|
Co-operation in the Third Countries
To date, many countries including the US, Russia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Poland, Venezuela, India, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, have expressed their intention to invite China to be involved in the co-operation for rail project construction. Some of those projects have already commenced. There have been some successful cases, which UK companies worked in partnership with Chinese companies in the third markets.
Urban rail (metro/LRT)
Based on the recent urban rail (metro/LRT) development plan of various cities, there will be over 3,000km in China by 2020. By 2012, the operating lines in Beijing will be 440km, and 400km for Shanghai with 13 lines of 300 or more stations.
During the next 10 years or so, 15 cities in China are planning to build more than 60 lines of 1,700+ kms, with investment required for about RMB620 billion. See tablet 1 below. As a result of Chinese government’s fiscal stimulus initiative, the construction of the first section of Line 3 of Qingdao (Shandong Province) commenced on 26 June 2009.
In the same month, the project of Line 1 of Fuzhou (福州, Fujian Province) was approve and initiated.
The urban rail (metro/LRT) construction in other tier 2 and 3 cities were also speeded up in the same period, including Wuxi, Kunming, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Ningbo、Nanchang.
The 2nd half 2008 saw the start of the third peak period of urban rail (metro/LRT) construction in China.
Table 1: Metro/LRT Planning in
15 Cities China
|
|
|
No.
|
City
|
Year
|
Lines
|
length
(km)
|
Investment
(10b RMB)
|
|
1
|
Beijing
|
2006
- 2015
|
15
|
447.4
|
163.6
|
|
2
|
Shanghai
|
2005
- 2012
|
10
|
389
|
143.9
|
|
3
|
Guangzhou
|
2004
- 2010
|
7
|
127.66
|
48.701
|
|
4
|
Shenzhen
|
2003
- 2010
|
5
|
120.7
|
36.43
|
|
5
|
Nanjing
|
2003
- 2015
|
3
|
97.6
|
36.83
|
|
6
|
Hangzhou
|
2004
- 2010
|
2
|
82.2
|
35.57
|
|
7
|
Chongqing
|
2004
- 2012
|
3
|
82
|
24.2
|
|
8
|
Wuhan
|
2004
- 2010
|
3
|
59.74
|
23.722
|
|
9
|
Chengdu
|
2004
- 2013
|
2
|
54.18
|
19.718
|
|
10
|
Tianjin
|
2003
- 2010
|
2
|
51.1
|
20.96
|
|
11
|
Xi'an
|
2006
- 2015
|
2
|
50.3
|
17.95
|
|
12
|
Suzhou
|
2003
- 2010
|
2
|
47.4
|
16.5
|
|
13
|
Harbin
|
2004
- 2013
|
2
|
45.53
|
16.3
|
|
14
|
Shenyang
|
2004
- 2010
|
2
|
40.85
|
17.18
|
|
15
|
Changchun
|
2003
- 2010
|
2
|
37.5
|
3.898
|
|
Total:
62
|
1733.16
|
625.459
|
Table 2: China Railway Operation Routes by end of 2009
|
Index
|
by
end of 2009
|
±%
2008
|
|
Operating
Rail Routes
|
86,000km
|
7.3
|
|
Double
Tracks
|
33,000km
|
15.0
|
|
Double
Tracks Rate
|
38.8%
|
2.6
|
|
Electrified
Lines
|
36,000km
|
29.4
|
|
Electrified
Rate
|
41.7%
|
7.1
|
Table 3 China Railway - Rolling Stock/Passenger Coach/Wagon 2009
|
Index
|
Quantity
|
±%
2008
|
|
Locomotive
|
18,922
|
2.6
|
|
Passenger
Coach
|
49,355
|
9.5
|
|
Wagons
|
603,082
|
1.9
|
Table 4: China Railway Investment 2009
|
Index
Completed
|
billion
yuan
|
±%
2008
|
|
Infrastructure
|
337.554
|
88.6
|
|
Renewal
|
22.658
|
2.6
|
|
Total
|
360.212
|
79.1
|
Table 5 China Railway – New Projects 2009
|
Item
|
Nos.
|
Investment
(b yuan)
|
|
Double
Tracks
|
26
|
88.86
|
|
Electrified
Lines
|
7
|
14.29
|
|
Terminals
|
22
|
42.12
|
|
PDL
& Intercity Rail
|
14
|
294.99
|
|
Newly
Built Lines
|
30
|
87.53
|
|
Total
|
99
|
527.80
|
|
