Category Archives: HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY
(929) Railways between Chengdu and Chongqing ‘testaments of times’ – YouTube
High Speed Train Worldwide: Length, Speed, Operation Regions
High speed trains are running in 16 countries/regions worldwide including China, Japan & France with a total track length of 30,000km and a maximum speed of 350km/h.
Source: High Speed Train Worldwide: Length, Speed, Operation Regions
China’s railways mileage tops 100,000 km – Xinhua | English.news.cn
BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — China’s railways network topped 100,000 km in total mileage on Saturday, as several new high-speed rail links started operations ahead of one of the busiest travel seasons next month.The newly opened links include the Xiamen-Shenzhen railway, Xi’an-Baoji railway, Chongqing-Lichuan railway, and others in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and have a combined mileage of 2,000 km.Of the 100,000 km of track, more than 10,000 km are highspeed, said Hu Yadong, vice general manager of the China Railway Corporation.
Source: China’s railways mileage tops 100,000 km – Xinhua | English.news.cn
Kenya inks new deal to extend China-funded high speed railway – People’s Daily Online
he Kenyan government on Saturday signed a new agreement that will extend the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway (SGR) line to Naivasha, a town lies about 120 kms northwest of the capital. The deal was signed by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBR) and Kenya Railways during a Cabinet Steering Committee on SGR meeting chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Source: Kenya inks new deal to extend China-funded high speed railway – People’s Daily Online
$242 Billion High-Speed Beijing-Moscow Rail Link Approved
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin attend the opening ceremony of the “Year of Chinese Tourism in Russia” at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow. Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/REUTERS
A social media post, published by Beijing’s municipal government yesterday, finally confirmed that China are to go ahead with plans to build a multi-billion dollar high-speed rail link between Beijing and Moscow. The line aims will provide super fast transport across Central Asia and will compete with the Trans-Siberian Railway, cutting travel time between the two countries from six days to two, according to the government’s post on social media website Weibo.
Source: $242 Billion High-Speed Beijing-Moscow Rail Link Approved
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Railway linking China, ASEAN becomes operational｜WCT
A railway that links southwest China’s Yunnan province with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries became operational on Saturday after seven years of construction, local railway authorities said. The railway between Yuxi and Mengzi is part of the eastern line of the planned Pan-Asia Railway network. The 141-km railway has a designed maximum speed of 120 km per hour. It passes through 35 tunnels and crosses 61 bridges, which together account for almost 55% of the eastern line’s total length.
Source: Railway linking China, ASEAN becomes operational｜WCT
CHINA AND TRANS-ASIAN RAIL
Sneak Peek at the New Urumqi High Speed Rail Station
Urumqi to Beijing in 15 hours. Urumqi to Shanghai in less than 20 hours. Average speed of 350 km/hr (220 mph). An investment of 143 billion yuan. This is the new Urumqi high speed rail station. It’s the world’s longest high-speed rail line and the first half was opened in November 2014. This has the potential to completely change the face of Xinjiang travel and commerce. Consider this: it was only a century ago that such a journey by famous European explorers was measured in months, not hours.
Source: Sneak Peek at the New Urumqi High Speed Rail Station
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