Chinese Railways in the Era of High-Speed

279 Pages·2015·4.827 MB·English

by  Zhenhua Chen, Kingsley E. Haynes

CHINESE RAILWAYS IN THE ERA OF
HIGH-SPEED
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CHINESE RAILWAYS IN THE ERA
OF HIGH-SPEED
ZHENHUA CHEN
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Table of Contents

Prelims
(pp. i - xxii)
Type: Front Matter

Introduction
(pp. 1 - 24)

Demand for High-Speed Revolution
(pp. 25 - 56)

High-Speed Rail Implementation
(pp. 57 - 111)

Challenges for China's High-Speed Rail System
(pp. 113 - 164)
International Best Practices: Railway Reform and Management
(pp. 165 - 206)

Laying the Track to Efficiency
(pp. 207 - 232)
Type: Chapter Item
(pp. 233 - 239)

References
(pp. 241 - 248)

Acknowledgments
(pp. 249 - 250)

About the Authors
(pp. 251 - 252)
Type: About the Authors

Index
(pp. 253 - 264)
List of Tables
Chapter1 1.1 Sixspeed-upstrategiesimplementedintheChinese
railwaysystem.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2 Averagetraveldistanceperpersonaltripbymode. . 9
1.3 Freightrailwaytransportcharacteristicsby
commodity:2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PT) 1.4 Averagetransportdistancepercargotripbymode. . 14
7 ( 1.5 Internationalcomparisonofrailwayservice.. . . . . 19
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2 2.3 Accidentratecomparisonamongdifferentmodesof
3 At transportinChina:1996(cid:1)2012. . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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3.6 ConstructioncharacteristicsoftheselectedChinese
HSRlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
3.7 Accommodationcapacityofthetop10Chineserail
stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
3.8 Top10railwaytunnelsinChina.. . . . . . . . . . . 104
3.9 SummariesofHSRagreementsinitiatedbyChinese
topleaders.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Chapter4 4.1 Regionaleconomicdisparityofthedifferent
economiczones(2004).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
4.2 Top10majormegalopolisesinChina.. . . . . . . . 119
4.3 GroupclashesrelatedtoHSRconstruction.. . . . . 129
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4.4 Comparisonofunitticketpriceamongdifferent
intercitytransportservices.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
4.5 MajorHSRfailurestatistics(December
2009(cid:1)December2014). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
4.6 Financialperformanceandbalancesheetofthe
Chineserailwaycorporation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
4.7 ComparisonofairtrafficbeforeandafterHSR
serviceoperations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Chapter5 5.1 Financialperformanceofdifferentdivisionsofthe
SNCF(2013). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
5.2 ImpactsofmajorlegislationsontheU.S.railroads. . 199
Chapter6 6.1 SWOTanalysisofdifferentrestructuringplans. . . . 213
6.2 Implementedpoliciesthataimtopromoterail
marketization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
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List of Figures
Chapter1 1.1 EvolutionoftheChineserailwaymileage:
1963(cid:1)2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 Modalshareofpassengertransportmeasuredin
ridership:1963(cid:1)2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3 Modalshareofpassengertransportmeasuredin
PT) passenger-distance:1963(cid:1)2012. . . . . . . . . . . 9
7 ( 1.4 Evolutionofpassengerrollingstocks:1978(cid:1)2013.. 10
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ber 2012.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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3:4 tonnage:1963(cid:1)2012.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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productivity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1.13 Researchanalyticalframework. . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter2 2.1 TransportationusageforbusinesstripinChina.. . 27
2.2 FrequencycomparisonofHSRversus
conventionaltrain.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.3 EvolutionofHSRintheworld. . . . . . . . . . . 33
2.4 EvolutionofpassengerrailwaydemandinChina:
1949(cid:1)2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
2.5 EvolutionoffreightrailwaydemandinChina:
1949(cid:1)2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
2.6 Passengerrailwaydemandduringthegoldenweek
ofthenationalday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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2.7 Nationaldailypassengertrafficduringthe40days
ofChunyun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
2.8 TravelflowsbeforeandaftertheChinesenew
year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
2.9 ThefourverticalandfourhorizontalHSR
networkinChina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
2.10 China’s“OneBeltandOneRoad”strategy. . . . . 54
Chapter3 3.1 OrganizationalstructureofEMUsR&Dand
manufactureinChina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
3.2 ACHRH380AEMUleavesBeijingtoShanghai
onapassengerdedicatedline. . . . . . . . . . . . 71
3.3 CapitalexpenditureonChineserailinfrastructure.. 74
3.4 Domesticbankloansadoptedforrailway
infrastructureconstruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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3.13 Foreignexchangereserveandinflationratein
China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Chapter4 4.1 HSRandregionalagglomerations.. . . . . . . . . 120
4.2 HSRoverpassesresidentialneighborhood.. . . . . 130
4.3 StatisticsoftheChineserailwaydebtmaturity. . . 146
4.4 OrganizationalstructureoftheformerMOR. . . . 151
4.5 Top10manufacturersofrollingstockrankedby
revenuein2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Chapter5 5.1 JNRorganizationalrestructuring. . . . . . . . . . 168
5.2 RestructuringoftheBritishrailwayin1996/1997. . 174
5.3 DeathintheUKrailwayaccidents1993(cid:1)2014. . . 177
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5.4 EvolutionsofFrenchrailwayorganizationsand
institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
5.5 EvolutionsofGermanrailwayorganizationsand
institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
5.6 U.S.freightrailroadperformancesince
Deregulation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Chapter6 6.1 EvolutionsoftheChineserailwayfreightrate.. . . 219
6.2 Acartoonillustratingtheunusualarrangementof
freewaterdistributionduringaHSRservice. . . . 224
6.3 Classificationofpublicandprivatewelfare
activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
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