High-speed trains ready to run in freezing north
Source: Xinhua |
November 25, 2012, Sunday
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CHINA'S first high-speed rail line in the country's freezing high-latitude regions is ready to go into service, the Ministry of Railways announced yesterday.
The line linking the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin and the port city of Dalian will go into service on December 1, becoming the world's first lengthy high-speed line running through regions with extremely low winter temperatures.
With trains traveling at speeds of up to 350 kilometer per hour, the 921-kilometer line will pass through the country's three northeastern provinces - Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning - as part of the planned Beijing-Harbin high-speed rail link.
It is one of the four north-south lines China aims to complete by 2015.
Temperatures along the new route can plunge to 40 degrees Celsius below zero.
The climate posed challenges during construction.
The ministry conducted 22 research projects to target technology obstacles, including steady monitoring of the track condition and overhead contact system, said an official. Between September and November, the line underwent 3,030 tests, he added.
The line linking the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin and the port city of Dalian will go into service on December 1, becoming the world's first lengthy high-speed line running through regions with extremely low winter temperatures.
With trains traveling at speeds of up to 350 kilometer per hour, the 921-kilometer line will pass through the country's three northeastern provinces - Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning - as part of the planned Beijing-Harbin high-speed rail link.
It is one of the four north-south lines China aims to complete by 2015.
Temperatures along the new route can plunge to 40 degrees Celsius below zero.
The climate posed challenges during construction.
The ministry conducted 22 research projects to target technology obstacles, including steady monitoring of the track condition and overhead contact system, said an official. Between September and November, the line underwent 3,030 tests, he added.
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