CHINA | Railways

[Rail1435]

US is exactly the opposite as Switzerland: 99% is electrified.

[hmmwv]

Originally Posted by big-dog

Where is US?

The only thing I can think of is the Northeast Corridor.

[big-dog]

12.11 Xiangtang-Putian Railway (向莆铁路) tracklaying completed, opening in September 2013

Length: 635.861km
Design Speed: 200km/h
Stations: 24

Xiangtang-Putian Railway connects Jiangxi Province directly to Fujian Province, providing a 3-hour seaport access to inland province of Jiangxi. With its opening Nanchang to Fuzhou's travel time will be reduced from current 11 hours to 3.5 hours.



--xinhuant

[big-dog]

12.11 Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway (厦深铁路) to open in October 2013

Length: 502km
Design Speed: 200km/h
Stations: 24
Time table:
April 2013 Track-laying completes
July 15th 2013 Trial run
October 2013 Opens

The most difficult part, 9888m Liangshan Tunnel project has completed on Nov 24th. The Xiamn-Shenzhen Railway will reduce the two city's rail travel time from 13.5 hours to 3 hours.



--Chinadaily

[FM 2258]

13 hours to 3 hours!!! Damn! These new high speed railways are making travel so much simpler throughout the country. 350km/h line would be better but 200km/h is still pretty fast for overland travel.

[CoCoMilk]

wow....those are good amount of time being saved.

[hmmwv]

Remember those are not PDLs and not considered high speed rail in China, they will run 200km/h CRH trains but also conventional trains including freight.

[big-dog]

Originally Posted by FM 2258

13 hours to 3 hours!!! Damn! These new high speed railways are making travel so much simpler throughout the country. 350km/h line would be better but 200km/h is still pretty fast for overland travel.

There's no direct rail connctions between the two cities before so it take a long time by rail.

The Xiamen-Shenzhen line is being built to give capacity of upgrading to 250km/h.

[big-dog]

Originally Posted by hmmwv

Remember those are not PDLs and not considered high speed rail in China, they will run 200km/h CRH trains but also conventional trains including freight.

Just curious: why can't HSR be used for express frieight? isn't it more convenient to use HSR than flight to ship express mails/cargo?

[XAN_]

Originally Posted by big-dog

Just curious: why can't HSR be used for express frieight? isn't it more convenient to use HSR than flight to ship express mails/cargo?

It's already used in France - https://www.google.com.ua/search?q=T...Dc3OswaTxICwBg

[hmmwv]

Originally Posted by big-dog

Just curious: why can't HSR be used for express frieight? isn't it more convenient to use HSR than flight to ship express mails/cargo?

Cargo load/unload time is significantly longer than passengers, and a HSR container train has yet to be developed. However Chinese logistics companies have already explored using HSR as a mean of package delivery. For example SF Express is currently doing trials of running parcel services using CRH trains.

[hmmwv]

Some Yunan-Vietnam railway pics, not sure whether it's been posted here before.

[yaohua2000]

The first train will depart from Fuyuan on December 18 at 15:00 for Harbin East.

[chornedsnorkack]

Originally Posted by yaohua2000

The first train will depart from Fuyuan on December 18 at 15:00 for Harbin East.

Where is Fuyuan station located relative to Khabarovsk?

[yaohua2000]

Originally Posted by chornedsnorkack

Where is Fuyuan station located relative to Khabarovsk?

50 km

[yaohua2000]

Shenzhen East Railway Station to open tomorrow.

[chornedsnorkack]

Originally Posted by yaohua2000

Shenzhen East Railway Station to open tomorrow.

How did opening of Buji Station between Shenzhen and Zhangmutou affect the D train travel time?

[Woonsocket54]

http://www.sznews.com/photo/content/...nt_7528650.htm

[FM 2258]

Great pictures. I presume that that Shenzhen to Tianjin train will take a loooong time to get to Tianjin.

[Restless]

The Silk Railroad of China-Europe Trade

Multinationals operating in China have been setting up factories deep in the interior in search of affordable labor. The drawback: These plants can be more than a thousand kilometers (621 miles) from the coast. For companies exporting to Europe—still one of the largest markets for Chinese goods—shipping by air from Chongqing or other inland cities is too expensive. Trucking or carrying goods by train to the ports of Shanghai or Shenzhen’s Yantian and then shipping them to Western Europe can take 40 days.
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Shipping one container by train costs about $10,000, one-third the price of air transit, Prophet says. Although the train is about twice the cost of shipping by sea, it takes only 21 days for products from a factory in Chongqing to reach Western Europe by rail. The carbon footprint of rail, meanwhile, is about one-thirtieth that of air freight.


Full Article Below
http://www.businessweek.com/articles...a-europe-trade