Shanghai - Beijing high-speed train trial begins

The Beijing-Shanghai bullet train line is part of China's increased investment in its high-speed rail network, which is expected to exceed 16,000 kilometers by 2020.
Flying between Beijing and Shanghai might soon be a thing of the past. The Shanghai-Beijing high-speed train began its one-month trial yesterday, testing the 1,318-kilometer route for the official late June opening, according to state media reports.

The first train left Shanghai at 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, according to Shanghai government-run news portal EastDay.com, although it didn't carry any passengers.

The line is opening ahead of schedule; it was originally set to begin operations in early 2012.

The train will connect two of China's economic powerhouses with only one stop between them in Nanjing.

The whole trip will take just under five hours -- more than twice the flying time between the two cities -- with average speeds of 300 kilometers per hour. The average train trip between the two cities is currently about 10 hours.

"The initially planned operation speed was 350 kilometers per hour but we decided to reduce it due to safety concerns and prices," said Wang Yongping, spokesman for the Ministry of Railways, to state media reporters.

Currently the fastest train line in China connects Beijing with Tianjin, running at 350 kilometers per hour.


Ticket prices have been yet to be released, although China.org.cn reports that the train will use an ID-based ticket booking system starting June 1 in an attempt to prevent ticket scalping.

Shanghai may implement the system as early as May 22, due to its policy of releasing tickets 11 days before a trip.

The construction of the 1,318-kilometer line was started in April 2008 with total investment estimated at RMB 220.9 billion. The new line is part of China's increased investment in its high-speed rail network, which reached 8,358 kilometers at the end of 2010 and is expected to exceed 16,000 kilometers by 2020.

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[Bastro2007]

No kidding

[alex31gmailcom]

@zipolo1989 這樣說會誤導別人。雖然說德、法、日的技術都有，但並不是混合到­一個車型上。而是根據CRH380A、B、C、D車型，分別對應­了這三個國家的技術，還有龐巴迪合作開發的。還有就是自主研發這­种界限很難定論。我也可以說日本新干綫不是自主研發，因爲火車的­發明者並不在日本。或者更激進一些，我還能說發電並不是日本人發­明的。中國大陸的朋友需要把眼光放遠些，明白什麽叫做“站在巨人­的肩膀上”。當然很多大陸人也需要自信一些，既然花錢上學了，知­識就是從別人的變成自己的了。那麽學業有成后，如果哪天超過老師­水平那也是不無可能。

[zipolo1989]

其实我想告诉你，这并不是中国自主研发的。德国、法国、日本的技­术都有@IEdannyD 

[IEdannyD]

從中國高鐵的自主研發能力來看,

台灣連結中國的"海底火車",

似乎,應該比較有希望了