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China’s High
-
speed Rail Revolution
中国的高速铁路革?/p>
While
other
countries
still
debate
high
-
speed
rail,
it
is
already
reality
in
China.
But
have
recent
corruption
allegations and growing concerns about the safety of the
high
-
speed
rail
network
cast
a
shadow
that
could
prevent
future
progress
of
the
projects?
Elisabeth
Fischer reports.
When
China
?/p>
s
Premier
Wen
Jiabao
boarded
the
first
bullet
train
to
open
the
service
of
the
new
high
-
speed
line between Beijing and Shanghai on 30 June 2011, he
described
the
step
as
a
?/p>
new
chapter
?/p>
in
China
?/p>
s
railway
history,
with
great
significance
for
the
improvement of the country
?/p>
s transportation system and
social and economic development. While other countries
argue
about
the
pros
and
cons
of
high
-
speed
rail,
it
is
already reality in China.
More than 130,000 construction workers and engineers
worked round the clock to complete yet another one of
the
country
?/p>
s
high
-
speed
lines.
Only
38
months
after
breaking
ground in
April
2008, the first
bullet
train
on
the
1,318km
-
long
high
-
speed
line
left
Beijing
on
route
to Shanghai.
Accelerating
to
300km/hr
about
ten
minutes
after
leaving the capital, the new line connects China
?/p>
s two
major
metropolitan
hubs
in
only
four
hours
and
48
minutes
?/p>
compared
to
about
ten
hours
on
the
old
railway.
Originally
designed
for
speeds
up
to
380km/hr,
the
Beijing
-
Shanghai
train
speed
blows
away
not
only
France
?/p>
s TGV
, which runs from Lorraine to Champagne
and
averages
272km/hr,
but
also
China
?/p>
s
first
虽然其他国家仍在争论
高铁?/p>
但高铁在中国已经
成为现实?/p>
但最近的腐败
指控和对高速铁路网?/p>
安全的日益担忧是否给
这些项目未来的进展蒙
上了一层阴影?伊丽?
白费舍尔报道?/p>
2011
?/p>
6
?/p>
30
日,中国
总理温家宝登上首列开
通京沪高铁的子弹头列
车时?/p>
将这一举措形容?/p>
中国铁路史上的“新?/p>
章”,对改善中国交通体
系和社会经济发展具有
重要意义?/p>
当其他国家争
论高铁的利弊时,
高铁?/p>
中国已经成为现实?/p>
超过
13
万名建筑工人?/p>
工程师夜以继日地工作?
以完成该国又一条高?
线路。仅?/p>
2008
?/p>
4
?/p>
破土动工
38
个月后,?
一?/p>
138
公里长的高速列
车就离开北京前往上海?/p>
这条新线在离开首都?
十分钟后加速至
300
公里
/
小时,仅用了
4
小时
48
分钟就连接了中国两个
主要的大都市中心?/p>
而在
旧铁路上的时间约?/p>
10
小时?/p>
京沪高铁最初的设计?
速可?/p>
380
公里?/p>
它不?
将法国的
TGV ( TGV )
?/p>
洛林开往香槟?/p>
平均时?/p>
272
公里,而且还将中国
首列京津高速列?/p>
(
平均
时?/p>
230
公里
)
赶跑
今年
1
月,
中国开通了?