CHINA: Construction work on the Chengdu - Lanzhou railway officially began on February 21 and is expected to last for six years.
As the route runs through the country’s protected corridor for giant pandas, parts of the line will be built in tunnel, and extra bridges will be provided to minimise the impact on the animals’ lifestyle.
Chinese Railways has also suggested that it will aim to timetable trains through the so-called ‘core area’ in the evenings as far as possible.
CHINA: A groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai on February 26 marked the formal start of construction works on a 160 km passenger dedicated line which will halve journey times between Shanghai and Hangzhou to 38 min from 2011. The line forms one side of a triangular high speed network which ...
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Using estimates for the service life of electronic signalling components, Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute has developed a method for choosing the ideal time to replace them.
