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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/695111468024545450/High-speed-railways-in-China-a-look-at-construction-costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25483

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spelling	okr-10986-254832021-04-23T14:04:31Z High-Speed Railways in China : A Look at Construction Costs Ollivier, Gerald Sondhi, Jitendra Zhou, Nanyan 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 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 look at this expansion, its construction unit costs and some of its key cost components. It also outlines reasons that may explain the comparatively low cost of HSR construction in China. 2016-11-29T20:01:14Z 2016-11-29T20:01:14Z 2014-07 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/695111468024545450/High-speed-railways-in-China-a-look-at-construction-costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25483 English en_US China Transport Topics;No. 9 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Beijing Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief East Asia and Pacific China
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Ollivier, Gerald Sondhi, Jitendra Zhou, Nanyan High-Speed Railways in China : A Look at Construction Costs
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific China
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description	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 look at this expansion, its construction unit costs and some of its key cost components. It also outlines reasons that may explain the comparatively low cost of HSR construction in China.
format	Brief
author	Ollivier, Gerald Sondhi, Jitendra Zhou, Nanyan
author_facet	Ollivier, Gerald Sondhi, Jitendra Zhou, Nanyan
author_sort	Ollivier, Gerald
title	High-Speed Railways in China : A Look at Construction Costs
title_short	High-Speed Railways in China : A Look at Construction Costs
title_full	High-Speed Railways in China : A Look at Construction Costs
title_fullStr	High-Speed Railways in China : A Look at Construction Costs
title_full_unstemmed	High-Speed Railways in China : A Look at Construction Costs
title_sort	high-speed railways in china : a look at construction costs
publisher	World Bank, Beijing
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/695111468024545450/High-speed-railways-in-China-a-look-at-construction-costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25483
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High-Speed Railways in China : A Look at Construction Costs

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