CRH (China Railway Highspeed) 中国高速铁路

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Meilan Railway Station platforms, Hainan Province

It looks like a city metro platform. Meilan Railway Station is built right underneath the Meilan Interational Airport.



by 中华火车迷部落

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Two very interesting economy reports on Chinese HSR from World Bank. It puts on facts and analyses the economic benefit of this hugh investment on a wider scope. The data are a bit out of date but it's worth reading overall.

Jan 2013. High-Speed Rail, Regional Economics, and Urban Development in China

Feb 2012. High-Speed Rail – The First Three Years: Taking the Pulse of China’s Emerging Program

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3.28 Test run on Nanjing-Hangzhou and Hangzhou-Ningbo HSR

The testing train completed the trip from Nanjing-Ningbo in 95 minutes (300km/h).



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[chornedsnorkack]

Originally Posted by big-dog

Jan 2013. High-Speed Rail, Regional Economics, and Urban Development in China

Feb 2012. High-Speed Rail – The First Three Years: Taking the Pulse of China’s Emerging Program

Note how both of them shower abundant praise on Changchun-Jilin high speed railway. It is 1) designed with termini in central cities, so that the limited time saved is not wasted on getting out of station, and
2) it is 200 km/h line, and priced accordingly, which means it has the same price as bus but much faster, which is why it could wipe out existing buses, which comparably long Beijing-Tianjin high speed railway with double the ticket price of buses could not do.

So, should such 200 km/h railway lines at convenient station locations and affordable prices be built elsewhere in China?

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The sections on Agglomeration are indeed interesting. It is absolutely true that transport users view access times and interchanges more harshly than in vehicle time, both because of an inability to work and added uncertainty as a result of longer and more complex access.

[big-dog]

Originally Posted by chornedsnorkack

Note how both of them shower abundant praise on Changchun-Jilin high speed railway. It is 1) designed with termini in central cities, so that the limited time saved is not wasted on getting out of station, and
2) it is 200 km/h line, and priced accordingly, which means it has the same price as bus but much faster, which is why it could wipe out existing buses, which comparably long Beijing-Tianjin high speed railway with double the ticket price of buses could not do.

I would add 3) it passes the airport and provides airport rail transits for two major cities at the same time. the airport station was built right under the new terminal 2 (U/C).

[:jax:]

Yes, this all looks like best practices to me. Would have wished Beijing and Tianjin had done the same... Shanghai seems to have done better, not so sure about the Pearl River cities.

[chornedsnorkack]

Originally Posted by :jax:

Yes, this all looks like best practices to me. Would have wished Beijing and Tianjin had done the same... Shanghai seems to have done better, not so sure about the Pearl River cities.

Zhuhai Gongbei station was opened in December. Although Zhuhai-Guangzhou railway line is too slow at 160 km/h - counting the stops, buses and private cars may compete.

Longhua-Futian high speed railway is under construction. How is the progress, and when shall Futian station open?

But neither Shenzhen airport nor Guangzhou New Baiyun airport is on a high speed railway.

[Pansori]

Originally Posted by chornedsnorkack

Zhuhai Gongbei station was opened in December. Although Zhuhai-Guangzhou railway line is too slow at 160 km/h -

Did I miss something? Wasn't Guangzhou-Zhuhai meant to be 200km/h?

[chornedsnorkack]

Originally Posted by Pansori

Did I miss something? Wasn't Guangzhou-Zhuhai meant to be 200km/h?

Yes, but on 2nd Slowdown Campaign, the 200 km/h lines were supposed to be slowed down to 160 km/h.

However, the fastest trains Guangzhou-Xiaolan now cover 45 km in 18 minutes. The average of 150 km/h including acceleration/deceleration suggests that the trains do exceed 160 km/h.

[Pansori]

Originally Posted by chornedsnorkack

Yes, but on 2nd Slowdown Campaign, the 200 km/h lines were supposed to be slowed down to 160 km/h.

However, the fastest trains Guangzhou-Xiaolan now cover 45 km in 18 minutes. The average of 150 km/h including acceleration/deceleration suggests that the trains do exceed 160 km/h.

Did all 200km/h lines were slowed down to 160km/h? What about Guangshen railway?

[chornedsnorkack]

Originally Posted by Pansori

Did all 200km/h lines were slowed down to 160km/h? What about Guangshen railway?

Guangzhou-Shenzhen railway takes 26 minutes nonstop Guangzhou East to Shilong, 61 km. That makes 141 km/h average nonstop.

[Pansori]

Originally Posted by chornedsnorkack

Guangzhou-Shenzhen railway takes 26 minutes nonstop Guangzhou East to Shilong, 61 km. That makes 141 km/h average nonstop.

But that doesn't say much because it's a very short distance. It used to peak at 200km/h max. in some stretches. Did that get affected by the slowdown in any way?

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4.21 Harbin-Dalian HSR start summer time-space diagram



by @CNR轨道交通前线

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CRH6 at Guangzhou South Station



by 高铁见闻

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An good article and video on CNN on Chinese HSRs,

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/11/tr...igh-speed-rail