World High Speed Rail Congress kicks off in China - PressTV 101208

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In Beijing the International Union of Railways and China's Ministry of Railways co-hosted the 7th World Congress on High Speed Rail, a four-day conference and international trade show for the fast train industry.


Two year's ago at the last Congress in Amsterdam, China had only just started building railways for superfast trains.

That was when the International Union of Railways decided to stage this year's event in Beijing; for the first time outside of Europe.

Superfast railway lines offer quicker journeys than planes for distances of up to about 1,300 kilometres, and they're greener to boot.

They transform economies by shortening commuting times, boosting tourism and freeing up conventional lines to carry up to seven times as much freight. By most measures China is now the world's leader in the industry.

With nearly 7,000 kilometers of track, China already has the world's largest high-speed rail network, and it's aiming to more than double its total to 16,000 kilometers by the year 2020. In ten years time, nearly every city in the country with more than half a million people should be serviced by trains traveling at speeds of up to 380 kilometers per hour.

Chinese companies have won orders to build high-speed railways in Argentina, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. A Chinese train has recently set the world speed record for an unmodified conventional commercial train when it hit 486 kilometers per hour on a test run on the new Beijing to Shanghai line, which is due to open next year.

The maker of the superfast train was the CSR Corporation. On December 7 it entered a joint venture with America's General Electric to build high-speed networks in the US, with an initial focus on the states of Florida and California.

A bright future, then, for the world's number one player in high-speed rail

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[tadorjee]

Now chinese superfast train is flop.

Company has upheld 54 trains from the track.

Made in China.....

[fgah]

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