Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway
The high-speed Beijing- Shanghai, also known as Jinghu PDL (Chinese京沪 高速 铁路, Pinyin Jinghu GAO TIE) is a high-speed railway route between the Chinese capital Beijing and the eastern Chinese port city of Shanghai.
The transliterated from Chinese name Jinghu PDL is a combination of abbreviations for Beijing (京jing ) and Shanghai (沪, HU ) supplemented with the Chinese高速 铁路, GAO Tie meaning in German high-speed line and in English with PDL for Passenger Dedicated Line ( German: intended for passenger traffic line) is translated.
With a length of 1318 km, it is the second longest high-speed railway in the world, only the connecting Beijing - Guangzhou is longer. With an investment of 220.9 billion yuan, it is also the largest investment project in the history of the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949.
The route traverses four provinces where 40% of China's gross domestic product are provided. About a quarter of China's population lives along the way.
The line was opened on 30 June 2011. In December 2010, a speed of 486 km / h was achieved on the not yet officially opened to traffic given route.
History
End of 2000, various systems for the route in the discussion: In addition to the Euro Train Consortium ( ICE and TGV technology ), there was a Shinkansen solution to the debate as well as a Transrapid and the Japanese JR - Maglev. A system decision was expected in 2003.
The track was included in the 2001 submitted by the Chinese government's five- year plan. The construction cost of the route were here estimated at DM converted 25 billion. In addition to the Transrapid consortium competed at this time also the Shinkansen and the Euro Train Consortium for the construction and operation of the 1,300 km route and the corresponding vehicles. Press reports in early 2004 reported that the decision was in favor of the failed wheel-rail system.
The building permit for the route was granted in September 2007. In this case, an opening in 2010 was provided. The start of construction was celebrated on 18 January 2008.
The construction of the designed for up to 380 km / h route began on 18 April 2008. The large construction began this month at 40 locations.
On 1 July 2010, the 301 km -long section between Shanghai and Nanjing was opened. Journey times on this relation so that was shortened by about 80 to 73 minutes. Along portion are 21 stations. Half a million people were involved in the implementation.
In Bengbu on November 15, 2010, the last rail of the track were laid and the entire Beijing- Shanghai was opened on 30 June 2011.
First, a top speed of 380 km / h was provided on the route to achieve a running time of four hours between the terminal stations. The actual running time is four hours and 48 minutes. For safety and economy reasons, the trains run at a speed of 250 to 300 km / h Trains on the existing line will need at least ten hours. This route is considered to be heavily loaded. The initially planned for 2012 opening of the line was moved forward to October 2011.
In the five- minute intervals daily train service to carry on the track up to 220,000 people. In the first year about 30 million passengers were expected. 80 million passengers are expected in the daily 90 trains per year. A single ticket costs 600 yuan ( about 60 euros ), 100 yuan less than a flight.
As the State Audit of China announced in March 2011, flowed at the edge of the project 187 million yuan bribes.
Stations
In the final state should be operated 21 stations along the route: