China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[cirr]

Ridership 40%, 3000+ trains per day on 18,000km network.
Concerning revenue, dunno, must be higher than 40%. In Eastern China, the percentage of ridership is over 50-60%.

Photos taken last week in Changsha
Nearly empty traditional train
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Changsha's HSR hub
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Over 60% passenger trains will be D or C trains starting Jan. 2016

http://www.china-railway.com.cn/xwdt...124_52050.html

 

[JSCh]

CRH380D with top speed of 380km/h will be operational in the Chengdu-Chongqing high-speed rail. Reported to employ ergonomical design for improve safety and comfort.

最高时速可达380km/h的动车组将在成渝高铁投入使用
发表时间：2015-12-04 09:15来源：新华网

这是最高时速可达380km/h的CRH380D型动车（12月3日摄）。当日，记者从成都铁路局获悉，目前最高时速可达380km/h的CRH380D型动车组即将在成渝高铁投入运行，该动车组运用人性化设计理念，在安全和舒适度上都有所提高。新华社记者 陈诚 摄

这是最高时速可达380km/h的CRH380D型动车驾驶室（12月3日摄）。新华社记者 陈诚 摄​

 

[AndrewJin]

Over 60% passenger trains will be D or C trains starting Jan. 2016

http://www.china-railway.com.cn/xwdt...124_52050.html

Crazy, 8 high-speed trains in 10 minutes, Changsha South Railway Station
A normal weekday!
@ahojunk

 

[AndrewJin]

Another jigsaw!
Nanjing-Anqing Intercity HSR to Open on Dec 6

The high-speed railway linking Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, and Anqing, East China's Anhui province, is slated to be opened to traffic on December 6, rail authority said.

The line will cut the travel time between the two cities to 1.5 hours. It will also allow passengers to travel between Anqing and Shanghai in 3 hours.

From December 6 to January 9, 2016, 15 pairs of trains will ply between Anqing and Nanjing. The figure will rise to 21 on January 10 when a new schedule takes effect.

The railway passes Anhui's Ma'anshan, Wuhu, Tongling and Chizhou, running parallel to the Yangtze River, China's longest river.

 

[AndrewJin]

Nanjing-Anqing Intercity HSR
Open tomorrow

Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province

Anqing, biggest city of Southwestern Anhui Province

 

[AndrewJin]

The first day of Nanjing-Anqing Intercity High-speed Railway
Aboard the bullet

In the station

@ahojunk @Dungeness @Daniel808 @anant_s et al

 

[Nilgiri]

Great pics as usual @AndrewJin

I was wondering, in China HSR they do seat by seat ticket validation?

In Korea KTX train when I was there some years ago, the "checker" simply came into the carriage and checked the occupancy using some handheld device. I guess they only ask for your ticket if something is not right in their system.

But their trains are expensive....50 bucks or more to go from Seoul to Pusan.

 

[AndrewJin]

Great pics as usual @AndrewJin

I was wondering, in China HSR they do seat by seat ticket validation?

In Korea KTX train when I was there some years ago, the "checker" simply came into the carriage and checked the occupancy using some handheld device. I guess they only ask for your ticket if something is not right in their system.

But their trains are expensive....50 bucks or more to go from Seoul to Pusan.

In China, all tickets are real-name.
Upon entering the waiting room, every one's ID card and ticket is checked. The name on the ticket must be in conformity with the ID. When passengers are allowed to enter the train, their ticket will be once again checked via check-in. Aboard the train, passengers' ID and tickets are sometimes checked, most time not especially in off-season(like today).

Today's photos
ID & security check

Check-in, ticket needed (or use second-generation ID card as ticket)

Check-out, ticket needed (or use second-generation ID card as ticket)

 

[AndrewJin]

Shanghai! Shanghai!
Some photos taken today in Shanghai

This is the railway from Shanghai South Railway Station
I was on an overpass of a metro station in suburban Shanghai.
@anant_s

This bullet train is from downtown to a suburban region 55km away from Shanghai South Railway Sta.
It takes roughly half an hour. The price is 10yuan, all tickets are non-reserved. Hurry up for the first class car, all 10 yuan!!!

A park in the very centre of Shanghai, a lot of pensioners and kids playing all day long. At night, more people!

Xujiahui metro station, metro line 1, 9 and 11

@Shotgunner51 @GS Zhou

 

[Nilgiri]

Is that Marx and Engels I spot?

 

[anant_s]

Nice to see a conventional train.
What loco class is that Andrew?

Aren't those the famed terrace paddy fields?
I saw similar pictures from Vietnam on a cookery themed show sometime back.

 

[JSCh]

Chinese company building Kenyan rail link
Updated: 2015-12-08 00:23
By Hou Liqiang in Nairobi, Kenya(chinadaily.com.cn)

China Communications Construction Co (CCCC) announced that the company will build a standard gauge railway across the whole of Kenya to Malaba, where Kenya meets Uganda, and will also invest in an industrial park at the starting point of Mombasa.

While securing the financing for the first phase of Nairobi-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway from Nairobi to Naivasha, which will cost $1.48 billion, the company also said it won the contract for the second and third phases, which are separated by Kenya's western city Kisumu; the plans were announced during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in Johannesburg. It's about 450 kilometers from Nairobi to Malaba.

Currently, CCCC's subsidiary China Road and Bridge Corp is building the 472-kilometer Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, which will be completed in 2017 at a cost of $3.8 billion.

Liu Qitao, chairman the Fortune Global 500 firm, told China Daily during the summit that the company had projects worth a total of more than $5 billion and have secured loans for them during the summit. Meanwhile, the company is in the process of applying for a loan of a further $5 billion for other projects and "there is no big problem for that".

He also said the company plans to build a number of industrial parks in Africa. One of them will be in Mombasa. He said it's a project the company self-invests in and it will cover an area of 12 square kilometers. "We will invest in it gradually and the investment in the first phase is about $1 billion."

The announcement was made after President Xi Jinping announced assistance and loans totaling $60 billion for Africa to help the continent address its top three difficulties: infrastructure, talent and funding.

The 10 proposed cooperation plans cover industrialization, agricultural modernization, infrastructure, and poverty reduction and people-to-people exchanges.

"These plans aim at addressing three bottleneck issues holding back Africa's development, namely inadequate infrastructure, lack of professional and skilled personnel and a funding shortage," Xi said.

Among the 10 plans that were announced, Xi put the China-Africa industrialization plan first, saying that China will boost industrial links and collaboration on production capacity.

"China will build or upgrade a number of industrial parks in cooperation with Africa and send senior government experts and advisers to Africa," he said.

As a company that has been in Africa for more than four decades, CCCC knows Africa better than many other Chinese companies and "we are everywhere in Africa. Before, we mainly constructed infrastructure, but now we will move upward to do 'high-end' industries, "said Liu.

"I believe we could play a big role in Africa's industrialization process as we have the capability. No matter whether we are promoting urbanization, building industry parks or investing and financing, we have strong capability," Liu said.

Liu also said his company will make full use of its experience to help companies from mainland of China to come to Africa.

"We will support the development of local enterprises as well and help them take part in long-term urbanization process in Africa," he said.

The standard gauge railway from Mombasa to Malaba is believed to be significant in reducing transportation costs, creating job opportunities and promoting the industrialization process in the whole East Africa region.

Currently, shipping a 6-meter container about 13,000 km from China to Mombasa costs about $1,700. Shipping it the extra 500 km or so to Nairobi can add about $1,000 to that.

The single-gauge railway is expected to reduce rail transport costs from $20 cents to 8 cents per metric ton per kilometer. It will also relieve the pressure on traffic on the highway, notable for the discarded oil containers due to accidents, and reduce the great damage from the trucks to the road.

In the Mombasa to Nairobi section, up to 30,000 workers are expected to be employed before it is completed and 5,000 Kenyan workers will be trained, according to CRBC.

Kenya government has planned a number of industry parks along the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway.

Contact the writer at houliqiang@chinadaily.com.cn

 

[AndrewJin]

Is that Marx and Engels I spot?

Ja, richtig.
@Götterdämmerung

 

[AndrewJin]

Nice to see a conventional train.
What loco class is that Andrew?

China Railways HXD1D - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
We call it "big red dates".
Two photos taken in this June in my city, Beijing-Guangzhou railway

Aren't those the famed terrace paddy fields?
I saw similar pictures from Vietnam on a cookery themed show sometime back.

Yes, a lot of such places in China, now mostly for tourism.
One of the biggest rice terraces in Yunnan Province is a UNESCO world heritage.
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Some other attractions
Longji rice terraces in Guangxi

Lianhe rice terraces in Fujian

 

[Nilgiri]

We call it "big red dates".
Two photos taken in this June in my city, Beijing-Guangzhou railway

They remind me of Adtranz locomotives.