China on 28
th Dec 2016 commenced operations of Shanghai-Kunming line, the longest high speed railway in the world.
Link joins the prosperous east coast to the less developed southwestern part of the nation.
Launch of the Shanghai-Kunming line is an indication that China's high speed rail grid has taken shape and connects all provinces on most of the Chinese mainland.
The line is part of the China Railway High Speed's System of High Speed Rail Corridors, beginning in Shanghai and ending in Kunming.
China Railway High Speed is a high speed rail service operated by China Railway.
Hexie Hao is the designation for rolling stock operated for the service and CRH’s introduction was a major part of the sixth national railway speedup.
It was implemented on 18th April 2007 and every high speed train in commercial use in China is called
CRH.
CRH1/2A/2B/2E/5 are expected to have a maximum speed of 250 km/h. CRH2C/3 have a maximum speed of 350 km/h.
The new trainsets CRH380A have a maximum test speed of 416.6 km/h. CRH380BL, the fastest trainset, attained a maximum test speed of 487.3 km/h.
Know More About the Shanghai-Kunming line- Length: 2552 km
- Line is the longest east-west high speed railway in China.
- It passes through 5 provinces of Zhejiang, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou and Yunnn.
- It completes the journey from Shanghai to Kunming in 11 hours as compared to 34 hours.
- Maximum speed of the train is 330 km/hour.
