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Semi-monthlyNewsonRailways（September26th~October9th）

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    A grand mobilization meeting was held in the beautiful city of Zhuhai at 10:00am on September 26th for starting the construction of Guangzhou-Zhuhai Line, which was attended by Member of CCCPC Political Bureau & Guangdong Provincial Party Secretary Zhang Dejiang. Railway is playing a significant role in the eco-social development as it features great capacity, low energy consumption and all-weather operation, commented Zhang. Guangdong’s railway development must be accelerated for now and in future so as to form an advanced railway network in a timely manner. This can not only promote Guangdong’s development into a new phase and up to a new level, but also strengthen the southeast coast’s link with the southwestern and northwestern China, thus creating a precondition for balanced development among different regions and displaying the developed regions’ enabling role to the developing regions. Meanwhile, it can enhance the communication between the two fastest growing regions, namely Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta, and provide strong infrastructure basis for the early modernization of east China. Zhang also urged the local CPC committees and government authorities to secure best support for railway construction so as to fulfill Guangdong’s railway development target on schedule.

    During his consecutive EMU rides to inspect railway safety and CR’s preparations for the National Day golden week transportation, MOR Party Secretary & Minister Liu Zhijun attended MOR’s televised meeting at Shanghai in the morning of September 28th. Minister Liu passed on the gist of the recent executive meeting of the State Council and the National Televised Meeting on Safety Management, analyzed the current safety situation and made major deployment on railway safety and stability. The meeting urged the whole sector to carry out Premier Wen Jiabao’s important instructions and the gist of the National Safety Meeting, and go all out to manage transportation safety and stability so as to contribute to the building of a harmonious environment for the National Day holiday and the CPC’s 17th National Conference.

    Concluding his 8-day locomotive rides on inspection of transportation safety and preparations for the National Day golden week transportation, MOR Party Secretary & Minister Liu Zhijun came over to Harbin Railway Station to convey greetings on behalf of MOR Party Group to the on-duty railway staff and police forces on October 1st, when the whole nation was celebrating the National Day and the whole family gathered in happiness. Minister Liu urged the whole sector to well manage the holiday transportation while focusing on passenger train safety, operation order and service quality so as to embrace the 17th CPC National Conference with heartening achievements.

    During his inspection tour on transportation safety and preparations for the National Day golden week transportation, MOR Party Secretary & Minister Liu Zhijun came over to the construction sites of Liuyang River Tunnel and Laodao River Super-Large Bridge on Wuhan-Guangzhou Passenger Dedicated Line to convey greetings to the builders and inspect the project progress. Minister Liu urged the contractors and builders to target the world’s top-notch goal, adhere to “quality first for a time-tested project”, apply the new philosophy in railway engineering and strive to build this railway into a model for all PDL engineering and an icon for Chinese railway modernization.

    CR’s National Day golden week transportation drew to a successful end on October 7th with the passenger traffic volume reaching to a historic new high. Thanks to a half-year robust operation, the benefits of CR’s 6th round speed increase are gradually building up. In the 10-day period from September 28th to October 7th, CR carried 48.369 million passengers, representing a year-on-year increase of 6.241 million or 14.8%, the highest compared with all previous golden weeks. On September 30th, October 1st and 7th, the single day passenger volumes exceeded 5 million, even higher than the peak time of the Spring Festival. The peak day fell on October 1st with the passenger volume reaching 5.716 million, thus setting a highest ever record.

    September 29th witnessed the kick-off of construction on Hainan East-Ring Rail Link at Haikou City. This new railway will run 308 km from Haikou in the north to Sanya in the south. It is designed for a class-A, double-track and electrified line and the target speed is 200 km/h. Co-invested by MOR and Hainan Province, it’s estimated to cost 19.22 billion yuan and 4 years. Train journey time from Haikou to Sanya will be shortened to 90 minutes when it’s opened to traffic by the end of September 2011.

    The first three quarters of the year has witnessed substantial railway traffic increase marked by the highest growth rate and numerous record-setting indexes, according to MOR. In the January-September period, CR carried 1.033 billion passengers and 2.318 billion tons of freight, representing year-on-year increase of 7.3% and 9.5% respectively. The average number of loaded cars per day reached 138,516, an increase of 8.1% year-on-year.

    Starting on September 27th, EMUs serving Zhengzhou-Shanghai route have been twin-coupled, thus doubling the seating capacity by increasing the car composition from 8 to 16. The hard-to-get-a-single-ticket constraint from the Central Plains Region to the Yangtze River Delta Region has been effectively alleviated. Zhengzhou-Shanghai EMUs debuted on September 10th, which, compared with the express train on the same route, saves more than 5 hours and shortens the travel time to 6 hours and 37 minutes.

    MOR convened a sector-wide televised meeting in the afternoon on September 26th to pass on the gist of The Circular on Scrutinizing Major Infrastructures for Hidden Safety Dangers issued by the General Office of the State Council and make deployment on safety enhancement accordingly. The meeting urged the whole sector to screen for and eradicate hidden safety problems, enhance the ongoing projects and go all out to secure railway safety so as to contribute to the forging of a favorable environment for the forthcoming 17th CPC National Conference.

    CR’s labor unions held an on-site meeting at Fushengzhuang (Huhehot Railway Administration) on September 21st~22nd to promote excellence modeled by Fushengzhuang Track Maintenance Depot and launch a “pioneering performance” campaign across the sector. The “Mao Zedong” Locomotive Crew, “Zhou Enlai” Locomotive Crew, “Zhu De” Locomotive Crew, Xiaodong Station and Fushengzhuang Track Maintenance Depot were honored as CR’s first batch of “Pioneering Forces”, thus ushering in a full-swing excellence-performing campaign.

    Aiming to enhance passenger service and provide more convenience to the passengers, China Railway Publishing House launched the newest version of China railway timetable website www.shike.org.cn on September 29th, thus serving free access to real time train schedule and ticket information.

    Translated by Wang Jiayu