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Chinese train stations look like airports.
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well trains like Palace on Wheels and Maharaja express are beyond reach of even common Indians too.Welcome!
If I have the chance(i mean enough money), I'd like to experience that super expensive tourism trains in India.
We don't have those trains. Once we had the plan, but opposition from the society was too fierce.
Now we have a lot of tourism trains of the same price as normal traditional trains, not that luxurious but very affordable.
(1133km,12 hours, $39)
Train of Dunhuang
some photos
however best way to travel India by trains is to get an International Tourist Rail pass which is far economical and allows you to see things as they actually are rather than choreographed show of tourist trains.
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Not every train stations, but new HSR stations of 1st/2nd tier cities and some of the third tier cities do resemble. One reason is that passengers are now allowed to walk on the platform, so most big railway stations need a huge waiting room with each check-in separated and numbered.
A railway station of a county near my city
Hope it doesn't resemble an airport to you.
arriving
train leaving, I was actually shouted at by platform radio to leave as soon as possible
see, not airport-like, only one check-in
back home train, passengers allowed to walk down to the platform just a couple of minutes before train's arrival. And if ANY one crosses the white line, definitely will be pissed off by platform attendants with a loud-speaker.
@anant_s I took this journey actually just for the station I had never been to. Only stayed half an hour there and bought the next train.
I still want to try though.
To live like a king.
I haven't even tried VIP class of Chinese HSR.
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They look like airports because of the massive size of them. Chinese stations make British stations look like small bus stops.Not every train stations, but new HSR stations of 1st/2nd tier cities and some of the third tier cities do resemble. One reason is that passengers are now allowed to walk on the platform, so most big railway stations need a huge waiting room with each check-in separated and numbered.
A railway station of a county near my city
Hope it doesn't resemble an airport to you.
arriving
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train leaving, I was actually shouted at by platform radio to leave as soon as possible
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see, not airport-like, only one check-in
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back home train, passengers allowed to walk down to the platform just a couple of minutes before train's arrival. And if ANY one crosses the white line, definitely will be pissed off by platform attendants with a loud-speaker.
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@anant_s I took this journey actually just for the station I had never been to. Only stayed half an hour there and bought the next train.
I still want to try though.
To live like a king.
I haven't even tried VIP class of Chinese HSR.
I didn't know walking on the platform is sich a big deal bit i's good to see how law is enforced strongly. It prevents so many unnecessary accidents from happening.
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Or Chinese built line in India
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absolutely.Or Chinese built line in India
if things go as plan, New Delhi Chennai High speed line could see Chinese trainsets. that by the way is also the longest planned HS line in country.
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China is perhaps the only country in the world where passengers are not allowed walking on the platform any time they like. I think it has several reasons,They look like airports because of the massive size of them. Chinese stations make British stations look like small bus stops.
I didn't know walking on the platform is sich a big deal bit i's good to see how law is enforced strongly. It prevents so many unnecessary accidents from happening.
1, ID/security check in the waiting room
(A lot of fugitives are caught when they show their ID or fake ID)
2, too many people with huge suitcases for a single train, potential danger on platform
(especially during traditional festival, for example the crazy spring festival travel rush)
3, speed, you have no response time. see the following photos
Train bound for Shanghai passing Suzhou North & Kunshan South without slowing down
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24 intercity railways to link Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei: Dragon's Iron Web
Twenty-four intercity railway lines running over 3,453 kilometers with an investment of roughly 615 billion yuan ($97 billion) will be built by 2050 to link Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Beijing News reported on Thursday.
Among them, eight intercity railways, including Chongli section of Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway serving the 2022 Winter Olympics, will be built as of 2020 with an investment of 193.2 billion yuan so as to shift some non-capital functions and industries from downtown Beijing to suburban areas, and neighboring Hebei province and Tianjin municipality.
The construction of the rest 16 railways will be completed by 2050, according to a report released by The Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation.
24 intercity railways to link Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei - People's Daily Online
Twenty-four intercity railway lines running over 3,453 kilometers with an investment of roughly 615 billion yuan ($97 billion) will be built by 2050 to link Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Beijing News reported on Thursday.
Among them, eight intercity railways, including Chongli section of Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway serving the 2022 Winter Olympics, will be built as of 2020 with an investment of 193.2 billion yuan so as to shift some non-capital functions and industries from downtown Beijing to suburban areas, and neighboring Hebei province and Tianjin municipality.
The construction of the rest 16 railways will be completed by 2050, according to a report released by The Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation.
24 intercity railways to link Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei - People's Daily Online
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This is not China's expressway network but planned national expressway network(some sections not finished).China Railway Network 2014
China Expressway Network 2014
National expressway doesn't mean it's better than provincial expressway.
National(start with G) + Provincial(start with S) in operation
Yangtze River Delta
(Shanghai-Hangzhou-Suzhou-Nanjing)
Pearl River Delta
(Shenzhen+Guangzhou+HK+Macao)
Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan
Chengdu-Chongqing, Western China
Central Triangle (Wuhan-Changsha-Nanchang)
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I've watched this before and it is one of the nicest documentaries about modern China.
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200-250km/h passenger-dedicated lines are very economical for India's current fiscal status.Or Chinese built line in India
In China, such D trains(200-250km/h) is priced at around 0.30 yuan(3 rupees).
I don't think it's very pricey for business passengers or middle class Indians.
This series encompasses more aspects on China, not just about infra but also around vocational education, IT start-ups, gene industry, etc.
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High-speed railway to open in NE China
September 18, 2015
China will open a new high-speed rail line to link Hunchun, which borders the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Russia, and Jilin, two cities in Jilin Province on Sunday.
The Jilin-Tumen-Hunchun High-speed Railway will be the first passenger rail line to Hunchun, according to China Railway Corporation (CRC) on Friday.
It will extend 360 kilometers with nine stations and run at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour.
The project broke ground in 2011 and was put into trial operation in August this year.
The new railway is expected to improve the transportation network in northeast China, boost regional economic development and facilitate unity among ethnic communities, according to the CRC.
September 18, 2015
China will open a new high-speed rail line to link Hunchun, which borders the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Russia, and Jilin, two cities in Jilin Province on Sunday.
The Jilin-Tumen-Hunchun High-speed Railway will be the first passenger rail line to Hunchun, according to China Railway Corporation (CRC) on Friday.
It will extend 360 kilometers with nine stations and run at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour.
The project broke ground in 2011 and was put into trial operation in August this year.
The new railway is expected to improve the transportation network in northeast China, boost regional economic development and facilitate unity among ethnic communities, according to the CRC.
It's just a lame suburban train however, not an HSR bullet train.
Jolly good news though Similar threads
