New railway investment totaled nearly 900 billion yuan during the year

The National Development and Reform Commission released seven new batches of railway projects again yesterday, with a total investment of approximately RMB98.86 billion. So far, with the previous approval of the relevant railway projects, the estimated total investment for the newly approved railway project since 2014 has reached 897.602 billion yuan.

The approved projects included the construction of new railway projects from Heshun to Xingtai, Zhangzhou to Ningde, Golmud to Korla, Lianyungang to Zhenjiang, Xiangyun to Linyi, Nanchang to Zhangzhou, and Nanning to Baise. Among them, Heshun to Xingtai project amounted to 6.64 billion yuan, Zhangzhou to Ningde project amounted to 30.485 billion yuan, Golmud to Korla project amounted to 37.64 billion yuan, Lianyungang to Zhenjiang project amounted to 46.462 billion yuan, Xiangyun to Linfen project amount was 155 Billion, Nanchang to Ganzhou project amounted to 53.25 billion yuan, Nanning to Baise project amounted to 9.883 billion yuan, total investment of 1998.96 billion yuan.

In terms of function positioning, Heshun to Xingtai Railway starts from Yangquan to Shanxi Railways and Shunju Station in the west and docks to the Xiaokangzhuang Station of the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway. It mainly uses coal transportation, taking into account other cargo transportation and passenger transportation. The Golmud-Korla Railway is a railway trunk line that serves both passengers and freight. The Xiangyun-Linyi Railway is a medium and long-term railway network planning project. It is a regional trunk railway with equal emphasis on passengers and cargo, and is part of the Trans-Asian Railway. The Quzhou-Ningde Railway is Regional railway with both passenger and cargo.

The Lianyungang-Zhenjiang Railway and the Nanchang-Chenzhou Railway are passenger-only lines, that is, high-speed railways. The target value of the speed is 250 km/h. The Nanchang-Qinzhou Railway’s infrastructure is subject to further conditions for speed increase. The EMU purchase fees for the two are respectively 2 billion yuan and 2.5 billion yuan.

The Lianyungang-Zhenjiang Railway aims to strengthen the links between northern Jiangsu, Central Jiangsu and the Yangtze River Delta, and promote coordinated development of the region. The next step in the Nanchang-Cangzhou Railway is to study the problem of the completion of the passenger-dedicated railway line from Zhangzhou to Shenzhen.

At present, the country is building a nationwide 8-hour high-speed rail network. Except for the remote provincial capitals or capital cities such as Urumqi and Lhasa, there will be no more than 8 hours from any provincial capital city to another provincial capital. This includes all capital cities from Beijing to the capital cities. Provincial capitals, provinces and cities, and provinces must establish a 1-hour high-speed rail economic circle centered on the provincial capital. On the other hand, matching the Maritime Silk Road Economic Belt, the country is still planning to go high-speed rail.

Obviously, three of the seven railway projects approved yesterday were exactly the implementation of the above-mentioned national strategy. Nanchang-Chenzhou Railway is an important part of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway. The next step will be to study the construction of high-speed railways between Zhangzhou and Shenzhen. Before that, the relevant lines to the north of the Beijing-Kowloon high-speed railway to Jiujiang have been approved, and will become the nation’s 8-hour railway after completion. High-speed rail network is an important trunk hub; Lianyungang-Zhenjiang Railway is the implementation of one-hour high-speed rail economic circle in each province; Xiangyun-Linyi Railway will promote the construction of the Trans-Asian Railway, which will help implement the strategy of the Maritime Silk Road Economic Belt. And advance.