China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[Bussard Ramjet]

The final bottleneck between Northern China and Northeast China.
The old Qinhuangdao-Shenyang railway (200-250km/h) is a huge hindrance.
But lest we forget this is the first HSR in China, opened in 2003.
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Of course, the new HSR will use CR400 Fuxing.
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From what I understand Andrew, I thought that the speed on a track is limited by the curvature and deviations in track.

Can't a higher speed train (like a 400 km/hr) run at 400 kmph on the straight part of the track, and then slow down for the tracks that are curved and not straight?

 

[AndrewJin]

From what I understand Andrew, I thought that the speed on a track is limited by the curvature and deviations in track.

Can't a higher speed train (like a 400 km/hr) run at 400 kmph on the straight part of the track, and then slow down for the tracks that are curved and not straight?

It is true one major factor that determines maximum speed is the curve.
It can. See how CRH380A was tested 400+km/h on some sections of Beijing-Shanghai HSR.
Not just Beijing-Shanghai HSR, many 350km/h HSRs have a large proportion to be compatible with 400km/h.

But considering the distance between two stations, speeding from 0 to 350km/h then down back to 0 requires quite a long distance. You just look at the distance between China's HSR stations, 400+km/h is good but not that much different than 350km/h. The overall cruising speed is the most important.

400km/h trains for commercial use is now being developed by CRRC, will be first used in Russia from what I have heard.

 

[AndrewJin]

New high-speed railways to be opened at the end of 2017

marked in green

Western China: Xi'an-Chengdu (final phase)
Western China: Chongqing-Guiyang (could be in Jan. 2018)
Northern China: Shijiazhuang-Jinan

 

[JSCh]

Nov 03, 2017 06:12 PM
Bullet-Train Maker Puts Freight Plans Back on Track
By Lu Bingyang and Mo Yelin

China’s leading train maker, CRRC Corp., has revived plans to develop high-speed freight trains at speeds of up to 250 kph (155 mph), aiming to take advantage of a national network of tracks for bullet passenger trains.

Two such similar plans petered out in 2014 and 2015, either because of a lack of demand or due to miscommunications with China Railway Corp. (CRC), the nation’s railroad operator, according to sources close to the CRRC.

With the new plan, CRRC hopes to develop a new source of revenue with high-speed freight trains as China’s logistics industry grows more modern, one source close to the company told Caixin.

Because freight trains require fewer parts, they cost less to manufacture than passenger bullet trains, the source added.

CRRC has said that only high-valued cargo such as e-commerce deliveries, rather than bulk commodities like coal, will be transported over high-speed rail lines.

However, industry experts are skeptical about whether there is enough demand for high-speed freight services in a country where planes and trucks dominate the logistics industry. Railways account for only 20% of the country’s logistics traffic.

“Before making any decisions, CRRC should do more market research to figure out the costs. It also needs to work with CRC to determine which bullet-train lines to offer freight service on,” said Xu Yong of cecss.com, an online industry service provider.

Xu said it would be workable to run a freight service only on the busy Beijing-Shanghai and Beijing-Guangzhou lines.

Last month, sources from CRRC told Caixin that the company will shutter half of its freight-car manufacturing capacity to deal with excess capacity. CRRC currently operates 10 freight-car production subsidiaries with total annual production capacity of more than 80,000 vehicles.

In China, most freight trains run on rail lines designed for much slower speeds. The nation’s fastest freight trains, which were put into service starting in 2014, can run up to 160 kph.

The French have been running freight trains at 160 kph since 1984. In 2012, France and Germany unveiled freight trains that can travel at speeds up to 300 kph.

 

[cirr]

Beijing builds 160-kph airport transit rail

2017-11-06 22:36

Xinhua Editor: Wang Fan

Work on a fast transit railway linking south Beijing to the city's upcoming new airport began Monday.

The 41.36-kilometer new airport line will allow trains to run at maximum 160 kph, the fastest intra-city rail transit in the country.

The line will have just three stations. Passengers can check-in to their flights at the starting station -- Caoqiao -- located by the Third Ring Road and reach the airport terminal in just 19 minutes.

The line is being built by a public private partnership and will open in 2019 with the launch of the new airport, according to the state-owned Beijing Urban Construction Group.

Beijing's new airport is being built in the Daxing District to ease traffic at Beijing Capital International Airport. By 2019, the Chinese capital will have two major airports, one in the south and the other in the north.

The new airport will have four runways and can accommodate 620,000 flights per year by 2025. It will eventually handle 100 million passengers and 4 million tonnes of cargo a year.

http://www.ecns.cn/2017/11-06/279837.shtml

 

[AndrewJin]

CRH Depot, Beijing

Freight trains on the Southern Xinjiang Railway

@Kaptaan @AZADPAKISTAN2009 @GeraltofRivia @anant_s @DESERT FIGHTER @Godman et al

 

[Daniel808]

CRH Depot, Beijing

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Freight trains on the Southern Xinjiang Railway
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@Kaptaan @AZADPAKISTAN2009 @GeraltofRivia @anant_s @DESERT FIGHTER @Godman et al

Thanks for another magnificent photos about China's HSR @AndrewJin
Love to see CR400 Fuxing China's HSR already in service on several track route

CRH Depot, Beijing

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Freight trains on the Southern Xinjiang Railway
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@Kaptaan @AZADPAKISTAN2009 @GeraltofRivia @anant_s @DESERT FIGHTER @Godman et al

Thanks for another magnificent photos about China's HSR @AndrewJin
Love to see CR400 Fuxing China's HSR already in service on several track route

 

[AndrewJin]

Thanks for another magnificent photos about China's HSR @AndrewJin
Love to see CR400 Fuxing China's HSR already in service on several track route



Thanks for another magnificent photos about China's HSR @AndrewJin
Love to see CR400 Fuxing China's HSR already in service on several track route

Yes, several hundred units of Fuxing CR400 (one standard unit = 8 cars) have been ordered by China Railway.
Several CRRC manufacturing bases are now in full mode!

New 300+km/h lines are expected to use CR400 Fuxing.
For example, Beijing-Shenyang HSR, to open in 2018-2019

Estimated China HSR Network 2020

 

[cirr]

Three continuous beams of Wuhan-Shiyan high-speed rail connected

2017-11-08 17:06 Xinhua Editor:Li Yan



Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2017 shows the construction site of Wuhan-Shiyan high-speed rail in Dingjiaying township, Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province. Three continuous beams of the high-speed rail were connected successfully on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Tao Debin)



Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2017 shows the construction site of Wuhan-Shiyan high-speed rail in Dingjiaying township, Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province. Three continuous beams of the high-speed rail were connected successfully on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Tao Debin)



Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2017 shows the construction site of Wuhan-Shiyan high-speed rail in Dingjiaying township, Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province. Three continuous beams of the high-speed rail were connected successfully on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Tao Debin)



Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2017 shows the construction site of Wuhan-Shiyan high-speed rail in Dingjiaying township, Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province. Three continuous beams of the high-speed rail were connected successfully on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Tao Debin)



Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2017 shows the construction site of Wuhan-Shiyan high-speed rail in Dingjiaying township, Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province. Three continuous beams of the high-speed rail were connected successfully on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Tao Debin)

 

[cirr]

Zhengzhou-Wanzhou high-speed railway to be put into operation in 2022

Xinhua| 2017-11-16 22:29:17|Editor: Xiang Bo

Workers work at the construction site of a swivel bridge of Zhengzhou-Wanzhou high-speed railway in central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2015. The 818-km railway, which links Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province and Wanzhou in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, will be put into operation in 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

A worker works at the construction site of a swivel bridge of Zhengzhou-Wanzhou high-speed railway in central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2015. The 818-km railway, which links Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province and Wanzhou in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, will be put into operation in 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

Workers work at the construction site of a swivel bridge of Zhengzhou-Wanzhou high-speed railway in central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2015. The 818-km railway, which links Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province and Wanzhou in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, will be put into operation in 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

Workers work at the construction site of a swivel bridge of Zhengzhou-Wanzhou high-speed railway in central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2015. The 818-km railway, which links Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province and Wanzhou in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, will be put into operation in 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

Workers work at the construction site of a swivel bridge of Zhengzhou-Wanzhou high-speed railway in central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2015. The 818-km railway, which links Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province and Wanzhou in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, will be put into operation in 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

Photo shows the construction site of a swivel bridge of Zhengzhou-Wanzhou high-speed railway in central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2015. The 818-km railway, which links Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province and Wanzhou in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, will be put into operation in 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

Combined photo shows the rotation of a swivel bridge of Zhengzhou-Wanzhou high-speed railway in central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2015. The 818-km railway, which links Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province and Wanzhou in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, will be put into operation in 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

Workers work at the construction site of a swivel bridge of Zhengzhou-Wanzhou high-speed railway in central China's Henan Province, Nov. 16, 2015. The 818-km railway, which links Zhengzhou in central China's Henan Province and Wanzhou in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, will be put into operation in 2022. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

 

[AndrewJin]

Three HSRs!

Beijing-Guangzhou HSR
Nanning-Guangzhou HSR
Guiyang-Guangzhou HSR

 

[AndrewJin]

FUXING CR400 will be on more lines from 2o November
first time in Zhejiang Province:
Shanghai-Kunming HSR
Nanjing-Hangzhou HSR
Jinhua-Wenzhou HSR
Hangzhou-Shenzhen HSR

17 bullet trains from Shanghai will use Fuxing CR400!

 

[AndrewJin]

Yinchuan-Xi'an Highspeed Railway under construction in NW China
open: 2020
650km, 20 stops, 250km/h
80 billion yuan

11.5 hours >>>>>> 3 hours!

@Götterdämmerung @Kaptaan @DESERT FIGHTER @TaiShang @cirr

The first high-speed railway in the Hui Autonomous Region!

More HSRs under/to start construction: Yinchuan-Lanzhou HSR, Yinchuan-Baotou HSR，etc

Yinchuan City,
the key spot of China-Arabic world cooperation

 

[powastick]

Yinchuan-Xi'an Highspeed Railway under construction in NW China
open: 2020
650km, 20 stops, 250km/h
80 billion yuan

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11.5 hours >>>>>> 3 hours!
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@Götterdämmerung @Kaptaan @DESERT FIGHTER @TaiShang @cirr

The first high-speed railway in the Hui Autonomous Region!

More HSRs under/to start construction: Yinchuan-Lanzhou HSR, Yinchuan-Baotou HSR，etc

Yinchuan City,
the key spot of China-Arabic world cooperation
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Yinchuan is tier what city?

 

[AndrewJin]

Yinchuan is tier what city?

Ranked 137th in city GDP ranking of 2016.
Lower tier 3 or upper tier 4 in different tier city ranks.
I think it is tier 4......

Just searched on 720yun.com
Found some interesting photos

Yinchuan Railway Station

Hui muslim culture park under construction, warm house farmland, expressway and suburb

Mosque in a county of Yinchuan prefecture

@DESERT FIGHTER @@BDforever @Gufi @PaklovesTurkiye @Kaptaan et al


Citizen centre
(a building in many cities where citizens can handle all civil affairs such as applying for passport, open a shop, buy land)

People's square

Of course people like @Götterdämmerung will oppose such waste of land!
Though people need big square for square dancing!!!

Every city has Zhongshan Park (Dr. Sun Yat-sen Park)