Beijing – Shanghai high-speed line
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 | ||
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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
Individual evidence
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- ↑ a b c d e Tracklaying complete on Beijing - Shanghai high speed line . In: Railway Gazette International (online edition), November 15, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d David Bringshaw: China builds world's largest HS network . In: International Railway Journal , Volume 49, Issue 8, August 2009, pp. 20-22
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- ↑ Li Fuyong: 三大 理由 決定 京滬 線 為何 選用 輪 軌 技術 - Three reasons for choosing the wheel-rail technology for the Beijing-Shanghai connection. In: People's Daily. January 16, 2004, accessed November 1, 2014 (Chinese).
- ^ Announcement Beijing - Shanghai: Hardly any chances for the Transrapid . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 3/2004, ISSN 1421-2811 , p. 126.
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- ↑ a b High speed in China with FF Bögl . In: Max Bögl Group (Ed.): MB square . 2010, p. 18-19 ( PDF ). PDF ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ High speed in China with FF Bögl . In: Max Bögl Group (Ed.): MB square . 2010, p. 18-19 ( PDF ). PDF ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chinese train puts almost 500 km / h on the rails . Spiegel Online of December 3, 2010, accessed December 3, 2010.
- ↑ China stops work on all high-speed rail projects . In: The Telegraph (online edition), August 11, 2011.
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