Terminal velocity: China tests world's longest high-speed rail line

[Shandong]

good job yes

 

[gslv]

what is the cost of travel in these trains in compared to planes i.e in percentage ?

 

[beijingwalker]

what is the cost of travel in these trains in compared to planes i.e in percentage ?

310¥ to ZhengZhou,around 50＄.Air fare from Beijing to Zhengzhou can vary greatly depending on the season and the airline you fly with ,it can range from300¥ to 700¥

 

[cirr]

Passengers get on and off the trains without trains pulling up at the station：

http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XMzgzODU2NzY=/v.swf

The future is right，the future is orange。：-）

 

[Methu_Xie]

这楼···一说到这些酸民们通通都不进来·····················

 

[sweetgrape]

Wuhan Base for High speed train.

Guangzhou

East Railway Station of Zhengzhou

Plan of High speed rail

 

[cirr]

The two spans of the Anqing Yangtze River Bridge was successfully joined on Dec 19th, it has the longest span for any four track suspension bridges in the world. It serves as a crucial river crossing point of the 257km Nanjing-Anqing HSR, which is set to open in July 2014.

Construction of the Zhengzhou-Xuzhou PDL officially started today on 26.12.2012 without any ceremony, staff pledged to maintain schedule and quality control then proceeded to start their various duties.

The line is 361.9km long with a design speed of 350km/h, construction time frame is 48 months. It has no tunnels but over 90% of the line will be on viaducts.

http://finance.chinanews.com/cj/2012/12-26/4438892.shtml

 

[djsjs]

这楼···一说到这些酸民们通通都不进来·····················

what do you want them to say? they had never have a chance to see a real high speed train.not to mention having an experience of HSR travaling.it is far from their real life.

 

[cirr]

这楼···一说到这些酸民们通通都不进来·····················

The usual howling crowds are conspicuously absent.

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

World's longest fast train line opens in China
The Associated Press, Beijing | World | Wed, December 26 2012, 9:22 PM

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a high-speed train G802 leaves for Beijing from Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, on Wednesday. China has opened the world's longest high-speed rail line, which runs 2,298 kilometers (1,428 miles) from the country's capital in the north to Guangzhou, an economic hub in the Pearl River delta in southern China. (AP/Xinhua, Wang Xiao)

China on Wednesday opened the world's longest high-speed rail line that more than halves the time required to travel from the country's capital in the north to Guangzhou, an economic hub in southern China.

The opening of the 2,298 kilometer (1,428 mile)-line was commemorated by the 9 a.m. departure of a train from Beijing for Guangzhou. Another train left Guangzhou for Beijing an hour later.

China has massive resources and considerable prestige invested in its showcase high-speed railways program.

But it has in recent months faced high-profile problems: part of a line collapsed in central China after heavy rains in March, while a bullet train crash in the summer of 2011 killed 40 people. The former railway minister, who spearheaded the bullet train's construction, and the ministry's chief engineer, were detained in an unrelated corruption investigation months before the crash.

Trains on the latest high-speed line will initially run at 300 kph (186 mph) with a total travel time of about eight hours. Before, the fastest time between the two cities by train was more than 20 hours.

The line also makes stops in major cities along the way, including provincial capitals Shijiazhuang, Wuhan and Changsha.

More than 150 pairs of high-speed trains will run on the new line every day, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing the Ministry of Railways.

Railway is an essential part in China's transportation system, and the government plans to build a grid of high-speed railways with four east-west lines and four north-south lines by 2020.

The opening of the new line brings the total distance covered by China's high-speed railway system to more than 9,300 km (5,800 miles) - about half its 2015 target of 18,000 km.

Congrats to China

 

[cirr]

Plan of High speed rail

The “4-vertical、4-lateral” network shown here is a half story of the Nation‘s high-speed rail ambition。It is the framework within and around which the complete system will be built with in-fills such as the Hangzhou—Nanjing HSR，and the “thoroughbred” trunklines such as Guangzhou-Guiyang HSR and Lanzhou-Urumqi HSR。

 

[beijingwalker]

it's today's yahoo headline news with a top large picture, hundreds of comments after this yahoo news,it seems it becomes a huge news in US,Check it out.

World's longest fast train line opens in China - Yahoo! News

 

[beijingwalker]

京广高铁商务舱座椅被曝造价23万

The manufacturing cost of one business class seat is 230,000Yuan(around37,000 dollers),more expensive than a nice car.

 

[huskie]

A first class airplane seat is priced at 600,000 RMB, that is almost triple the price of the best train seat.
The vast profit from the airplane seats goes to the European or Americans, and the train seats are manufactured by Chinese companies.

The manufacturing cost of one business class seat is 230,000Yuan(around37,000 dollers),more expensive than a nice car.

 

[ChinaToday]

Passengers get on and off the trains without trains pulling up at the station：

http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XMzgzODU2NzY=/v.swf

The future is right，the future is orange。：-）

The future is bright , the future is china