High-Speed Railways in China : A Look at Construction Costs

By the end of 2013, China railway had built a network of about 10,000 route-km of high-speed railways (HSR). The network has been built rapidly and at a relatively low unit cost compared with similar projects in other countries. This note takes a l...

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Main Authors:	Ollivier, Gerald, Sondhi, Jitendra, Zhou, Nanyan
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Beijing 2016
Subjects:	ACCELERATION AIR AIR FARES AIRPORT AIRPORT TERMINALS ARCHITECTURE AXLES BEAMS BRIDGE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION BRIDGES BUS FARES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CARRIAGES CIVIL WORKS CONSTRUCTION COSTS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT COVERS DESIGN SPEED EARTHWORKS ELECTRIFICATION EMBANKMENT EMBANKMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS EXPRESS TRAINS FARES FATALITIES FATALITY HIGH DENSITY CORRIDORS HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES HIGH-SPEED RAIL HIGH-SPEED RAIL NETWORK HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECT INTERCITY BUS INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LAND ACQUISITION LAND TAKE MIXED USE MOMENTUM MULTIPLE UNIT TRAINS PASSENGER PASSENGERS PEAK HOURS PEAK TRAVEL PYLONS RAIL CONSTRUCTION RAIL LINES RAILWAY RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION RAILWAY CORPORATION RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT RAILWAY NETWORK RAILWAY PROJECT RAILWAY PROJECTS RAILWAY STATIONS RAILWAYS RESETTLEMENT RIGHT OF WAY RIVERS ROAD ROLLING STOCK ROUTE ROUTES SLAB SPAN SPEED SPEEDS SPREADING STEEL TEMPERATURE TOPOGRAPHY TRACK TRACKS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC DENSITY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRAINS TRAINS PER HOUR TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TUNNEL TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION TUNNELS VEHICLE VIADUCTS
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