BEIJING-Shanghai high-speed railway opened in mid-June operation between Beijing and Shanghai can reach 4 hours

Railways Minister Liu Zhijun 4th in the National Railway Conference, said that according to the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed railway construction leading group fourth working Conference spirit, confirmed that the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway will be opened in mid-June this year operation. Connecting China's Bohai Sea and the Yangtze River Delta's two major economic zones of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, is the world's longest line mileage, the fastest operating speed, the highest standard of high-speed rail. The new railway is 1318 kilometers in length and has now been completed.　　After the completion of the traffic, Beijing and Shanghai can achieve 4 hours to reach. According to Liu, the total mileage of China's high-speed railway operation this year will break 13,000 kilometers, the initial formation of a broader, more effective high-speed rail network.　　He said that China has become the world's most high-speed railway system technology, the most integrated capacity, the longest operating mileage, the highest operating speed, the largest in the construction of the country.　　It is reported that China railway to arrange infrastructure investment 700 billion yuan, new line laying 7935 kilometers, track tracks 6211 kilometers, new line put into production 7901 kilometers, double track production 6861 kilometers, electrification production 8800 kilometers.　　This year, 70 new projects have been scheduled, including 15 high-speed rail and intercity railway projects, and 26 projects including Beijing-Shenyang, Beijing-Zhangjiakou-Hohhot, Harbin-Jiamusi, Korla-Golmud, and the western coastal railway in Guangdong.　　In addition, Beijing-Shanghai, Harbin-Dalian, Beijing-Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang-Wuhan, Guangzhou-Shenzhen (Hong Kong) and other high-speed railway, as well as Xilin Hot-Ulanhot, Longyan-Xiamen and other railways will be completed this year to traffic.　　Liu said that the first task of this year's work is to ensure the stability of transport safety, especially the focus on the safety of high-speed rail, vigorously solve the problems of safety, deepen the safety infrastructure, improve the safety management level. As of 2010, China Railway business mileage reached 91,000 kilometers, high-speed rail operation mileage reached 8358 kilometers.　　2010, the number of railway passengers completed 1.68 billion people, the delivery of goods completed 3.63 billion tons, respectively, than the previous year's growth of 9.9%, 9.3%, the best record in history. It is expected that by 2015, China's railway business mileage will reach more than 120,000 kilometers, of which high-speed railway up to 16,000 kilometers. With high-speed railway as the skeleton, the total scale of 50,000 kilometers of the rapid railway network is basically completed, people travel will be more convenient, comfortable and fast. (Reporter Zi Zhongxi)