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Olympic High-Speed Train on Track
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The laying of track for the Beijing-Tianjin passenger railway has now been completed, thus ensuring that the high-speed train can run as scheduled for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Reaching speeds of up to 300kph, it is anticipated that the 120km-long railway will shorten travel between the two cities from about an hour to 30 minutes, with a minimum interval between trains of three minutes
Engineers will conduct test runs for the High-speed trains starting from February, following installation of the railway's signal, telecommunication and electrical supply systems.

It will be 10 years since Japan hosted the 1998 winter Olympics in Nagano and the ASAMA BULLET TRAIN transported visitors the 120miles (190km) from Tokyo to Nagano at speeds of up to 168 mph (270kph).

Similarly, if we cross the globe and look at preparations for the 2012 London Olympics we see that trains again play an integral part in plans to move thousands of visitors to and from the stadiums, as the (already extensive) London rail system plans a major upgrade

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Sal () Newbie | 2007-12-18 04:11:51
for events like this and in fact any event which intends to move large numbers of people - rail is the only way to go - good to see the message finally getting through
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Sal () Newbie | 2007-12-18 04:13:13
it all seems very expensive at the time but the benefits go on for a long time afterwards so I'm all in favor
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Des () Newbie | 2007-12-18 04:14:54
so I take it that you like rail travel then Sal ? - yeah I've got to agree - how else do you manage the huge volumes of people
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Ben () Newbie | 2007-12-18 04:19:16
an interesting fact is that Up to 86 percent of the railway is built on bridges so how about that ! if we can get the rail systems of the world "up to speed" we can solve a lot of pollution and congestion issues in the major cities around the worlds - it wont happen tho' - will it - why ? too many weak politicians without the guts to make the right decisions
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Ozz () Newbie | 2007-12-18 04:31:41
http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/beijing-tianjin/
made in China but with German Technology !
what an interesting mix - I would have liked to be a fly on the wall during the technical meetings - if they can adapt the German methodology then the project will be a success - how confident are you ?
or as Clint Eastwood would say "do you feel lucky" - and you know the rest
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Arnie () Newbie | 2007-12-18 04:44:27
wikipedia has a good article (as always)on these trains as well - similar to the one above but with a bit more detail and pictures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_Velaro
I'm no expert but these trains seem to be well tried tested and proven in numerous countries and environments - so its hard to see too many other problems other than the over riding issue of Chinese build quality
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Jonno (92) Senior board member | 2007-12-18 04:48:05
I guess that with all of this upgrade work going on around the world - it would be a good time to be a railway engineer
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