China ready for sixth overhaul of its rail system |
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| China's rail system is ready for yet another speed boost that will see most trains on trunk lines traveling at 200 kilometers per hour, 40 kilometers faster than at present, starting from April 18, 2007. |
| Nov. 18 - China's rail system is ready for yet another speed boost that will see most trains on trunk lines traveling at 200 kilometers per hour, 40 kilometers faster than at present, starting from April 18, the Ministry1 of Railways said on Friday.
"On sections of the countries busiest tracks including the Beijing-Harbin railway, the Beijing-Shanghai railway, the Beijing-Guangzhou railway and the Ji'nan-Qingdao railway, trains will run at 250 kilometers per hour," Hu Yadong, deputy minister of railways said at a press conference.
This is the sixth time China has raised the speed of trains on existing tracks since 1997, when most of the trains were running at a mere2 60 kilometers per hour.
When the reform is complete, Chinese will have 6,003 kilometers of railway lines allowing trains to travel at 200 kilometers per hour, while on another 22,122 kilometers of tracks, the speed of trains will be raised to 120 kilometers per hour.
The ministry estimates the move will boost the railway system's passenger handling capacity by 18 percent, and its cargo3 capacity by 12 percent.
For example, the number of long-distance express trains will be increased from 19 to 26.
There will also be 416 short-distance shuttle trains, including108 shuttle trains linking cities on the Yangtze River delta4, 224 trains on the Zhujiang River delta and 62 trains linking cities around Beijing. More trains shall also be running on routes to Tibet.
"This means the railway bottleneck5 will be further reduced," Hu said. |
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ministry
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| n.(政府的)部；牧师 |
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- 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。
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| adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过 |
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- That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
- It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
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| n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物 |
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- The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
- A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
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| n.（流的）角洲 |
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- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。
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- The transportation bottleneck has blocked the movement of the cargo.运输的困难阻塞了货物的流通。
- China's strained railroads already become a bottleneck for the economy.中国紧张的铁路运输已经成为经济增长的瓶颈。
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