Beijing – Shanghai high-speed line

This article describes the high-speed line between Beijing and Shanghai opened in 2011, the high-speed line between Beijing and Tianjin opened in 2008 for regional traffic is dealt with under the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed line, the high-speed line between Nanjing and Shanghai opened for regional traffic in 2010 is dealt with under the Shanghai-Nanjing high-speed line , the conventional railway line under the Beijing – Shanghai railway line .

Beijing – Shanghai high-speed line
A CRH5 on the high-speed line
Route length:	1318 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV / 50 Hz  ~
Top speed:	350 km / h
Dual track :	continuous
Legend 0.000 Beijing South Link to Beijing Beijing – Tianjin to Tianjin high-speed line High-speed line to Hong Kong Beijing Viaduct (48,153 m) 59,500 Long catch Tianjin Viaduct (113,700 m) Beijing – Tianjin to Beijing high-speed line Tianjin West 116.939 Tianjin High-speed line to Binhai , Qinhuangdao 131,400 Tianjin South Qingxian-Cangzhou Viaduct (27,900 m) Shenmu – Huanghua Railway (Coal Railway) 219.270 Cangzhou West Cangzhou Dezhou Viaduct (105,900 m) High-speed line from Tsingtao – Taiyuan to Taiyuan 327.980 Dezhou East High-speed line from Tsingtao – Taiyuan to Tsingtao Bridge over the Yellow River (5143m) 419.445 Jinan West Connection to Jinan East 462.730 Taishan (Shandong) West Great Bridge over the Big Wen River Hotels (22.1 km) Watang – Rizhao railway line (coal railway) 533.165 Qufu East 589.175 Tengzhou East 625.280 Zaozhuang West 688,700 Xuzhou East 756.220 Suzhou (Anhui) East 844,380 Bengbu South Bengbu – Hefei high-speed line 959,390 Chuzhou South Huhanrong PDL to Chengdu Dashengguan Bridge over the Yangtze River (9273 m) 1018,600 Nanjing South Huning Intercity Line to Shanghai 1083.713 Zhenjiang South Beginning of the Danyang – Kunshan Great Bridge (164,800 m) 1111,850 Danyang (Zhenjiang) North 1144.760 Changzhou North 1201.160 Wuxi East 1227.970 Suzhou (Jiangsu) North 1259,320 Kunshan South End of the Danyang – Kunshan Great Bridge Huning Intercity Line to Nanjing 1302.890 Shanghai-Hongqiao High-speed line from Shanghai to Shenzhen to Ningbo

The Beijing – Shanghai high-speed line , also known as Jinghu PDL ( Chinese  京沪 高速 铁路 , Pinyin Jīnghù Gāosù Tiělù ), is a 1318 km long, 380 km / h high-speed line opened in 2011 between the Chinese capital Beijing and the east Chinese port city of Shanghai . It is the third longest high-speed line in the world after the Shanghai - Kunming and Beijing - Guangzhou connections. The construction costs amounted to 220.9 billion yuan - the equivalent of 25 billion euros , which made the route the largest investment project in the history of the People's Republic of China. The route crosses four provinces, in which a total of 40% of the Chinese gross domestic product is generated. Around a quarter of the Chinese population lives along the route.

The from the Chinese transliterated name Jinghu PDL is a combination of abbreviations for Beijing (京, Jīng) and Shanghai (沪, HU) supplemented with the Chinese 高速铁路 , Gaosu Tielu what in German high-speed rail means and in English with PDL for Passenger Dedicated Line (German: line intended for passenger trains ) is translated.

history

planning

At the end of 2000 it was not yet clear whether the connection between Beijing and Shanghai should be built as a high-speed line or as a maglev train, but it was included in the five-year plan presented by the Chinese government in 2001. In addition to magnetic levitation trains from the Transrapid consortium and the Japanese Railway , which in addition to the JR Maglev also offered a high-speed line based on the Shinkansen system, the Eurotrain consortium also applied for the construction and operation of the 1,300 km long line and for the delivery of the high-speed trains .

The choice of the wheel-rail technology was confirmed on January 7, 2004 by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao . The decision for a high-speed line was made due to the lower construction and operating costs, the lack of know-how in China for the construction of maglev vehicles and the easier introduction of the high-speed line to city centers, where existing train stations could be used. At that time, 200 billion yuan (equivalent to 25 billion DM) were estimated for the high-speed line, and 900 billion yuan for a magnetic levitation train.

construction

The building permit was granted in September 2007, the groundbreaking ceremony was celebrated on January 18, 2008, but construction work on the route, which is divided into six lots, did not begin until April 18, 2008, and was started in 40 places in the same month. Half a million people were employed on what was then the largest construction site in the world. In addition to 21 train stations, 1,140 km of bridges and 16 km of tunnels had to be built. The route comprises 238 points with the branch angles 1:18 and 1:42. Most of the route is equipped with a solid track according to the FF Bögl system, for which 406,000 track slabs had to be laid.

For European standards it is unusual that 86% of the route is designed as an elevated carriageway made of prefabricated parts . After the pillars have been erected, the hollow box girders manufactured in factories along the route are brought to the installation site by a special vehicle, where they were installed by a laying device supported on the previously created pillars. The route includes several structures that are among the longest bridges on earth, some of which are over 100 kilometers long.

The last rails of the line were laid at Bengbu on November 15, 2010, and in December 2010 a speed of 486 km / h was reached on the line that has not yet been released for regular traffic. On June 30, 2011, the entire Beijing-Shanghai route was opened to the public.

China's State Audit Office announced in March 2011 that 187 million yuan in bribes were paid on the sidelines of the project.

business

Initially, a maximum speed of 380 km / h was planned on the route in order to achieve a travel time of four hours between the terminal stations. The actual travel time is four hours and 48 minutes. For reasons of safety and economy, the trains travel at speeds of 250 to 300 km / h. Trains on the existing route need at least ten hours. This route is considered to be heavily used.

Trains that run every five minutes are supposed to transport up to 220,000 people on the route every day. Around 30 million passengers were expected in the first year of operation. 80 million passengers are expected in the 90 trains every year. The one-way ticket costs 600 yuan (about 60 euros), 100 yuan less than a flight.

Train stations

Stations along the route:

railway station	Chinese	Total distance (km)	Branch route	Platform tracks	City / Province
Jinghu High Speed ​​Line (京沪 高速 铁路, opened June 30, 2011)
Beijing South	北京 南	0	Beijing – Harbin High Speed Line Beijing – Hong Kong High Speed Line	24	Beijing
Long catch	廊坊	59		2	Long catch	Hebei
Tianjin West	天津 西	Not on the main line		24	Tianjin
Tianjin South	天津 南	131		4th
Cangzhou West	沧州 西	219		4th	Cangzhou	Hebei
Dezhou East	德州 东	327		5	Dezhou	Shandong
Jinan West	济南 西	419	Qingdao – Taiyuan high-speed line	15th	Jinan
Taishan West	泰 山西	462		4th	Tai'an
Qufu East	曲阜 东	533		4th	Qufu
Tengzhou East	滕州 东	589		4th	Tengzhou
Zaozhuang	枣庄	625		4th	Zaozhuang
Xuzhou East	徐州 东	688		13	Xuzhou	Jiangsu
Suzhou East	宿州 东	767		4th	Suzhou	Anhui
Bengbu South	蚌埠 南	844	Hefei – Bengbu high-speed line	9	Bengbu
Chuzhou South	滁州 南	959		4th	Chuzhou
Nanjing South	南京 南	1018	Huhanrong PDL (fork)	22nd	Nanjing	Jiangsu
Zhenjiang West	镇 江西	1087	Huhanrong PDL (common route)	4th	Zhenjiang
Changzhou North	常州 北	1144	Huhanrong PDL (common route)	4th	Changzhou
Wuxi East	无锡 东	1201	Huhanrong PDL (common route)	4th	Wuxi
Suzhou North	苏州 北	1227	Huhanrong PDL (common route)	4th	Suzhou
Kunshan South	昆山 南	1259	Huhanrong PDL (common route)	4th	Kunshan
Shanghai-Hongqiao	虹桥	1302	Hangzhou – Fuzhou – Shenzhen Huhanrong PDL high-speed line (shared route) Shanghai – Kunming high-speed line	30th	Shanghai

Web links

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Individual evidence

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