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Building China's impressive high-speed rail

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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

At the end of 2020, China had 37,900 km of operational HSR, accounting for 69 percent of the world's total.

Key Points: 
  • At the end of 2020, China had 37,900 km of operational HSR, accounting for 69 percent of the world's total.
  • China has mastered the full gamut of HSR operations management technologies despite the complexity of the rail network.
  • It has created scheduling technology for high-density, cross-line (running on HSR and conventional rail) routes operating at different speeds.
  • (This article is an excerpt from "Building China's Impressive High-Speed Rail", by Lu Dongfu, Chairman of the Board of China State Railway Group, originally appeared in Qiushi Journal, English edition, No.