China’s bullet trains facilitate market integration and mitigate the cost of megacity growth

[cirr]

Zhengzhou-Chongqing HSR project is set up for approval

Early stage survey is going on

 

[rott]

@cirr, any updated news on the CRH 500 of the speed record?

 

[cirr]

Haerbin-Daqing-Qiqihaer Dedicated Passenger Line to open in March 2015：

高铁哈大齐客运专线2015年有望开通-新华网

High-speed trains will run on the 281.5 km route at 200km/h in winter（temperature could get as low as -30 degrees Celsiu）and 250km/h the rest of year。

 

[cirr]

470km Changchun-Jilin-Hunchun HSR to complete in 2014 and open in 2015.

109km Changchun-Jilin HSR is operational。

The CJH line will be further extended northwestward to Baicheng City bordering Inner Mongolia。

 

[cirr]

@cirr, any updated news on the CRH 500 of the speed record?

Do you mean this？

Field tests that are set to break speed record await the completion of Hangzhou-Changsha HSR。

Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed EMUs

Intercity EMUs for export to Argentina

New generation permanent magnet tram

 

[cirr]

Chengdu-Chongqing Passenger Railway under construction
Last Updated: 2014-03-06

Xinhua

Ziyang, southwest China's Sichuan province, March 5, 2014. The 308-km railway will reduce travel time between the two large cities to about one hour. It is part of the Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu Railway, or Huhanrong Railway, a major east-west high-speed rail corridor outlined in China's national high-speed railway development plan.

A bridge over Tuojiang River is under construction as part of the Chengdu-Chongqing Passenger Railway

 

[jkroo]

Many railways are under construction it's just amazing. Personally, I take the train for different speeds like 60km/h 90km/h 120km/h 220km/h 350km/h if the figure not wrong, I still remember that I take the train from Hunan to Guangzhou consume 14 hrs in year 2000. Currently, no more than 3 hrs. Four times more efficiency proved that China really make rapid progress.

 

[rott]

Do you mean this？

The CRH 500 which reported to have achieved the speed of 605 Kmph. When I looked at some reports, it sure didn't mention any field test. I found reports on Lab Test Track.

 

[jkroo]

Hukun line will be ready this year. Personally, I travel by Wuguang line much.

 

[cirr]

China Embraces World's Highest High-speed Railway Tunnel

2014-03-11 22:27:17 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Mao

Photo taken on March 11, 2014 shows the snow-topped entrance to the world's highest high-speed railway tunnel in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Located in the desolate Qilian Mountains at an average altitude of 3,600 to 4,300 meters above sea level, the world's highest high-speed railway tunnel is expected to be completed by April this year. Constructing the tunnel is considered one of most difficult parts of the process of developing the line linking Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province, with Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The 1,776-kilometer Lanxin railway line runs across the Gansu and Qinghai provinces to Xinjiang, traversing the wind-ravaged Gobi Desert. [Photo: chinanews.com


Photo taken on March 11, 2014 shows workers constructing the world's highest high-speed railway tunnel in Qilian Mountains in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Located in the desolate Qilian Mountains at an average altitude of 3,600 to 4,300 meters above sea level, the world's highest high-speed railway tunnel is expected to be completed by April this year. Constructing the tunnel is considered one of most difficult parts of the process of developing the line linking Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province, with Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The 1,776-kilometer Lanxin railway line runs across the Gansu and Qinghai provinces to Xinjiang, traversing the wind-ravaged Gobi Desert. [Photo: chinanews.com]


Photo taken on March 11, 2014 shows a worker constructing the world's highest high-speed railway tunnel in Qilian Mountains in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Located in the desolate Qilian Mountains at an average altitude of 3,600 to 4,300 meters above sea level, the world's highest high-speed railway tunnel is expected to be completed by April this year. Constructing the tunnel is considered one of most difficult parts of the process of developing the line linking Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province, with Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The 1,776-kilometer Lanxin railway line runs across the Gansu and Qinghai provinces to Xinjiang, traversing the wind-ravaged Gobi Desert. [Photo: chinanews.com]


Photo taken on March 11, 2014 shows workers from the China Railway 20th Group Co., Ltd. constructing the world's highest high-speed railway tunnel in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Located in the desolate Qilian Mountains at an average altitude of 3,600 to 4,300 meters above sea level, the world's highest high-speed railway tunnel is expected to be completed by April this year. Constructing the tunnel is considered one of most difficult parts of the process of developing the line linking Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province, with Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The 1,776-kilometer Lanxin railway line runs across the Gansu and Qinghai provinces to Xinjiang, traversing the wind-ravaged Gobi Desert. [Photo: chinanews.com]


Photo taken on March 11, 2014 shows the ice covering the entrance to the world's highest high-speed railway tunnel due to freezing temperatures in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Located in the desolate Qilian Mountains at an average altitude of 3,600 to 4,300 meters above sea level, the world's highest high-speed railway tunnel is expected to be completed by April this year. Constructing the tunnel is considered one of most difficult parts of the process of developing the line linking Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province, with Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The 1,776-kilometer Lanxin railway line runs across the Gansu and Qinghai provinces to Xinjiang, traversing the wind-ravaged Gobi Desert. [Photo: chinanews.com]


China Embraces World's Highest High-speed Railway Tunnel

 

[cirr]

Datong-Xi'an HSR scheduled to open by the end of June

Datong-Xi'an HSR: 859km, top operating speed 250kmph

 

[cirr]

Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou HSR

Another new line with 350km/h designed speed, Shangqiu-Hefei-Hangzhou get approved and will begin to be constructed in 2015. It connects Shangqiu city in Central China and Hangzhou in the Eastern, with a total length of 770km, of which 587km are newly built.

商合杭铁路有望明年动工 2018年通车杭州到合肥不到2小时 到郑州3小时-新闻频道-和讯网

 

[cirr]

China to connect more cities with high speed trains

Press Trust of India | Beijing
March 16, 2014 Last Updated at 19:35 IST

China today said it plans to connect more cities with high speed railway network to facilitate rapid urbanisation.

The 2014-2020 urbanisation plan unveiled by the Chinese cabinet said regular railways would cover cities with over 200,000 residents by 2020 and high-speed railways will connect those with above 500,000 residents.

China also aims to expand the civil aviation network, covering about 90 per cent of the total population.

The plan said efforts would be made to strengthen connectivity among city clusters and to improve transport services for small cities and towns.

China to connect more cities with high speed trains | Business Standard

 

[cirr]

The NRDC recently gave its approval for the construction of 5 new railways：

（1）Hongliuhe-Naomaohu railway in Xinjiang Autonomous Region
（2）Harbin-Mudanjiang HSR in Heilongjiang Province
（3）Harbin-Jiamusi HSR in Heilongjiang Province
（4）Qingdao-Lianyungang HSR in Shandong and Jiangsu Provinces
（5）Hangzhou-Huangshan HSR in Zhejiang and Anhui Provinces

for a total investment of 142.42 billion yuan。Work has already started on some of the lines。

发改委批复多个铁路投资项目 总投资逾1400亿|发改委|铁路建设|新疆_新浪新闻

 

[cirr]

When completed，the Hangzhou-Huangshan HRS will shorten travel time Shanghai to the scenic spot to 2.5 hours from the present 11.5 hours。

Tracking the Fuchun River and connecting Qiandaohu（the Thousand Islet Lake）with Huangshan（Mount Huangshan or Yellow Mountain），a golden tourism line in the making。