Tracks from the Past, Transport for the Future : China's Railway Industry 1990-2008 and Its Future Plans and Possibilities

This report describes and explains how, in the period 1990-2008, China's railway sector has contributed and responded to the incredibly challenging transport demands generated by China's economic development, and highlights the plans and possibilities that lie ahead. In 1949, China had only 22,000 km of poorly maintained and war-damaged railway line, less than 1,000 km of which was double-tracked with none being electrified. Since then, the government has transformed the railway sector into a vital element of China's national transport system and a key contributor to China's extraordinary record of economic growth. Today, China Rail is the second biggest carrier of rail freight and the biggest carrier of passenger transport in the world. It has the largest combined rail traffic task of any national railway system in the world, carrying about a quarter of the world's railway traffic on about seven percent of the global route-km of public railway. This paper describes how the Ministry of Railways, and its constituent regional railway administrations and other entities, have created a modern rail system by adopting proven international practices and technologies, giving them distinct Chinese characteristics, and adapting them to Chinese circumstances.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Infrastructure Study biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2009-05-01
Subjects:	ACCELERATION, AIR, AIR PASSENGERS, AIR SERVICES, AIR TRANSPORT, AIR TRAVEL, AIRPORT, AIRPORT TERMINALS, BAGGAGE, BOTTLENECK, BOTTLENECKS, BRIDGES, BUS, BUS SERVICES, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CAR, CAR TRAVEL, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARS, CEMENT, CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL, CITY PASSENGER, CONCESSIONS, CORRIDOR, CTC, DEMAND FOR RAIL TRANSPORT, DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT, DIESEL, DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES, DIVERSION OF TRAFFIC, DRIVERS, DRIVING, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ELASTICITY, ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE, ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, EXPRESS FREIGHT, EXPRESS TRAINS, EXPRESSWAY, EXPRESSWAYS, FARE REDUCTION, FARES, FREIGHT, FREIGHT CARRIER, FREIGHT DEMAND, FREIGHT FLOWS, FREIGHT HANDLING, FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVES, FREIGHT MARKET, FREIGHT MOVEMENT, FREIGHT SERVICES, FREIGHT SHIPPERS, FREIGHT TERMINALS, FREIGHT TRAFFIC, FREIGHT TRAINS, FREIGHT TRANSPORT, FREIGHT TRANSPORT MARKET, FREIGHT WAGONS, FUEL, GRAVEL, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HIGH-SPEED LINES, HIGH-SPEED TRAIN, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, HIGHWAY SYSTEM, HIGHWAYS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INLAND WATERWAY, INLAND WATERWAYS, INTERNATIONAL RAIL, JOURNEYS, LAND TRANSPORT, LAND-TAKE, LEASING, LOCOMOTIVE, LONG-DISTANCE, LONG-DISTANCE PASSENGER, MARSHALLING YARDS, MOBILITY, MODAL CHOICES, MODAL SHARE, MODAL SHARES, MOTIVE POWER, NATIONAL RAILWAY, NATIONAL TRANSPORT, PASSENGER COACHES, PASSENGER RAIL, PASSENGER SERVICE, PASSENGER SERVICES, PASSENGER STATIONS, PASSENGER TRAFFIC, PASSENGER TRAIN, PASSENGER TRAINS, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, PASSENGER TRAVEL, PASSENGER VOLUME, PASSENGERS, PEAK TRAVEL, PERSONAL MOBILITY, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, POPULATION DENSITY, PORTS, PRIVATE RAILWAYS, RADIO, RAIL, RAIL ADMINISTRATIONS, RAIL BUSINESS, RAIL CAPACITY, RAIL CORRIDORS, RAIL FREIGHT, RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC, RAIL INDUSTRY, RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, RAIL JOINT VENTURE, RAIL JOURNEY, RAIL LINES, RAIL MARKET, RAIL MARKET SHARE, RAIL NETWORK, RAIL PASSENGER, RAIL PATRONAGE, RAIL POLICY, RAIL ROUTES, RAIL SERVICES, RAIL SHARE, RAIL SYSTEM, RAIL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, RAIL TRACK, RAIL TRAFFIC, RAIL TRANSPORT, RAIL TRANSPORT SERVICES, RAIL TRANSPORTATION, RAIL TRAVEL, RAIL TRIP, RAIL TRIPS, RAIL USE, RAILROADS, RAILWAY, RAILWAY ADMINISTRATIONS, RAILWAY BUSINESS, RAILWAY COMMUNICATIONS, RAILWAY CONGESTION, RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION, RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION FUND, RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT, RAILWAY FREIGHT, RAILWAY INDUSTRY, RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, RAILWAY INVESTMENT, RAILWAY LINE, RAILWAY LINES, RAILWAY MANAGEMENT, RAILWAY MARKET, RAILWAY NETWORK, RAILWAY OPERATORS, RAILWAY POLICY, RAILWAY ROUTE, RAILWAY SECTOR, RAILWAY STATIONS, RAILWAY SYSTEM, RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY, RAILWAY TRAFFIC, RAILWAY TRANSPORT, RAILWAYS, REGIONAL TRAVEL, ROAD, ROAD HAULAGE, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROADS, ROUTE, ROUTES, SAFETY, SAND, SEAT CAPACITY, SHIPPING CONTAINERS, SHORT-DISTANCE MOVEMENTS, SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES, SIDEWALKS, SLEEPERS, SPEED, SPEEDS, STEEL, STRUCTURES, TIMBER, TRACK CAPACITY, TRACKS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC CONTROL, TRAFFIC DEMAND, TRAFFIC DENSITY, TRAFFIC GROWTH, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, TRAFFIC PATTERNS, TRAFFIC UNITS, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRAIN CONTROL, TRAIN HEADWAYS, TRAINS, TRANSIT, TRANSIT STATIONS, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVES, TRANSPORT CAPACITY, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY, TRANSPORT INDUSTRY, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT MARKET, TRANSPORT MARKETS, TRANSPORT MODES, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT QUALITY, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT USERS, TRAVEL TIME, TRAVEL TIMES, TRIP, TRIP LENGTH, TRIPS, TRUE, TUNNELS, VEHICLE, VEHICLE EMISSIONS, VEHICLES, VOLUME OF TRAFFIC,
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