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China's high-speed rail links Winter Olympics cities
Source: Xinhua| 2019-12-30 12:53:21|Editor: zh

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People wait to get on the G8811 high-speed train bound for Taizicheng Railway Station at Beijing North Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 30, 2019. The high-speed railway line connecting Beijing and Zhangjiakou in north China's Hebei Province went into service on Monday. Chongli railway, a branch line of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, also came into service. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The high-speed railway line connecting Beijing and Zhangjiakou, the co-host city of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, went into operation Monday, the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. said.

With 5G signals, wireless charging and intelligent lighting, the smart train G8811 departed from Beijing North Railway Station at around 8:30 a.m. to Zhangjiakou in north China's Hebei Province.

The railway is 174 km long, with 10 stations along the line.

With a maximum design speed of 350 kph, it will reduce the travel time between Beijing and Zhangjiakou from over three hours to 47 minutes, facilitating inter-city traffic and crucial for the co-host of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Chongli railway, a branch line of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, also went into service Monday. It is 53 km long, with a maximum design speed of 250 kph.

Yang Yang, a Winter Olympic champion and chairwoman of the Athletes' Commission of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, was among passengers on the high-speed train G8811.

Yang said Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway is important to the preparation of the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. "It can improve the efficiency of our work, promote China's winter sports, and boost the ice and snow economy."

Construction of the high-speed railway lasted around four years. The railway underwent test runs earlier this month.

The length of China's railroad lines in service has exceeded 139,000 km, including 35,000 km of high-speed rail, ranking first in the world.
 
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Nation to build over 4,000 km of new rail lines
China Daily, January 3, 2020

China plans to build at least 4,000 kilometers of new railway lines this year, including 2,000 km of high-speed lines, the country's top rail operator said on Thursday.

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Passengers at Beijing North Railway Station get on the high-speed train G8811 heading to Taizicheng Railway Station at Chongli Olympic Village, on Dec 30, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

The planned development of new railways this year is part of the nation's effort to maintain large-scale fixed-asset investment, Lu Dongfu, general manager of China State Railway Group, said at its annual work conference.

The Ministry of Transport said in December that China would spend at least 2.7 trillion yuan ($386 billion) on transport infrastructure projects this year, with 800 billion yuan going to railways.

In 2019, 802.9 billion yuan was spent on railways in China and 8,489 km of new track became operational, surpassing the annual targets of 800 billion yuan for investment and 6,800 km of new lines.

As a result, the nation's fast-expanding railway network reached a total length of 139,000 km by the end of last year, while the high-speed rail network exceeded 35,000 km, a year ahead of China's plan to build a total of 30,000 km of high-speed railway lines by 2020.

Among the 51 new railway lines last year, the opening on Monday of the high-speed route linking Beijing and Zhangjiakou, co-host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics, marks significant progress in the autopilot system of China's high-speed trains. Equipped with the system, trains can run automatically at a maximum designed speed of 350 km per hour.

As for this year, measures will continue to be taken to bolster areas of weakness in the nation's railway infrastructure, Lu said.

Construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, the second railway into the Tibet autonomous region after the Qinghai-Tibet line, will be a major project this year, he said.

The company called for preparatory work to take place on the project's official launch, including optimizing a plan for organizing early construction of certain sections, pushing forward the railway's initial design, and drawing up its specified technical and management standards.

Lu also told the conference that the total revenue of the rail transport sector increased 6.1 percent year-on-year in 2019 to 818 billion yuan, and it is expected to reach 868 billion yuan by the end of 2020.

In a bid to make the company more market-oriented and capable of providing better cargo and passenger transport services, it will establish a mechanism for evaluating the profits of train operations and thus better organize rail services.

It will also explore more flexible pricing mechanisms for high-speed trains and offer deeper discounts on a growing number of railway lines, as well as start piloting the application of digital ticketing throughout the network.

Zhang Xiaodong, a professor of rail transportation economics at Beijing Jiaotong University, said, "Since the opening of China's first high-speed railway, the Beijing-Tianjin line, in 2008, the country has constructed more high-speed rail lines than Japan and Europe did in 40 years."

The construction of high-speed railways in China saves passengers travel time and has assisted regional economic development, he said, adding that it also played an important role in boosting the flow of talent and information and reshaping China's economic map.
 
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Chinese high-speed railway giant to debut on A-share market
Source: Xinhua| 2020-01-03 20:08:19|Editor: ZX

BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co., Ltd. (BSHSR) will issue 6.286 billion stocks through an initial public offering (IPO) on Jan. 6, 2020, according to a company statement.

The company, to be listed on China's A-share market at the Shanghai Stock Exchange, will raise funds of 30.63 billion yuan (about 4.40 billion U.S. dollars) in net price at 4.88 yuan per share, according to its statement filed to the stock exchange.

The stocks to be issued will form 12.8 percent of the company's total equity after the offering.

Established in 2007, the BSHSR operates one of China's most profitable rail lines, turning a profit for five consecutive years since 2014. Its net profit hit about 10.25 billion yuan in 2018, according to its prospectus.

The company's IPO application was approved by the country's top securities watchdog on Nov. 14, 2019.
 
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Rwanda’s Murenzi designs safety system for Chinese railway
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By Julius Bizimungu
Published : January 12, 2020 | Updated : January 12, 2020

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Katabarwa tests the maglev obstacle detection system at Shanghai Maglev Platform in China.

When Gilbert Murenzi Katabarwa left Rwanda for China in 2015 to further his studies, he barely had any clue about what he would end up doing. The principal idea was to try to juggle work and studies, just like many international students.

In fact, that happened for the first two years. But within the same period, something else also happened: he learnt a couple of languages – Chinese, German and French – enabling him to take on translation gigs back home.

As that was happening, Katabarwa was undertaking research in surveying and geomatic engineering at Tongji University in Shanghai.

In 2016, he was particularly tasked to conduct research that would result into development of an obstacle detection system for magnetically levitated (maglev) train – high-speed trains.

“I had no idea what maglev was, even my professor didn’t seem to understand what exactly the research would produce,” he tells me in a phone interview.


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Rwanda’s Murenzi designs safety system for Chinese railway | The New Times | Rwanda
 
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Railway trips exceed 100m since Spring Festival travel rush
Xinhua 17:21 UTC+8, 2020-01-19

Railway trips have exceeded 100 million in China as of Saturday since the beginning of the Spring Festival travel rush, data from the national railway operator showed Sunday.

A total of 105.67 million trips have been made via railways, and daily railway trips surpassed 10 million for nine consecutive days, according to the China State Railway Group Co Ltd.

Sunday is estimated to see some 12 million railway passenger trips, up 21.3 percent year on year, with 1,210 additional trains to be scheduled to meet the travel demand, the company said.

The Spring Festival travel rush, also known as "chunyun," lasts for 40 days from Jan. 10 to Feb. 18, and the total number of trips is likely to hit 3 billion during the period.
 
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AI maintenance system helps high-speed train run safely
Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-18 17:19:06|Editor: huaxia

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A mechanic engineer checks the red-eye train G4922 in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Through AI intelligent algorithms, the system can analyze the potential safety hazards such as bolt loosening and spring cracks that may exist in high-speed trains, and ring an alarm and send the mechanic images.

BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) maintenance system for key fittings of high-speed trains, which can greatly reduce risks of potential safety hazards, according to a report by Science and Technology Daily.

The system, developed by the maintenance base in Fuzhou, capital of east China's Fujian Province, is mounted on a handset carried by the ground mechanic and records the real-time image of the fittings when the mechanic works.

Through AI intelligent algorithms, it can analyze the potential safety hazards such as bolt loosening and spring cracks that may exist in high-speed trains, and ring an alarm and send the mechanic images.

The system has already eliminated more than 140 hidden dangers since it was put into operation, said Shi Bowen, a train dispatcher at the Fuzhou base.

With these "smart partners", China has become more capable in the maintenance and management of high-speed trains, allowing passengers to have a better travel experience, Shi said.
 
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High-speed maglev line planned to link Southwest China's scenic cities
Xinhua | Updated: 2020-02-24 18:00

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A staff member cooks flowers for a flower feast in a scenic spot in Lijiang, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Aug 4, 2019. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

KUNMING-- Southwest China's Yunnan province has planned to lay a high-speed maglev line to link the provincial capital of Kunming and the mountainous city of Lijiang.

Zhou Minxin, deputy director of the Yunnan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, said on Sunday that the high-speed maglev system designed to boast a top speed of over 350 km per hour with a total length of 430 km is estimated to need an investment of more than 100 billion yuan ($14.2 billion).

"The golden tourist route is expected to attract a large number of passengers," Zhou said.

Currently, railway passengers en route from Kunming to Lijiang have to detour through Dali. The limited railway capacity cannot meet the rising passenger and freight transport demands.

Lijiang is known for its quaint towns and the snow-capped Yulong Mountain. Both Kunming and Lijiang are popular domestic tourist destinations.
 
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China's new generation domestic medium-low-speed maglev train passes speed test at 160kph

28 Apr 2020

CHANGSHA: A new generation domestic medium-low-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) train reached a top speed of 160kph and passed a medium-speed test on Tuesday (April 28) in central China's Hunan Province, a major step before it begins formal operations.

The test lasting for 10 months was carried out by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd., the Hunan maglev technology research centre and the National University of Defence Technology.


As China's first medium-low-speed maglev rail line, the first generation train with a top speed of 100 km per hour was put into commercial operation in May 2016 in Changsha, capital of Hunan.

The new generation maglev train developed in June 2018 has a 30-percent increase in traction efficiency and a 60-percent increase in speed, said Tong Laisheng, head of the maglev research institute of CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co, Ltd., the developer.

The new model is suitable for operation between central and satellite cities while the old one is suitable for operation within a city.

CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive is also accelerating the development of a more advanced maglev model with a top speed of 200kph, which is suitable for intercity travel.
 
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'One of China's hardest tunnel projects' completed after 12 years
Apr 28, 2020
CGTN

The Dazhu Mountain Railway Tunnel, dubbed as "one of China's hardest tunnel projects," was completed on Tuesday after 12 years of work. The tunnel is a key part of a railway that connects Dali City and Ruili City in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
 
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Sichuan-Tibet railway progress picks up steam
By WANG KEJU in Beijing and DAQIONG in Lhasa | China Daily | Updated: 2019-07-09 06:50
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Workers deliver new railroad ties for Sichuan-Tibet railway in Dranang, the Tibet autonomous region, in June. [Photo/Xinhua]

The building of the Sichuan-Tibet railway is picking up steam, with construction work on nine new stations on the Lhasa-Nyingchi section in the Tibet autonomous region to begin soon, according to railway authorities.

The Office of the Leading Group of Railway Construction and Operation in Lhasa, Tibet's regional capital, said last week that the nine stations will be built by China Railway Construction Group and China Railway Construction Engineering Group, which won the bidding for the project, but the exact date that work will commence has yet to be determined.

An earlier report by Lhasa Radio and TV Station on one of its WeChat accounts said work on the stations was expected to begin this month and will be completed by the end of next year.

The laying of track on the 435.48-kilometer Lhasa-Nyingchi section, one of the easier parts of the Sichuan-Tibet railway, began in October, following four years of work to prepare for it. Trains traveling at 160 kilometers per hour are expected to begin running on that section by 2021.

The Sichuan-Tibet railway was first proposed more than a century ago, with the idea revived after the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, but various hurdles prevented it from progressing. Trains finally began running on the first section of the line to open, from Chengdu to Ya'an in Sichuan province, in December.

The third section of the line, between Ya'an and Nyingchi, will be one of the world's most challenging railway projects because it winds through the Sichuan Basin, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, climbing from 600 meters above sea level to nearly 4,500 meters, according to Zhao Jian, a professor of rail transportation at Beijing Jiaotong University.

"It will go through complicated geological conditions fraught with avalanches, landslides, earthquakes, heat, karst caves and underground streams," he said.

At its annual work conference in January, national railway operator China State Railway Group, which was then called China Railway Corp, said it would complete the feasibility study for the Ya'an-Nyingchi section by June and finish preparations for construction by the end of September. The group is also in charge of national railway planning and construction.

Things seem to have been progressing rapidly in the past month. People's Railway Daily, which is sponsored by the group, reported that the company reviewed the feasibility study for the Ya'an-Nyingchi section on June 4 and reached a consensus that would be passed on.

On June 17, Peng Qinghua, Party secretary of Sichuan, said at a news conference that construction of the Ya'an-Nyingchi section, spanning about 1,000 km, would begin soon.

"Bridges and tunnels will cover over 90 percent of the line, which means there will be nearly 800 km of tunnels and more than 100 km of bridges," he said.

The next day, when China State Railway Group announced its name change, finalizing its restructuring, it was disclosed that a new office had been established to lead the Sichuan-Tibet railway project. A new company, Sichuan-Tibet Railway, was also added to the existing 18 railway bureaus and companies controlled by the group.

On June 26, various government departments in Sichuan discussed the route selected for the Ya'an-Nyingchi section in the province and reached a consensus on the proposed route, according to the website of Sichuan's Department of Natural Resources.

Zhao, the professor, said, "Once in operation, the rail line will help Sichuan province build itself into an inland transportation hub within China as well as a bridge that connects the country with South Asian countries including Nepal and India, which will greatly boost the economy in southwestern China with convenient transportation."

The Sichuan-Tibet railway will be the second rail line connecting Tibet with the rest of the country. The 1,956-km Qinghai-Tibet Railway opened in 2006.
 
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