recent report in Xinhua-run Economic Information Daily.

Construction will begin on 2,100 km of new rail line, 2,500 km of double-track lines and 4,000 km of electrified railways this year, the report cited unnamed authorities as saying.

To achieve the targets, China Railway Corp. (CRC) has been assigned a budget of 800 billion yuan (116.8 billion U.S. dollars) by the central government, the same as in 2016.

The vice minister of transport, Yang Yudong, disclosed earlier that China will spend 3.5 trillion yuan on railway construction during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020).

By 2020, China will have increased the length of high-speed railways in operation to 30,000 kilometers, connecting more than 80 percent of its big cities.

By the end of 2016, China had a 124,000 km railway network, featuring the world's largest high-speed rail network of more than 22,000 km.

While the vast network has enhanced connectivity in large swathes of the country, construction lags behind in the less developed western regions. The government wants to address this gap.

Much of this year's construction projects will happen in China's central and western regions, to support the wider poverty-relief campaign, according to CRC.

http://www.ecns.cn/business/2017/02-20/245970.shtml

China's Guangxi to build more than 2,000 km of high-speed rail lines

2017-02-19 16:40:13 (Beijing Time)

Xinhua English

Bullet trains run on Tunli Bridge in Nanning， capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region， Feb. 19， 2017. Guangxi will build more than 2，000 km of high-speed rail lines to link all cities in the region during the 13th Five-Year (2016-2020) Plan period. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

 

[AndrewJin]

China to start construction on 35 railway projects: report

2017-02-20 08:55

Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping

It is full steam ahead for China's railway sector as construction on 35 new railway projects will start in 2017 as the country plans to expand the network, according to a recent report in Xinhua-run Economic Information Daily.

Construction will begin on 2,100 km of new rail line, 2,500 km of double-track lines and 4,000 km of electrified railways this year, the report cited unnamed authorities as saying.

To achieve the targets, China Railway Corp. (CRC) has been assigned a budget of 800 billion yuan (116.8 billion U.S. dollars) by the central government, the same as in 2016.

The vice minister of transport, Yang Yudong, disclosed earlier that China will spend 3.5 trillion yuan on railway construction during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020).

By 2020, China will have increased the length of high-speed railways in operation to 30,000 kilometers, connecting more than 80 percent of its big cities.

By the end of 2016, China had a 124,000 km railway network, featuring the world's largest high-speed rail network of more than 22,000 km.

While the vast network has enhanced connectivity in large swathes of the country, construction lags behind in the less developed western regions. The government wants to address this gap.

Much of this year's construction projects will happen in China's central and western regions, to support the wider poverty-relief campaign, according to CRC.

http://www.ecns.cn/business/2017/02-20/245970.shtml

China's Guangxi to build more than 2,000 km of high-speed rail lines

2017-02-19 16:40:13 (Beijing Time)

Xinhua English

Bullet trains run on Tunli Bridge in Nanning， capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region， Feb. 19， 2017. Guangxi will build more than 2，000 km of high-speed rail lines to link all cities in the region during the 13th Five-Year (2016-2020) Plan period. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

From zero to having more than 5 HSRs, Guangxi is developing super fast.

 

[AndrewJin]

Trains from Kunming to Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou
renamed to "Spring City Bullet Train"
Huge discounts to tourist sites in Yunnan Province
G1376 Kunming South-Shanghai Hongqiao
G406 Kunming South-Beijing West
D3820 Kunming South-Guangzhou South

New Kunming South
The high-speed railway terminal for Shanghai-Kunming HSR, Kunming-Nanning HSR, Kunming Intercity HSRs.

 

[AndrewJin]

China to start construction on 35 railway projects: report

2017-02-20 08:55

Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping

It is full steam ahead for China's railway sector as construction on 35 new railway projects will start in 2017 as the country plans to expand the network, according to a recent report in Xinhua-run Economic Information Daily.

Construction will begin on 2,100 km of new rail line, 2,500 km of double-track lines and 4,000 km of electrified railways this year, the report cited unnamed authorities as saying.

To achieve the targets, China Railway Corp. (CRC) has been assigned a budget of 800 billion yuan (116.8 billion U.S. dollars) by the central government, the same as in 2016.

The vice minister of transport, Yang Yudong, disclosed earlier that China will spend 3.5 trillion yuan on railway construction during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020).

By 2020, China will have increased the length of high-speed railways in operation to 30,000 kilometers, connecting more than 80 percent of its big cities.

By the end of 2016, China had a 124,000 km railway network, featuring the world's largest high-speed rail network of more than 22,000 km.

While the vast network has enhanced connectivity in large swathes of the country, construction lags behind in the less developed western regions. The government wants to address this gap.

Much of this year's construction projects will happen in China's central and western regions, to support the wider poverty-relief campaign, according to CRC.

http://www.ecns.cn/business/2017/02-20/245970.shtml

China's Guangxi to build more than 2,000 km of high-speed rail lines

2017-02-19 16:40:13 (Beijing Time)

Xinhua English

Bullet trains run on Tunli Bridge in Nanning， capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region， Feb. 19， 2017. Guangxi will build more than 2，000 km of high-speed rail lines to link all cities in the region during the 13th Five-Year (2016-2020) Plan period. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

The HSR flyover in Nanning City is crazy!
3 HSRs & the railway to CRH Depot intersect.

 

[cirr]

动车组“大变身”

动车组目前按8节或者16节车厢固定编组，未来可否根据市场情况、旅客人数灵活编排车厢？财新记者日前获悉，由中国中车股份有限公司（下称中国中车）研制的可变编组动车组样车将于年内正式下线。此类动车组可像普通客车一样，在2至16节范围内搭配车厢。可变编组动车组3X为暂定名，最高时速为350公里每小时。（来自财新网）

纵观当下，铁路运输有客流淡旺季之分，春运期间跟平时差别巨大，各条线路的繁忙程度也不同，中西部高铁和东部沿海高铁、京广高铁更不能等量齐观。可是目前动车组全部采用固定编组，要么是8节编组，要么就是16节重联编组。这种固定编组，在实际运输中，对高铁运营企业的制约越来越明显，不利于其缩减运输成本，提高经济效益。笔者曾今就感受过一节动车组车厢内，只有寥寥数名旅客的情况，而在出行旺季，车厢连接处都站满了人。如今，可变编组动车组3X的研制成功，就可以根据各条线路不同时间段的实际情况进行灵活编组，最小编组单元为两节，如要扩大编组，可以根据速度和功率核算出效率最高搭配，以这样的形式，可以编组为数量为2-16辆的任何节数的动车组。

不仅如此，3X型动车组对于动车组的维修来说也带来了非常大的变化。以往要完成一节动车组的维修，由于不能拆编，所以要整列进行，一个小故障就会导致整列车进库维修，有时为了跟换一个模块，需要等上数天时间，这无疑降低了车辆使用效率。现在3X型动车组可以根据哪节坏了，就拆编哪节进库维修，其他节车厢还可以继续使用，这无疑提高了动车组的检修效率。
据悉，3X型动车组车厢的内部功能也发生了巨大改变，可以根据实际需求，编组带货运功能的餐车、双层卧铺车等等。笔者认为，这样的多功能动车组，可以满足不同旅客各自的需求，提高旅客的乘坐体验。让我们期待3X型动车组早日下线，正式参与中国铁路运营，笔者相信3X型动车组将开启中国高铁新的里程碑，为广大旅客带来不一样的高铁体验。

 

[JSCh]

IPR bullet train runs between Beijing, Guangzhou
(Xinhua) 10:33, February 26, 2017

Bullet trains with Chinese intellectual property rights on every component started running between Beijing and Guangzhou on Saturday.

Run by the Beijing Railway Bureau, the 2,200 km journey take less than ten hours.

Development of the train has taken about four years, according to the China Railway Corporation.

The China-standard bullet train made its first passenger trip in August last year between the northeastern cities of Dalian and Shenyang.

China is home to 22,000 kilometers of high-speed railway lines, about 60 percent of the world's total.

High-speed rail is the top transportation choice for Chinese people, with over half of China's railway passenger trips made on bullet trains.

 

[TaiShang]

IPR bullet train runs between Beijing, Guangzhou
(Xinhua) 10:33, February 26, 2017

Bullet trains with Chinese intellectual property rights on every component started running between Beijing and Guangzhou on Saturday.

Run by the Beijing Railway Bureau, the 2,200 km journey take less than ten hours.

Development of the train has taken about four years, according to the China Railway Corporation.

The China-standard bullet train made its first passenger trip in August last year between the northeastern cities of Dalian and Shenyang.

China is home to 22,000 kilometers of high-speed railway lines, about 60 percent of the world's total.

High-speed rail is the top transportation choice for Chinese people, with over half of China's railway passenger trips made on bullet trains.

Looks like HSR indigenization has been complete.

Onto airways industry.

 

[cirr]

IPR bullet train runs between Beijing, Guangzhou
(Xinhua) 10:33, February 26, 2017

Bullet trains with Chinese intellectual property rights on every component started running between Beijing and Guangzhou on Saturday.

Run by the Beijing Railway Bureau, the 2,200 km journey take less than ten hours.

Development of the train has taken about four years, according to the China Railway Corporation.

The China-standard bullet train made its first passenger trip in August last year between the northeastern cities of Dalian and Shenyang.

China is home to 22,000 kilometers of high-speed railway lines, about 60 percent of the world's total.

High-speed rail is the top transportation choice for Chinese people, with over half of China's railway passenger trips made on bullet trains.

CR350?

Shaanxi section of the Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway completed

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2017-03-01 09:41:23


Workers finished laying track for the Shaanxi section of the Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway, the first to tunnel through the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi province, on Tuesday.[Photo/Chinanews.com]


workers finished laying track for the Shaanxi section of the Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway, the first to tunnel through the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi province, on Tuesday.[Photo/Xinhua]


Workers lay rails at Ningqiangnan Station in Shaanxi province on Tuesday, part of the high-speed railway linking Xi'an and Chengdu. The sign at top notes that the day's work brings to a close construction on the Shaanxi section of the railway. It is the first high-speed railway line that will tunnel through the Qinling Mountains.[Photo/Chinanews.com]