Harbin-Dalian High-Speed Rail Begins Operations
Wouldn’t it be great if we had high-speed rail in Canada. This could be a model.
| A high-speed train leaves the Harbin West Railway Station in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 1, 2012. The world’s first high-speed railway in areas with extremely low temperatures, namely the Hada High-speed Railway which runs through the three provinces in northeast China, started operation on Saturday. The railway links Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang Province, and Dalian, a port city in Liaoning Province. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei) |
SHENYANG, Dec.1 (Xinhua) — The world’s fastest railway in areas with extremely low temperatures, which runs through three provinces in northeastern China, started operation on Saturday as part of the country’s efforts to revitalize this old industrial base.
Four trains departed from stations in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang; Changchun, capital of Jilin; Shenyang, capital of Liaoning; and Dalian, the port city in Liaoning, simultaneously at 9 a.m. on Saturday to mark the opening of the 921-km line.
The high-speed railway with designed speeds of up to 350 km per hour went into service after passing a two-month test during which the region saw blizzards and temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius.
“The operation of the Harbin-Dalian high-speed railway signals great progress in the building of a high-speed rail network with four lines running vertically up the country and four lines running horizontally across the country,” said Lu Chunfang, vice minister of railways.
So far, China has 8,600 km of operating high-speed railway, more than any other nation.
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