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Beijing-Tianjin commuter rail to start construction
(CRI)
Updated: 2005-03-22 14:12 The 115-kilometer-long track
is expected to be finished at the end of 2007 and to go into service in July
2008.
At 200 km per hour, the trip from Beijing to Tianjin will take
approximately 40 minutes only, some 30 minutes less than the current time, a
source with the ministry acknowledged.
The commuter express rail route
is of vital importance to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and to the development
of the Bohai Sea rim, says the Minister of Railways.
A series of new
technologies plan to be introduced for the new rail line, making it a showcase
of high-standard express passenger track in the country.
The State
Council has decided to build express train tracks in China's three most populous
regions, the area around Beijing and Tianjin, the Yangtze River Delta, and the
Pearl (Zhujiang) River Delta.
A 295-km track will run between Shanghai
and Nanjing and another will connect Nanjing, Hefei and Wuhan, helping local
people get to major cities within the delta in a couple of hours.
The
Pearl River delta also plans to build a 595.6-km-long commuter track network.
The State Council required relevant departments to press ahead with
technological innovation while resorting to sophisticated foreign technology in
building commuter track and exert the utmost to minimize the land occupied and
protect the environment.
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