Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway
- Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway
The Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway (京滬高速鐵路) is one of China's plans for high-speed trains. Construction started on April 18, 2008. [cite news| url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/18/content_8002074_3.htm| title=China starts work on Beijing-Shanghai express railway| date=2008-04-17| publisher=China View| accessdate=2008-04-19| ] It is planned to be convert|1318|km long and will be the longest single-phase high-speed railway ever built in the world. Its top speed is expected to be convert|350|km/h|abbr=on, cutting Beijing to Shanghai travel time from 10 hours to 5 hours. [cite news| title=Work on Beijing-Shanghai rail link set to start| url=http://english.gov.cn/2007-10/10/content_773339.htm| publisher=People's Republic of China| date=2007-10-10| accessdate=2008-04-19] The rolling stock used on this line will be the CRH (China Railway High-speed) series trains.
Stations
21 stations are planned. [cite web
url=http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=372331
title=High speed city link even faster
author=Yang Lifei
work=Shanghai Daily
publisher=Shanghai Daily
language=English, translated from [http://www.news365.com.cn/xwzx/shxw/200809/t20080902_2012293.htm Chinese article]
date=2008-01-14
accessdate=2008-09-03]
See also
*High-speed rail in China
*China Railways
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