China Mega projects

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Huadian to invest in Hebei

2008-11-6

CHINA Huadian Corp, one of China's five largest power producers, plans to invest more than 50 billion yuan (US$7.3 billion) in an energy project in the northern province of Hebei.

China Huadian signed an agreement with the city of Tangshan on October 30 to construct a project covering ports, power plants and coal-to-chemicals projects at the Caofeidian port in Tangshan, the Beijing-based company said on its Website.

The annual production value of the whole project could reach 20 to 30 billion yuan (US$2.9-4.4 billion) on completion.

"It heralds a new era of our cooperation with Tangshan," Li Qingkui, Huadian Group deputy general manager, said.

It is the last of the five top power generators to invest in major comprehensive projects integrating coal, power, harbor and transport following China Huaneng Group, China Datang Corp, China Guodian Corp and China Power Investment Corp.

China Huadian Corp recorded losses of 2.65 billion yuan in the first half as it was hit by soaring coal prices and government control of electricity prices, as well as the country's tight monetary policy.

Losses by the country's top five power companies reached 21.4 billion yuan in the first nine months.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article...&type=Business

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Shanghai Yangshan deep-water port

Cost : Total cost $18 billions
Project duration : 2002- 2020

THE Yangshan Deep Water Port is full steam ahead and on track for Shanghai's goal of making the city an international shipping hub.

The project's developer plans more auxiliary facilities and value-added businesses.

Phase III-B, the final phase of the project's main northern development, is due to be operational this December, bringing the port's annual designed handling capacity to 9.3 million 20-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) with 16 berths.

Construction on the project's new western section would start next year and the section would be gradually put into use from 2010 through 2013, said Liu Zuoliang, chairman of the Shanghai Tongsheng Investment Group, which started to develop the deep water port in 2002.

The western development will include 10 to 12 berths in relatively shallower water, with designed annual capacity of 7 million TEUs.

Phaes I and II have been completed. By 2020, the port will operate over 50 deepwater berths.[/SIZE][/B]







34 km long Donghai Bridge linking the Yangshan Port to mainland Shanghai

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Qinghai-Tibet Railway

Duration : 2001-2006 (completed)
Cost : $4.2bn

1,100km (750-mile) long rail line, 5,072m (16,600ft) above sea level

[Whiteeclipse]

Any chance they are going to replace the train to Tibet with a faster train?

and thanks for posting the videos, I think it's true what that guy said, people of Shanghai know the biggest Chinese port is being built in their city which they are pride of that while the people of California don't know the biggest American port is located in Los Angeles and they don't care either.

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Hangzhou Bay Bridge

Cost : $1.5 billions
Duration : 2003-2007 (Completed)

The bridge itself is 35.673 kilometres (22 miles) long with six expressway lanes in two directions. The bridge has two main spans, with a 448-metre (1,470 ft) northern span, and a 318-metre (1,043 ft) southern span.[3] The designated speed is 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph), and the designed longevity is more than 100 years. Orthotropic steel deck is used on its main spans and five ramp bridges, and was paved with 50 millimetres (2.0 in) epoxy asphalt concrete. The bridge is shaped in an 'S', presumably so that the annual Silver Dragon (a particularly strong tidal wave [1]) is minimally affected. The length of the bridge is decorated with flashing lights of different colors to distract from drowsiness, and keep attention on the road instead. This is also the real reason for 'S' shape.

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Three Gorges Dam

Cost : 180 billion yuan (39 billion U.S. dollars)
Duration : 1994-2012

The dam wall is made of concrete and is about 2,309 metres (7,575 ft) long, and 101 metres (331 ft) high. The wall is 115 metres (377.3 ft) thick on the bottom and 40 metres (131.2 ft) thick on top. The project used 27,200,000 cubic metres (35,600,000 cu yd) of concrete, 463,000 tonnes of steel, enough to build 63 Eiffel Towers, and moved about 102,600,000 cubic metres (1.342E+8 cu yd) of earth.

When the water level is maximum at 175 metres (574 ft) over sea level (91 metres (299 ft) above river level), the reservoir created by the Three Gorges Dam is about 660 kilometres (410 mi) in length and 1.12 kilometres (0.70 mile) in width on average, and contains 39.3 cu km (9.43 cubic miles) of water.The total surface area of the reservoir is 1045 km². The reservoir will flood a total area of 632 km² of land compared to the 1,350 km² of reservoir created by the Itaipu Dam. The Three Gorges Dam reservoir is longer than the 560 kilometres (348 mi) length of Lake Superior, but only 1.1 % of the surface area of the lake (82,400 km²) and about 1/700 of the volume of the lake (28700 cu km).

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Originally Posted by Whiteeclipse

Any chance they are going to replace the train to Tibet with a faster train?

and thanks for posting the videos, I think it's true what that guy said, people of Shanghai know the biggest Chinese port is being built in their city which they are pride of that while the people of California don't know the biggest American port is located in Los Angeles and they don't care either.

No, demand isn't there for a higher speed train, and likely never will. Anyway, it's already pretty fast at 160km/h, making it faster will bring very low return on investment, since Tibet isn't really a destination for many people except for tourists, who probably would prefer the medium-speed "journey" through the beautiful scenery afforded by the current speed of the train.

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Originally Posted by Whiteeclipse

Any chance they are going to replace the train to Tibet with a faster train?

and thanks for posting the videos, I think it's true what that guy said, people of Shanghai know the biggest Chinese port is being built in their city which they are pride of that while the people of California don't know the biggest American port is located in Los Angeles and they don't care either.

Faster trains carry many implications; economically and structurally, the train speed I think is designated specifically for the structural design of the railway, positioned in the Tibet plateau, the structure itself is already coping with extreme conditions of that area, speeding up the train will add more physical phenomenons to the structure such as vibration (resonance). And from the economic aspect, I think Barbaric already made that clear. Perhaps, some tourits prefer a slow train so they can take a full glimpse of the plateau. As the train ascends higher above sea level, the air gets thinner and oxygen partial pressure is lower and that cause drowsiness and dizziness (I think I read somewhere before that a female passenger on this train suffered from this), so maybe a slower trains would give the body more time for acclimatization.

Just my 2 cents

Have a good day.

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Tianjin-Baoding railway

Cost : 24 billion yuan (about $3.52 billion)
Duration : 2009-


TIANJIN -- Work will start in the first half of 2009 on a high-speed railway connecting Tianjin, a port city on the Bohai Sea, and Baoding, a city in central Hebei Province, it was announced at a meeting here on Saturday.

The meeting, in the Binhai New Area, was attended by officials from the Ministry of Railways, Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province.
The line will be 145 km long, with trains running up to 250 km per hour,according to the Ministry of Railways. The link will cost 24 billion yuan (about $3.52 billion), but no detailed financial plans are yet available.

There is no rail link at present, only a freeway. The line will create a route linking Tianjin, the largest port city in north China, and the vast central and western areas of China, said a ministry official.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_7187756.htm

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Tianjin-Qinhuangdao Highspeed Railway

Length: 261km
Design Speed: 350km/h
Cost: 33.8 Billion Yuan
Duration: 2008-2012


http://www.sina.com.cn

2008年11月08日16:35 新华网

　　新华网天津11月8日电 (记者 王晔彪 齐中熙) 天津至秦皇岛铁路客运专线开工动员大会8日在天津市滨海新区举行。津秦铁路客运专线正线全长261公里，设计时速350公里，单向输送能力每年8000万人次。

　　据悉，该项目投资估算总额为338亿元，由铁道部和天津市、河北省合资建设，建设总工期4年。津秦铁路客运专线全线设计桥梁与隧道总长度占线路总长的67.6%，沿线大量采取吸、隔声屏障降噪措施或减振措施，减少了列车运行对环境的影响。

　　中国铁道部有关负责人指出，津秦铁路通道地处环渤海地区，连接华北和东北，是中国铁路网主通道之一。建设津秦铁路客运专线，实现客货分线运输，在充分释放既有京山线能力，有效缓解运输能力紧张状况，确保东北地区煤炭、石油、木材、粮食等大宗物资出关以及港口、口岸货物运输的同时，能够大大缩短东北与关内广大地区和沿线城市之间的时空距离，增进经济、文化和技术交流，进一步提升铁路运输服务质量。

　　津秦铁路客运专线北连秦沈客运专线，西连京津城际铁路，南接在建的京沪高速铁路，建成后可以形成贯通东北与华北、华东、中南地区快速客运通道，形成运力强大、便捷高效、节能环保的运输网络，对促进天津滨海新区和唐山、秦皇岛两市的开发建设，推动环渤海地区经济社会又好又快发展，促进振兴东北老工业基地战略的实施，实现全面建设小康社会的战略目标具有十分重要的意义。

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Tianjin Xinhua on November 8 (Reporter Wang Biao Ye Qi-hee in) to Tianjin, Qinhuangdao railway passenger line to start the mobilization of the General Assembly on the 8th to be held in Tianjin Binhai New Area. Jin Qin passenger rail line is a total length of 261 km line, the design speed of 350 km, one-way transmission capacity of 80,000,000 passengers per year.

It is reported that the total project investment estimated 338 billion yuan by the Ministry of Railways and the Tianjin Municipality, Hebei Province, construction of a joint venture to build a total 4-year period. Jin Qin passenger rail line across the board design of the bridge and the total length of the tunnel accounted for 67.6 percent of the total length of line, take along a large number of smoke, noise barriers or noise damping measures to reduce the trains run on the environment.

China's Railway Ministry pointed out that Jin Qin railway crossing located in the Bohai Sea region, connecting north and northeast, the Chinese railway network is one of the main channel. Jin Qin construction of the railway passenger transport line, the realization of passenger and cargo transport sub-lines, both in the full release of Jingshan line capacity to effectively ease the tension transport capacity to ensure that the northeast coal, oil, timber, grain and other bulk goods, as well as a customs port, Port Cargo Transport At the same time, be able to significantly reduce the clearance between the Northeast and in the vast region between the cities and along the distance of time and space to promote economic, cultural and technological exchanges, to further improve the railway transport service quality.

Jin Qin passenger rail line north Qinshen, west of Beijing-Tianjin inter-city railway, built in the south of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, was able to form a link between the Northeast and North China, East China and South Africa regional rapid passenger access, capacity to form a strong, Convenient and efficient, energy saving and environmental protection of the network is conducive to the promotion of Tangshan and Tianjin Binhai New Area, the development and construction of Qinhuangdao city, the Bohai Sea area to promote economic and social development of fast and good to promote the revitalization of old industrial bases in northeast implementation of the strategy of building a comprehensive well-off The strategic objectives of the community is of great significance.

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Originally Posted by Whiteeclipse

Tianjin Xinhua on November 8 (Reporter Wang Biao Ye Qi-hee in) to Tianjin, Qinhuangdao railway passenger line to start the mobilization of the General Assembly on the 8th to be held in Tianjin Binhai New Area. Jin Qin passenger rail line is a total length of 261 km line, the design speed of 350 km, one-way transmission capacity of 80,000,000 passengers per year.

It is reported that the total project investment estimated 338 billion yuan by the Ministry of Railways and the Tianjin Municipality, Hebei Province, construction of a joint venture to build a total 4-year period. Jin Qin passenger rail line across the board design of the bridge and the total length of the tunnel accounted for 67.6 percent of the total length of line, take along a large number of smoke, noise barriers or noise damping measures to reduce the trains run on the environment.

China's Railway Ministry pointed out that Jin Qin railway crossing located in the Bohai Sea region, connecting north and northeast, the Chinese railway network is one of the main channel. Jin Qin construction of the railway passenger transport line, the realization of passenger and cargo transport sub-lines, both in the full release of Jingshan line capacity to effectively ease the tension transport capacity to ensure that the northeast coal, oil, timber, grain and other bulk goods, as well as a customs port, Port Cargo Transport At the same time, be able to significantly reduce the clearance between the Northeast and in the vast region between the cities and along the distance of time and space to promote economic, cultural and technological exchanges, to further improve the railway transport service quality.

Jin Qin passenger rail line north Qinshen, west of Beijing-Tianjin inter-city railway, built in the south of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, was able to form a link between the Northeast and North China, East China and South Africa regional rapid passenger access, capacity to form a strong, Convenient and efficient, energy saving and environmental protection of the network is conducive to the promotion of Tangshan and Tianjin Binhai New Area, the development and construction of Qinhuangdao city, the Bohai Sea area to promote economic and social development of fast and good to promote the revitalization of old industrial bases in northeast implementation of the strategy of building a comprehensive well-off The strategic objectives of the community is of great significance.

lol you translated it with babelfish ?

Anyway thank you very much for doing it.

[Whiteeclipse]

No, with google.

Your welcome

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Nanning-Guangzhou Railway

Cost : 41 billion yuan ($6 billion)
Duration : 54 months 2008-2013






Pictures : Posted by Big Dog


China starts construction of Nanning-Guangzhou railway

2008-11-10

Work began on Sunday on a high-speed rail link between Nanning and Guangzhou that will cut travel time between the two south China cities from almost 13 hours to three.

A ceremony was held in Wuzhou, a city in southwestern Guangxi, to mark the commencement on Sunday. Present at the function were local government authorities of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangdong Province, as well as Liu Zhijun, Minister of Railways.

The link will be 577.1 km long, of which 61 percent will be in Guangxi, and allow trains to run up to 200 km per hour. It will be completed in an estimated 54 months and cost about 41 billion yuan ($6 billion), according Chen Boshi, chief of Nanning Railways Administration.

The cost will be shared by the Ministry of Railways, Guangdong province and Guangxi, said Chen.

Guangdong province governor Huang Huahua said he hoped the link would advance the goal of a Pan-Pearl River Delta and help connect southeast China to members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Liu said the project was significant, as it came amid the world financial crisis and thus would help boost domestic demand.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchin...nt_7189998.htm

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Shanghai-Nanjing railway

Cost : 43.4-billion-yuan
Duration : 4 years

SHANGHAI: The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has approved a 39.45-billion-yuan ($5.52 billion) plan to build a high-speed passenger rail between Shanghai and Nanjing, the Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_6483529.htm


Although the cost was 39.45 initially but the cost has been raised due to the speed rise

]Shanghai-Nanjing city rail designing speed raised to 300kmh+

300km shanghai-Nanjing express rail has modified its design, elevated rail will increase from 50% to over 80%, speed rises from 200-250kmh to over 300kmh, same with newly built Beijing-Tianjin express rail.

Cost also raises 10% from 39.45 billion yuan.

http://csj.xinhuanet.com/2008-11/12/...t_14893381.htm

Posted by Big Dog.

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Accelerated Investment in Nuclear Power Stations - 95.5 Billion Yuan



【举措要点】１１月１２日召开的国务院常务会议，核准总投资９５５亿元的广东阳江核电工程和浙江秦山核电厂扩建工程。

【工程概况】广东阳江核电站一期工程建设６台百万千瓦级核电机组，总投资约７００亿元。１号机组将于２０１３年８月建成投入商业运营。６台机组将于２０１７年全部建设完成，每年可生产总计４５６亿千瓦时的清洁电力。作为中国广东核电集团的第二核电基地，阳江核电站不仅可以改善广东电力产业结构，满足广东电力负荷不断增长的需求，而且对国家正在实施的能源结构调整也具有积极的意义。

秦山核电厂扩建项目（方家山核电工程）总投资２６０亿元，规划建设两台百万千瓦级压水堆核电机组，工程将于２０１４年全面建成发电。秦山核电有限公司现在运营管理我国自行设计、自行建造和自己运行管理的第一座核电站。方家山核电工程建成后，将标志着秦山核电基地全面建成。加上二期、三期核电站，秦山核电基地总装机容量将达到６３０万千瓦，成为我国三大核电基地中开工建设最早、核反应堆堆型最丰富、核电国产化程度最高、投资比最具经济优势的核电基地。

【现场报道】记者杨霞在广东阳江报道：站在阳江核电工程工地南防波堤上眺望厂区，工地上，钩机、运输车辆来回穿梭，核岛、常规岛、厂区道路周围，工人们在紧张施工。正在核岛中心区进行施工的一位工程技术人员老李说，工人们正在为浇筑第一罐混凝土准备，每天在核岛中心区施工的人数达２００多人。

记者冯源发自浙江秦山核电站西侧的方家山厂址：经过核电建设者一年多的辛苦努力，“四通一平”的前期工程已经告竣，两座反应堆基坑也已经开挖完毕，悬挂有“实现秦山核电站新跨越”字样条幅的塔吊高高矗立在一旁。中核集团秦山核电有限公司分管扩建项目工程计划和工程管理的副总经理徐鹏飞说：“方家山核电工程建成后，秦山一期核电站将拥有１台３０万千瓦原型堆核电机组和２台１００万千瓦的先进国产化压水堆核电机组，实现自主管理运营核电从３０万到１００万千万的历史性跨越。”

【总体进展】阳江核电站自２００３年表土剥离以来，已完成各项前期准备工作，投入资金达４０亿元人民币，首台机组将在年底动工。据广东阳江发展和改革局副局长叶成青介绍，到明年３月，阳江核电工地施工人数可达到上万人，整个工程将为阳江地区提供４０００多个就业岗位。据了解，这里还将建设全国第一个核电产业园区，目前已启动研究核电产业园区的规划选址相关工作，规划面积达５平方公里。

浙江秦山核电厂扩建工程得到国务院的核准，意味着项目前期审批阶段的各项工作已经全部完成。据中核集团秦山核电有限公司分管扩建项目工程计划和工程管理的副总经理徐鹏飞介绍，下一步的主要工作是申请由国家核安全局颁发的建造许可证，实现在年内正式开工的目标。

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Grand Water Conservacy Projects - Worth Hundreds Billion Yuan

南水北调：中、东线一期工程建设进入新阶段
中国南水北调工程建设今年将全面提速
中国追加投资南水北调工程拉动内需提振经济

【举措要点】在国务院近日出台的扩大内需的１０项举措中，明确提出要“加快南水北调等重大水利工程建设”。１０月份，国务院已决定要加快南水北调中、东线一期工程建设进度，并审议通过南水北调东、中线一期工程可研总报告。以此为标志，南水北调工程建设进入全面展开的新阶段。

【工程概况】２００２年底开工建设的南水北调是世界上最大规模的调水工程，其首要任务是解决北方地区水资源严重短缺的问题，同时实现长江、黄河、淮河、海河四大流域水资源的合理配置。中线工程将从加坝扩容后的丹江口水库陶岔渠首闸引水，长江之水可调入北京。东线工程从长江下游扬州江都抽引长江水，主要向江苏和山东两省供水。据国务院南水北调工程建设委员会办公室主任张基尧介绍，按照国家的最新批复，东、中线一期工程可研阶段总投资升至２５４６亿元。根据“加快南水北调工程建设”的安排，今后几年将每年有几百亿元的资金投入。

【现场报道】记者张先国、朱剑敏、李明在湖北丹江口大坝报道：百米高的大坝把汉江拦腰截住，水库内烟波浩渺，蔚为壮观。南水北调的中线水源地是丹江口水库，南水北调中线水源工程由丹江口大坝加高、水库移民、陶岔枢纽三大项目组成。丹江口大坝高程要由１６２米抬高至１７６.６米，相应库容由１７４.５亿立方米增至２９０.６亿立方米，这是国内最大的大坝加高工程。除取水口的陶岔枢纽工程亟待启动开工外，另两个工程进展顺利。据南水北调中线水源有限责任公司副总经理齐耀华介绍，目前大坝５４个坝段有４３个已达到预定高程，预计在明年６月２０日之前，坝面将全线贯通；２万多人的首批试点移民工程资金已陆续到位，有望２００９年９月完成。

【总体进展】截至１０月底，南水北调东、中线一期工程累计下达投资３４３亿元，工程建设项目累计完成投资２２１亿元。目前实现的投资只占全部投资额的不到十分之一，在扩大内需的背景下，我国将大幅增加对南水北调工程的资金投入，目前中线一期天津干线等一批工程已全面开工。根据最新建设目标，东线一期工程建设目标为２０１３年通水；中线一期工程建设目标为２０１３年主体工程完工，２０１４年汛后通水。在未来一段时间，南水北调工程投入的巨大投资，将拉动沿线经济迅速发展。据估算，每年可直接拉动中国经济０．２至０．３个百分点，增加就业人口５０至６０万。（执笔记者：张旭东、程云杰、张先国）

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Nine railway projects in Hefei


九大铁路工程将在合肥兴建 全国重要铁路枢纽中心城市渐行渐近
http://www.railcn.net 中国铁路网 2008-11-15 16:10:45 【大 中 小】 网友评论
合肥晚报讯 近日国家出台扩大内需促进经济增长的十项措施，其中加快铁路建设是一项重要内容。按计划明后两年铁路建设及机车购置投资达2.3万亿元，合肥如何参与？记者昨从市发改委获悉，合肥至明年底前拟建九大铁路项目，随着
合肥晚报讯 近日国家出台扩大内需促进经济增长的十项措施，其中加快铁路建设是一项重要内容。按计划明后两年铁路建设及机车购置投资达2.3万亿元，合肥如何参与？记者昨从市发改委获悉，合肥至明年底前拟建九大铁路项目，随着这些项目的建成，合肥作为全国重要铁路枢纽中心城市的地位将形成。

两火车站将大手笔改造

　　合肥两大火车站改造项目将开始启动。其中，合肥西站站房南移项目按主站房1.1万平方米、广场4.2万平方米的规模设计，既有的西站将南移150米重建，项目投资额约为5000万元。项目建成后站房面积扩大一倍，容纳旅客可达3000人，还将配套建设出租车、公交车和社会车辆停靠广场，并新建作为城市景观广场之一的站前广场。在西站异地重建的同时，“断头”的望江西路可“跨”过铁路连通高新区。

　　此外，随着合宁铁路客运专线引入合肥火车站，今年底合武铁路客运专线也将引入该站，加上规划建设的合蚌客运专线，合肥火车站改造扩建工程即将启动。据悉，合肥站站房外立面改造将借鉴上海、南京、武汉等城市火车站建筑立面风格提升档次。在站房改造方面，建筑主体不改变，主要是改造内部结构，5个站台上方将改造成一个全钢结构的巨大波浪形顶棚，站台之间没有柱子且空间高，使空气更通畅、噪音更小、旅客通行换乘更快捷。目前，该项目方案正在进一步细化中。初步预计投资额约5亿元。

　　铁路南站后年完成搬迁工作

　　合肥铁路南站地区搬迁改造备受社会关注。目前，这项总投资约为16亿元项目的前期工作正在全面推进中，待铁道部可研报告批复下达后，拟于今年12月18日举行开工仪式。预计，2010年6月底前可完成南站地区的搬迁工作。

　　新建铁路沪汉蓉快速铁路引入合肥枢纽南环线工程项目，今年9月3日可研方案通过铁道部评审，10月底，线位定测已经展开。该项目投资估算约为80亿元，争取2009年一季度开工，2010年底建成。

　　建快速通道4小时抵京

　　随着一系列铁路项目的启动，合肥今后可以实现4小时到北京。据市发改委介绍，正在规划建设的合蚌铁路客运专线明年有望启动，该专线是合肥北上快速通道的重要组成部分，设计行车速度为200公里/小时以上。该项目投资估算为97.5亿元，总工期3.5年。目前，可研报告已报送国家发改委审批。

　　规划中的合肥地区铁路项目还有：宁西铁路南阳至合肥段改建项目，该项目设计投资估算总额为260多亿元，有望2010年开工，计划2013年12月竣工并投入使用。目前，该项目方案正在进一步细化中。根据今年3月铁道部和福建省政府签署的“新一轮铁路建设的会议纪要”，将建设从京沪高速铁路的安徽蚌埠站引出，经合肥、黄山、江西上饶至福建武夷山、南平、福州的铁路，使其成为北京至福州的铁路快速大通道。该项目尚处于前期规划中，2010年有望开工建设。

　　另根据今年9月铁道部、安徽省达成的协议，商杭线（商丘～阜阳～合肥～杭州客运专线）和皖赣铁路复线项目都有望明年开工建设。 （藕海滨）


信息来源：中国铁路行业第一网站 - 中国铁道网

[snow is red]

Xi'an-Lanzhou Highspeed Passenger-Only Railway
Cutting Journey Time By Up To 70% speed up to 300-350 km/h

西安至兰州将建客运专线 行车时间仅需要1.9小时
日期：2008-11-20 9:15:13 来源：华商网-华商报
记者昨日从兰州铁路局获悉，西安至兰州将建客运专线，建成后开行动车组。届时，西安到兰州运行时间仅需要1.9－2.7小时，比现在缩短4.7－6.7小时。

国家近日出台扩大内需、促进经济增长十项措施，明确提出要“重点建设一批客运专线、煤运通道项目和西部干线铁路”。为快速扩充运输能力，扩大路网规模，完善路网结构，兰州铁路局按照中央和铁道部的总体部署要求，规划出铁路运输今后一个时期的发展蓝图。随着西北地区经济健康快速发展，铁路运输需求持续旺盛，兰州至西安客运专线被提上日程，专线建成后将开行动车组，时速可达到300－350公里/小时，兰州到西安运行时间仅需要1.9－2.7小时，比现在缩短4.7－6.7小时，将极大释放既有陇海线能力。

[big-dog]

I feel this will be a hugh thread since every above post can be a individual thread by itself. So many mega project for express rails.