Home / Business / News Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
China poised to become world's high-speed rail leader
Adjust font size:

China will become a high-speed rail leader in the world after several years of rapid development, Ignacio Barron, the director of High Speed of International Union of Railways (UIC) said on Wednesday.

He told Xinhua at the High-Speed Rail Summit in London that he ever took the high-speed rail from Beijing to Tianjin and it was "very fast and very comfortable."

In order to raise capacity, China has to develop high-speed rail network, which is the most effective and environmentally-friendly solution, he said.

As planned, China will build 42 high-speed passenger rail lines with a total length of 13,000 kilometers in the three years to come. Barron admired China's rapid pace in developing the high-speed rail.

As for the technical challenges, he said it is always necessary to cooperate with countries with advanced technologies at the very beginning. But he believed China will develop its own new technology soon.

Barron said in a speech at the summit that there are a lot of advantages to develop high-speed rail. It not only increases capacity, but also provides the most safe and environmentally-friendly transport means.

At present, the world has a total of around 10,700 kilometers operational high-speed rail, including about 2,000 kilometers in Japan and about 1,900 kilometers in France.

Representatives of high-speed rail operators from France, Japan, Germany, Spain and Italy introduced their plans for future development at the summit.

The High-Speed Rail Summit was organized by Steer Davies Gleave, Europe's leading independent consultancy working worldwide across the transport industry. It was founded in 1978 and is now headquartered in London.

According to the UIC, high-speed rail refers to railways with a speed of at least 200 kilometers an hour. The first high speed rail was put into use in Japan in 1964.

(Xinhua News Agency September 10, 2009)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read Bookmark and Share
Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
- China Railway Construction Corporation Limited
- Strict railway security measures taken for 60th anniversary of PRC
- Sichuan-Tibet railway project delayed
- Ministry refutes media reports on new railway to Tibet
June 7 Tokyo 2nd China-Japan High-Level Economic Dialogu

June 30 Shanghai 2009 Automotive Engine Technology Seminar

September 8-12 Xiamen China Int'l Fair for Investment and Trade
- Output of Major Industrial Products
- Investment by Various Sectors
- Foreign Direct Investment by Country or Region
- National Price Index
- Value of Major Commodity Import
- Money Supply
- Exchange Rate and Foreign Exchange Reserve
- What does the China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement cover?
- How to Set up a Foreign Capital Enterprise in China?
- How Does the VAT Works in China?
- How Much RMB or Foreign Currency Can Be Physically Carried Out of or Into China?
- What Is the Electrical Fitting in China?