China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[AndrewJin]

The Old vs The New
Jinhua-Wenzhou High-speed Railway vs Jinhua-Wenzhou Railway
Zhejiang Province, Eastern China

@powastick @Chinese-Dragon @Godman @ahojunk @anant_s @shadows888 @Jlaw

 

[AndrewJin]

New 200km/h CRH6A to replace all old bullet trains
on Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity HSR by June 2017

New intercity model CRH6A, manufactured by CRRC Jiangmen, will gradually replace all older trains (CRH1).
A 8-car standard unit can handle around 1500 passengers, providing large room for standing as the number of seats decreases. When the replacement finishes, the capacity of this railway will increase by 100%. The interior design is a mixture of subway cars and traditional bullet trains. This model was designed for China's large intercity HSR network which will extend to over 10000km in 2020s. It is ideal for intercity lines no more than 200km.

A unit of CRH6A (8 cars) has more doors (6 doors per car), few toilets (every 2 cars), no dining car, 25% faster speeding, 20% faster stoping, 50% less energy consumption.
Traditional higher-speed train CRH380A for trunk routes:

 

[cirr]

The 401km Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed rail started test runs on 16.05.2017 to prepare for the beginning of regular service before the year end.

 

[AndrewJin]

The 401km Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed rail started test runs on 16.05.2017 to prepare for the beginning of regular service before the year end.

Will we have direct bullet train service from Beijing to Urumqi when Baoji-Lanzhou HSR opens?
It seems that the maximum distance for one bullet train service has been restricted to less than 3000km.
I think there will be at least Lanzhou-Beijing train, Lanzhou-Guangzhou train, around 2800km.

The current Xi'an-Guangzhou bullet train takes 7 hours 41 min (2119km).
Xi'an-Baoji bullet train takes 1 hour (167km).
The upcoming Baoji-Lanzhou train will take 2 hours (401km).
In total, 2687 km, 11 hours.

When Xi'an-Wuhan HSR opens a couple of years later, the distance will be further shortened.

Dr. Yellow inspecting at Baoji South HSR Station

 

[AndrewJin]

Mechanician on the new CR400

 

[TaiShang]

Some recent images.

 

[AndrewJin]

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Some recent images.

R u in Shandong Province bro?
Were u taking Qingdao-Jinan HSR?

 

[TaiShang]

R u in Shandong Province bro?
Were u taking Qingdao-Jinan HSR?

I visited Yantai University couple of weeks back. So, I was traveling from Jinan to Yantai. We missed the HSR so had to 改签 to the slow one. These pictures I took on our way (two more classmates, both from Taiwan, as well) to Yantai.

Coming back, we took HSR. Then back to TW

Quite tight schedule, bro. Nothing else to do, really.

 

[AndrewJin]

I visited Yantai University couple of weeks back. So, I was traveling from Jinan to Yantai. We missed the HSR so had to 改签 to the slow one. These pictures I took on our way (two more classmates, both from Taiwan, as well) to Yantai.

Coming back, we took HSR. Then back to TW

Quite tight schedule, bro. Nothing else to do, really.

Why didn't you change to the next bullet train?
Last time I was on a slow train, there were nearly no passengers so that I could lie down on the seats!

HSR network plan in Shandong Province

Curren HSR network in Shandong Province
Beijing-Shanghai HSR
Jinan-Qingdao HSR
Qingdao-Rongcheng Intercity HSR

 

[TaiShang]

Why didn't you change to the next bullet train?
Last time I was on a slow train, there were nearly no passengers so that I could lie down on the seats!

The entire day was sold out!

In fact, we purchased 无座 because slower train seats were also sold out 。So, more than six hours, we had to play catch the seat.

 

[cirr]

China's Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway line starts test runs

(Xinhua)

Updated: 2017-05-20 10:36:20

Conductor Zhang Guoying waves on a bullet train to run in a trial operation on the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway at the Tianshui South Railway Station in Northwest China's Gansu province, May 19, 2017. The 401-km railway line linking Baoji of Northwest China's Shaanxi province and Lanzhou in neighboring Gansu province has started test runs. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on May 19, 2017 shows a bullet train running in a trial operation on the Weihe River Bridge of the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway in Northwest China's Gansu province. [Photo/Xinhua]

Working staff get on a bullet train to conduct a trial operation on the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway at the Tianshui South Railway Station in Northwest China's Gansu province, May 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Driver and technicians work on a bullet train to run in a trial operation on the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway at the Tianshui South Railway Station in Northwest China's Gansu province, May 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on May 19, 2017 shows a bullet train running in a trial operation on the Weihe River Bridge of the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway in Northwest China's Gansu province. [Photo/Xinhua]

A bullet train leaves the Tianshui South Railway Station in Northwest China's Gansu province, May 19, 2017, to conduct a trial operation on the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

[AndrewJin]

China's Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway line starts test runs

(Xinhua)

Updated: 2017-05-20 10:36:20

Conductor Zhang Guoying waves on a bullet train to run in a trial operation on the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway at the Tianshui South Railway Station in Northwest China's Gansu province, May 19, 2017. The 401-km railway line linking Baoji of Northwest China's Shaanxi province and Lanzhou in neighboring Gansu province has started test runs. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on May 19, 2017 shows a bullet train running in a trial operation on the Weihe River Bridge of the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway in Northwest China's Gansu province. [Photo/Xinhua]

Working staff get on a bullet train to conduct a trial operation on the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway at the Tianshui South Railway Station in Northwest China's Gansu province, May 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Driver and technicians work on a bullet train to run in a trial operation on the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway at the Tianshui South Railway Station in Northwest China's Gansu province, May 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on May 19, 2017 shows a bullet train running in a trial operation on the Weihe River Bridge of the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway in Northwest China's Gansu province. [Photo/Xinhua]

A bullet train leaves the Tianshui South Railway Station in Northwest China's Gansu province, May 19, 2017, to conduct a trial operation on the Baoji-Lanzhou high-speed railway. [Photo/Xinhua]

2020 China Metro Map is crazy!
Any similar map regarding China's HSR from 2000s to 2020?

 

[TaiShang]

2020 China Metro Map is crazy!
Any similar map regarding China's HSR from 2000s to 2020?
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Amazing map. Lots of steel and concrete. Heavy machinery. Billions of hours of manpower. Many engineering wonders.

Handy HSR is great. I have a colleague from there.

 

[AndrewJin]

The entire day was sold out!

In fact, we purchased 无座 because slower train seats were also sold out 。So, more than six hours, we had to play catch the seat.

I think most trains go to Qingdao from Jinan, just a few to Yantai.
Even the standing tickets on bullet trains were sold out!?
Anyway, the original 250km/h Jinan-Qingdao HSR (only half of the length is high-speed) can no longer meet the huge demand.
Now the new 350km/h Jinan-Qingdao HSR is under construction.
It is one section of the horizontal corridor of the national HSR network Qingdao-Taiyuan Line.
It will be open in 2018, take only one hour!

The very last prefabricated beam of the 16.23km-long viaduct that overpasses Rongcheng-Weifang Expressway
was installed successfully on 19 May 2017.
This viaduct is the controlling project of the entire railway.

Baidu Topic Bar of Jinan-Qingdao HSR
https://tieba.baidu.com/f?kw=济青高铁&ie=utf-8

New Jinan-Qingdao High-speed Railway
approved in January 2015
Construction period: December 2015- December 2018
307km, 11 stations
350km/h
Bridge: 253km
Tunnel: 17km
Investment: 59 billion (including new stations and 5.6 billion train procurement)
Investor: Shandong Province (80%), China Railway (20%)
@TaiShang Richer provinces now pay the most investment now, railways in poorer provinces are financially supported by the Central Government.

The new Jinan East Transport Terminal

HSR Terminal in Weifang City

 

[cirr]

Work starts on high-speed rail service to Xiongan New Area

Source:Xinhua

Published: 2017/5/21 23:23:19

Construction of the Beijing-Bazhou high-speed rail line, a key link for the capital's new airport and Xiongan New Area, started on Sunday, the China Railway Group announced.

The passenger line will connect Beijing and Bazhou, a neighboring city 80 kilometers to the south in North China's Hebei Province. Bazhou is also adjacent to the Xiongan New Area, the country's emerging development zone.

With a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the railway will be completed in 2019, according to project manager Huo Jianli.

Passengers will be able to transfer between the capital's new southern airport and the high-speed railway station via an underground stop on the new rail line.

Upon its completion, a modern transportation network will serve the country's capital and inject new dynamism into North China.

The new rail line is also a key part of the Beijing-Kowloon route connecting Beijing and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. By 2019, Hong Kong and Xiongan will be linked by the new railway.

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