A video shows the long length tracks being laid on a concrete bed and
secured with quick connect clamps. All pretty much the latest
technologies that therefore allows the Beijing Tianjin high speed rail
link to be completed within two years of project approval. This
pretty much confirms the ability to undertake the very ambitious
countrywide railways expansion given in ths story.
Chinese train deal worth US$569M
Scott Deveau, Financial Post Published: Sunday, November 04, 2007
http://www.financialpost.com/Story.html?id=69297
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OLYMPICS/ Spotlight
High-speed rail on track for Olympics
By Xin Dingding (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-12-17 07:10
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2007-12/17/content_6326032.htm
The Beijing-Tianjin passenger railway Sunday completed laying its
tracks, making it possible for the high-speed train to open as
scheduled for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The 120km-long railway is the first in the mainland to have trains
that reach 300kmh and will shorten travel between the two cities from
about an hour to 30 minutes, with a minimum interval between trains of
three minutes, officials have said.
Construction of the railway's signal, telecommunication and electrical
supply systems are next in line, after which fast-speed trains will
conduct test runs starting from February.
The railway is scheduled to begin operations on August 1, a week
before Olympic Games.
People walk at the construction site of the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed
passenger rail line in Tianjin municipality, December 3, 2007. The
rail line will be completed by the end of 2007 and put into use before
the Olympic Games in August 2008. [Agencies]
There will be five stations along the rail line - Beijing Southern
Railway Station, Yizhuang in southeastern Beijing, Yongle and Wuqing
in Tianjin, and Tianjin Railway Station.
Its operation will enable more passengers to travel between Beijing
and Tianjin, and help speed up the integration of the regional
economies of the two major cities of North China.
The Ministry of Railways has said in its mid- and long-term plan that
a fast passenger trans****t rail network will be formed by the year
2020 to link up China's major cities and cities in three regions.
"The completion of laying rail tracks on the Beijing-Tianjin
high-speed railway signifies a breakthrough in high-speed railway
construction technology that China has mastered," said Liu Zhijun,
minister of Railways.
The ministry said that many new technologies were used in the project
for the first time in China's railway building history, which together
enhances the railway's life span and produces low levels of pollution
and noise. Up to 86 percent of the railway is built on bridges.
The Beijing-Tianjin railway has been exemplary for other high-speed
railway projects under construction, Liu said.
Workers celebrate the completed tracks of the Beijing-Tianjin railway
December 16, 2007. [cns]
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