Chinese Railway Development News

[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 Xiamn-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

[chornedsnorkack]

Originally Posted by big-dog

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.

As of September 2013, what shall be the best train time Nanchang to Nanjing?

[Cosmicbliss]

bigdog, with time taken to travel from one part of china to another reducing dramatically, is there a huge rise in domestic tourism? Are people moving around a lot more?

[big-dog]

It already happened many years ago when expressways were built everywhere (most people travel by road) and all people afford to travel around. The bad effect is that all good travel destinations in the east are filled with crowd everyday and almost not worthy to go

[big-dog]

22 Dec, 2012, 04.46PM IST, PTI

China opens $962 million border railway with Kazakhstan

BEIJING: The rail line comprised of 292-km section in China and the remaining 293-km section in Kazakhstan. They were joined at the Korgas Pass in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Construction of the Chinese side of the railway cost $962 million, railway officials said.

The rail line is expected to ease the burden of the Alataw trade pass, where the first China-Central Asia railway traverses. It handles 15.6 million tonnes of train-laden cargo a year.

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[big-dog]

--weibo.com

[stoneybee]

Originally Posted by big-dog

--weibo.com

Do you know exactly where this line is located? Much appreciated !!! and many thanks.

[big-dog]

It's located on the nortwest corner of the map, in the circled area.

[big-dog]

Guangzhou - Zhuhai Railway is finally openned

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From Guangzhou Daily:

广珠铁路开通 改写珠江口西岸无货运铁路历史

新闻摘要： 广珠铁路的开通将有效破解广州至佛山、江门、珠海等珠三角西岸城市的物流瓶颈，与公路运输相比采用铁路运输可降低20%物流成本，沿途外贸企业或生产加工企业将从中获益。

途经广州佛山江门珠海四市 改变珠江口西岸无货运铁路历史

本报珠海讯 （记者陈治家）昨日11时28分，一辆满载着3000吨煤的货运列车从珠海高栏港驶出，标志着广珠铁路正式投入使用。全国人大华侨委员会副主任委员、广东省原省长黄华华，省委常委、珠海市委书记李嘉，省人大常委会党组副书记雷于蓝，省人大常委会副主任邓维龙，老领导梁广大以及广铁集团领导现场见证了首列货运专列的发车。



广珠铁路是国铁I级电气化铁路，设计时速120公里/小时，年运量6000万吨。线路自国家铁路大动脉京广线、华南最大的编组站江村编组站南端双线引出，终于高栏港站，全长189.376km，途经广州、佛山、江门、珠海四市，设大田、官窑、丹灶、鹤山、江门南、古井、斗门、珠海西、高栏港等9个车站，江村编组站至江门南站（含）双线，江门南站至高栏港站单线。

广珠铁路是全国为数不多的直接建到港区的货运铁路，目的是“下火车装轮船、下轮船装火车”，实现以港兴市，带动珠海以及沿线城市大发展的目标。珠海西站则是广珠铁路全线规模最大的一个站点。

广珠铁路投入运行后，将承担广州铁路枢纽西部通道的功能，改变珠江口西岸无货运铁路的状况，使珠江三角洲西翼地区能够更充分地发挥背靠内陆广大腹地、面对港澳的地缘优势，以广珠铁路为枢纽，加强与澳门的全方位合作，实现粤澳两地共同发展、共同繁荣。

广东省物价局已批准对广珠铁路实行试行运价，整车货物不分类别每吨公里0.25元；集装箱货物20英尺箱4.8元/箱公里，40英尺箱9.6元/箱公里，企业自备空箱按重箱费率的40%计算；允许广珠铁路有限责任公司根据市场变化情况，在上述基准运价基础上适度浮动。

中山大学港澳珠江三角洲研究中心袁持平教授认为，广珠铁路承担着沿线城市至全国各地大宗货物运输的重任，是珠三角西翼的主要运输通道之一，通车后将使珠三角西翼的企业货畅其流，完善区域综合交通体系，带动珠江三角洲西翼经济快速、平衡地发展，推动整个广东省乃至泛珠三角区域的经济发展。

广珠铁路百年梦圆

1904年11月，清政府与葡萄牙在上海签订合作修建“中葡广澳铁路合同”，从广州修铁路经珠海进入澳门，后因种种原因没有付诸实施

1993年，国务院批准广珠铁路立项

1997年，广珠铁路开工

1999年，因资金缺乏被迫停工

2007年9月25日，国家发改委批复同意广珠铁路复工；次日，建设动员大会召开

2012年12月29日，广珠铁路正式建成通车

物流成本可降20%

珠海一家物流公司负责人说，广珠铁路的开通将有效破解广州至佛山、江门、珠海等珠三角西岸城市的物流瓶颈，与公路运输相比采用铁路运输可降低20%物流成本，沿途外贸企业或生产加工企业将从中获益。

实现海铁大联运

珠海港鑫和码头是珠三角地区最大的干散货码头，广珠铁路通车后，新建铁路高栏港疏港铁路专用线将从高栏港站联通到码头，无缝连接的海铁联运大通道将打开。

将连通4条大动脉

未来还将有4条交通大动脉衔接广珠铁路：已开工的贵广高铁、南广高铁将在三水附近与广珠铁路接轨；准备开工的南沙港铁路将与广珠铁路在鹤山接轨；计划上马的沿海铁路将与广珠铁路在江门接轨。

(编辑： 黄嘉瑜)

http://news.dayoo.com/guangzhou/2012...7_28170963.htm

Courtesy gdolniak

[big-dog]

Jan-9 Reuters: Chinese Ministry of Railway (MOR) will be merged into Ministry of Tranport (MOT).

Link

[Cosmicbliss]

bigdog, will the move help? What are its implications of merging MOR into MOT?

Also, what does the Chinese on the red board of the train in the Kazakhastan picture say?

[big-dog]

Originally Posted by Cosmicbliss

bigdog, will the move help? What are its implications of merging MOR into MOT?

to reduce redundency and bureaucracy, centralize the management of rail, aviation and road/waterway transport. Especially with current expansion of expressways, airports and HSR it will improve coordination and efficiency of logistics, people transportation and project planning and constructions.

Originally Posted by Cosmicbliss

Also, what does the Chinese on the red board of the train in the Kazakhastan picture say?

It says "Congratulaion of the opening and first train of Korgas and Atengkeli"

[Cosmicbliss]

Originally Posted by big-dog

to reduce redundency and bureaucracy, centralize the management of rail, aviation and road/waterway transport. Especially with current expansion of expressways, airports and HSR it will improve coordination and efficiency of logistics, people transportation and project planning and constructions.



It says "Congratulaion of the opening and first train of Korgas and Atengkeli"

How easy is to book railway tickets online? Do you get train tickets, either offline or online easily especially during the lunar holiday?

[big-dog]

I liked to buy HSR tickets from Ctrip (http://trains.ctrip.com/), it's quick and convenient (www.12306.cn is the MOR official ticketing site but its very slow last lunar new year and received harsh critisizing, I don't know how things are going this year though).

I also purchase train tickets from the ticket agent counters across the city. They charge extra 5 yuan but they have so many sites so they are very accessible everywhere.

[Cosmicbliss]

Here in India its very tough to get tickets during the peak season and often tough even outside it. You dont get tickets easily. Is it same in China?

[big-dog]

In China it's been in similar situation for decades (particularly during Spring Haul). The root cause is that demand is larger than supply. Hope the new HSRs/Expressways can resolve this issue from recent years on.

[big-dog]

1.16 Chengdu-Shanghai direct train opens

This is the fastest train between Chengdu and Shanghai, shortening the previous travel time by 8 hours.



--Weibo.com

[hakz2007]

Railway companies' microblogs create convenience for travelers

On Tuesday, online train ticket website 12306.com was visited by 17 million users fighting to get train tickets back home during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday.

However, fewer than 2.7 million tickets were available to be purchased from the site that day, with most of the tickets sold within minutes.

Such imbalances in supply and demand during the annual holiday travel rush have resulted in significant complaints and criticism directed at railway authorities.

Although railway authorities have long been criticized for being impersonal and out-of-touch, efforts by some rail companies to use microblogs to connect with their customers have started to prove useful.

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[big-dog]

1.20 Fengtai-Shacheng railway in snow



--sina weibo