On Apr 2, 2:23=A0pm, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> A video shows the long length tracks being laid on a concrete bed and
> secured with quick connect clamps. =A0All pretty much the latest
> technologies that therefore allows the Beijing Tianjin high speed rail
> link to be completed within two years of project approval. =A0This
> 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 =A0Published: Sunday, November 04,
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> OLYMPICS/ Spotlight
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> 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.
>
> =A0Workers celebrate the completed tracks of the Beijing-Tianjin railway
> December 16, 2007. [cns]
good for China .
will China be ex****ting this high speed train to Vietnam ?
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