Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
$500b to
boost high-speed rail plan
Not just
a new year’s resolution but an implementation plan. Though China celebrates lunar
new year, or the Spring Festival, it does use the ordinary calendar for
business plan.
They
seem to committed to extend their high-speed rail network to 30,000 kilometers,
up from present 20,000 in the next three years, according to the newly revealed
white paper by the transportation ministry.
High-speed
rail is a type of rail transport that operates 200 km/h or faster. China has
been investing to build a nationwide grid network of such high-speed
transportation system since 2008, and now covers most of the large cities. The
total length represents about the two-thirds of the world high-speed rails.
High-speed
trains cut the travel time significantly. For example, the newly opened 2,250-kilometer
Shanghai-Kunming line reduces the travel times along the route from more than
20 hours to around eight hours at between 300 and 350 kilometers per hour.
Enjoy
reading and thinking if you’re interested in riding a high-speed land travel in
China.
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