New competition in aviation and railway: 3-hour high-speed rail Guangzhou to Wuhan

Wuhan yesterday tried to run the Mense Wuhan Railway passenger dedicated line to run successfully yesterday.　　The longest-running passenger line in the world is expected to be officially operational by the end of the year for the Spring Festival Travel Service. Yesterday, the train from Guangzhou South Station from the start, to Wuhan station less than 3 hours.　　Meanwhile, the train ran 394 kilometers per hour, creating the world's highest speed of high-speed rail operation in the two-car-linked situation. Shorten the time distance between central China and Guangdong, Wu-Guang railway passenger dedicated line began construction on June 23, 2005, the north of Wuhan station, via Xianning, Yueyang, Changsha and other cities, south to Guangzhou South railway station, line length of 1068.6 kilometers, the design of the maximum traffic volume of 80 million people per year.　　After the opening, Wuhan to Guangzhou from the current 10.5 hours to shorten to 3 hours, will be between Wuhan and Guangzhou to form an efficient transport channel.　　According to the feasibility study report approved by the State Council in 2004, the project estimated total investment of 108 billion yuan.　　Wuhan passenger dedicated line using domestic "harmony" high-speed EMU, train speed of up to 350 kilometers, traffic density up to 3 minutes a column. "Wu-Guang railway passenger dedicated line along the large, medium and small cities, these provinces and cities accounted for a large proportion of GDP, especially in Guangdong province, the GDP accounted for about 1/8 of the country." The operation of the special line will not only shorten the time and space between cities, but also make the economic and social contacts and exchanges more closely between central China and the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong and Macao regions.　　"University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Economics and Management college professor Zhang told CBN reporter." The southern section of Guangzhou is one of the busiest sections of railway transportation in China, especially during the Spring Festival, the transportation capacity of Guangzhou area is extremely tense, which can not meet the demand of transportation.　　Wuhan passenger dedicated line opened, will release both Guangzhou ability, effectively alleviate freight capacity tension.　　In addition, according to the Ministry of Railways, according to China's high-speed railway and passenger dedicated line divided into a network, compatible operation of the characteristics of the Wuhan passenger line with the line speed of 350 kilometers per hour high-speed train and 250 km/h train line operation plan, this mode of transport organization is the international initiative. Aviation Gaotian Competition with the opening of the Wuhan passenger line of the approaching, with a wide range of airlines airline on pins and needles.　　In response to the imminent opening of the Wuhan, reporters found that Wuhan flight fares have been reduced. According to Ctrip's offer, the current Wuhan round-trip flight tickets are maintained at about 25 percent, from now to late January, Guangzhou to Wuhan one-way ticket price of 930 yuan, after discounting in 220 yuan.　　Not only that, Southern Airlines also publicly said that the southern airlines or will be rushed to open the high-speed rail line before the opening of the air, and high-speed rail competition for food. "In the short term, there is competition between the airline industry and high-speed rail, but in the long run it is not simply the question of who will replace or compete for the food market, with the opening of the high-speed rail and the adjustment of airlines on the route, which would allow demand to be redistributed in different modes of transport." "If aviation and high-speed rail can be veryA good integration of their respective advantages, the formation of transport networks, will expand the market mutually.　　According to the Ministry of Railways, at present, including Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, such as the construction of 274 key projects, Zheng (state) west (Ann), Fu (state) mansion (door) and a large number of key projects will be completed in the end of 2009, China's railway business mileage will reach 86,000 kilometers, ranked second in the world. By 2012, China's railway business mileage will reach 110,000 kilometers, electrification rate, double line rate will reach 50%, with "Four longitudinal four horizontal" passenger dedicated lines for the skeleton of the high-speed railway mileage reached 13,000 kilometers, well-developed network to take shape, railway transport bottlenecks will be the basic relief.