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1st high-speed passenger line to be completed in 2008

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Chinanews, Taiyuan, March 16 – The Ministry¹ of Railways and Alstom signed a 350-million-euro contract on March 12. According to the contract, Alstom will provide 42-million-euro worth of equipment to build an electrified² high-speed railway passenger line between Shijiazhuang of Hebei Province and Taiyuan of Shanxi Province (189 km long). The new passenger line will be completed before the end of 2008.

The speed of the trains on the passenger line will be 250 km per hour, thus traveler will be able to reach Taiyuan in 3 hours even if they start their journey from Beijing, rather than current 9 hours by train or 6 hours by coach

The high-speed passenger line will serve as an express way linking western and eastern China.

Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan Passenger Line Corp will be responsible for the operation of the high-speed passenger line, and it is the first joint-venture railway company with the involvement of private capital. It can be estimated that there will be more private enterprises³ taking part in the building and operating of public utilities and big state projects.

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1 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 electrified
v.使电气化( electrify的过去式和过去分词 )；使兴奋
参考例句：
The railway line was electrified in the 1950s. 这条铁路线在20世纪50年代就实现了电气化。 The national railway system has nearly all been electrified. 全国的铁路系统几乎全部实现了电气化。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 enterprises
事业( enterprise的名词复数 )；事业心；企[事]业单位；企业发展
参考例句：
In capitalist society,big enterprises always try to freeze out the smaller ones. 在资本主义社会，大企业总是千方百计地排挤小企业。 Big transcontinental enterprises jostle with one another for world markets. 巨大的跨国公司[企业]互相争夺国际市场。

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