Yes. Me too. I enjoy China HSR very much. Just last August I started from Laos capital Vientiane and took the train to Kunming city. Then Kunming to Chengdu. Chengdu to Chongqing. Chongqing to Beijing. Beijing to Shanghai. Shanghai to Xiamen and then to Hong Kong. From HK I flown back to Thailand. The whole trip took me about one month and of course I stopped in every city for a few days before going to the next city. It is very interesting and enjoyable. China long distance HSR is really super comfortable and affordable too. The best things about travelling in China are safety, convenient, friendly people, no one bother you like beggars, scammers, taxi drivers or touting people pestering you to go shopping with them and to scam you. Are are free to wander around anywhere with nothing to fear. Planning to do again maybe middle or end of this year and to different cities.
Having a fast, efficient and extensive rail transportation network is not only good for the national development and economy of the country but is also good for the environment as HSR or high speed rail is 6 times more energy efficient than planes based on per passenger usage
@@Zichoe with all that coal generation, it's far from 0 carbon footprint; however, electricity production has the potential to drastically reduce the footprint as new and cleaner technologies emerge.
Looking carefully, we see China has so many things to offer the world, especially the Global South, e.g. EV/Battery, Green techs (solar panel, wind, nuclear, hydropower), Smart City, Smartphone, 5G. Those things are also affordable, compared to western alternatives. When a country respects China's core interests such as Taiwan, Xinjiang, suddenly the country can reach a quite range of offers from China. Even financial offer from New Development Bank.
@@oceanwave4502 before China became the world's leading industrial powerhouse n manufacturing hub, we have to pay through the nose for those western n Japanese products especially electronics. One lousy Japanese video cassette player cost a whooping 450 USD. For the same money we can buy a high quality 55 inch Chinese smart TV with UHD n oled screen with multiple smart functions
Excellent video. China's commitment to developing the HSR network is incredible. Although it is known "how projects are carried out" in China, no one can ignore the fact that 2 billion people were transported on this railway alone in 12 years. Just imagine those people in cars, buses and planes. The HSR system is really a game-changer where it really makes sense to build it.
to be frank the economy has been performing poorly in the past year, because demand is low due to poor worldwide economy, resulting in overcapacity in china which severely harms its manufacturing industry. Real estate sector has also collapsed because they built far too many houses.
That's a good suggestion. If they really plan to have these new trains running at 400 km/h in regular service (and they usually do what they say), then it's going to be a very big deal. Quite a few existing lines should allow for such speeds no problem, at least in terms of track geometry. So yeah, would be very interesting to see a well researched video on that, because it's too exciting to miss this.
A small correction regarding initial operating speed. The line initially operated at 350 km/h (or even 355 km/h to be very precise) speed at least in some sections and certainly on Guangzhou-Wuhan section when it opened in 2009. It was reduced to 300 km/h in 2011 I believe, citing vague reasons like safety and operating costs (the latter is probably true). Also, why use stock footage from US cities? :) Anyway, great and useful video. China's HSR system is beyound incredible and this line serves as one of two flagship routes alongside Jinghu HSR.
Thanks for the correction and the additional info! We’ll make sure to double-check such details in the future. As for the stock footage, fair point-we have few mistakes in the video edit. Glad you enjoyed the video overall, and we really appreciate your feedback!
I took the train from Beijing to Kunming recently because the flight was canceled. In the northern section it was driving 350km/h. So far I know some trains are now driving 350km/h again.
The Wuhan-Guangzhou line operated at 350kph from Dec. 2009 to July 2011. I took it back in April 2010, and my CRH3 (Siemens Velaro) did run at 350kph. But speed limit was reduced in July 2011 to 310kph following the Wenzhou HSR collision, which killed 40 passenger and shocked the entire nation. There were widespread public demands to slow down HSR constructions. Meanwhile, both then former Minister of Railway Liu Zhijun and chief engineer Zhang Shuguang were arrested for corruption in Spring 2011. Thus, the 350 to 310 kph speed reduction was more likely a political move to address public anger and temporary skepticism of China’s HSR projects.
@@StandWithUkraineAndLiberalism That's pretty much how I remember it too. Also, the whole "increased it back to 350 km/h" thing with only certain new models of trains could be a smart marketing move to advertise Chinese-developed trainsets like various versions of CR400 and the upcoming CR450, which can be legitimately presented as the fastest trains in the world and do not resemble any designs developed outside of China.
@@StandWithUkraineAndLiberalism Liu Zhijun was a controversial figure in China. Although corrupt, he was also ambitious and daring. During the early stages of CRH's 350 km/h trials, he sat in the front cabin of the train.
No other country in this world can afford to build such a mega High-speed Rail system like China does! This system is absolutely for the good sake of its people.
Currently, the longest high-speed rail line mileage ranking in China (single train): NO.1: Beijing-Hong Kong Line, about 2439 kilometers; (Only the 250km/h EMU will be put into operation in 2024); NO.2: Beijing-Guangzhou Line, 2298 kilometers; NO.3: Shanghai-Kunming Line, about 2252 kilometers; NO.4: Lanzhou-Lianyungang Line, about 1794 kilometers; NO.5: Lanzhou-Xinjiang Line, about 1776 kilometers; NO.6: Hong Kong-Xi'an Line, about 1766 kilometers; NO.7: Shanghai-Hong Kong Line, about 1664 kilometers; NO.8 Xuzhou-Lanzhou Line, about 1434 kilometers; NO.9: Beijing-Shanghai Line, about 1318 kilometers; NO.10: Hangzhou-Changsha Line, about 933 kilometers。
@@janusli8820 The Beijing to Hong Kong route can indeed be operated by the Fuxing high-speed rail, but there is no direct train, except for one EMU train per day. This ranking only counts the longest mileage of a single train service. Otherwise, you can use the connecting high-speed rail service to take a journey of up to 3,000 kilometers from Guangzhou to Xinjiang or Shanghai to Xinjiang, Guangzhou to Harbin, etc.
@@0.0LEE-n8i What do you mean by "but there is no direct train, except for one EMU train per day"? There is or there isn't? G80/79 is in fact a direct train operated by a Fuxing EMU and running at 350km/h
Because unlike in China, the British Government does not own your land with the ability to eject you from your property at their convenience... and disappear you if you're being difficult.
@@ukeyaoitrash2618 lol! I took the train from Boston to NYC once. It spent more time stopping at stations than actually moving! It eventually took some 5 hours! 😂
@DandamanV Same here in Canada and, as a G7 country, don't even have one. I guess politicians are against the idea due to cost maybe, so we just rely on cars and planes to get to other cities. Australian cities are spread out so far from each other, same with Canadian cities, and we definitely need HSR imo.
Overall great video. However, the use of non Chinese cities in the stock videos is odd. Small correction: The use of elevated structures isn't to "reduce land use", it's to decrease the amount of undulations, and average grades that the trains have to go through, as those would add massive ongoing costs in terms of energy usage, parts wear, etc.
Having fast and efficient rail transport network is not only good for the development and economy but also the environment as HSR 6 times more energy efficient than planes based on per passenger usage
Nice videos of *OTHER RAILWAYS* from around the world. They also said that the line was built using track without ballast, then showed videos of ballast consolidation machinery. Much of the rolling stock shown was recognisably American or European. Somehow, I doubt that white guys using German equipment built the railway.
@@davidpottage6402I think it is not always easy to find appropriate video footages to cover the topic. I don't mind this. I certainly learn something new every time. And whether footafe is good or not doesn't matter that much in these types of videos.
Sometimes the video segments actually needed aren't available. So you go with the best available, particularly if reporting on past construction projects already completed. So, I stand by my original comments. It's brilliant these guys put so much effort into producing UA-cam content for others' enjoyment.
Ja sam stariji covjek I secam se kad je Kina bila MNOGO siromasne i tehnoloski zaostala drzava.... A u to vreme glavno prevozno sredstvo bile su rikse.U to vreme ja I moja genera cija divili smo se Americi kako su bili bogatila a drzava tehnoloski I ekonomski Lider Sveta. Danas za mene I moju generaciju Kina je postala ono sto je nekada bila Amerika.
Thanks for the great work you do. Informative video.* Another topic for a video could be how the HSR system in China integrates with the "higher" (intermediate) speed (200-250 km/h), "classic" (lower) speed (80-160 km/h), and inter-urban and metro railway systems in China. Do they integrate well? Did they integrate well from the outset, or what steps were taken to make them integrate better? There could be a lot of learnings. (* although a lot of the footage did not seem to be of the B-G HSR line).
Excellent video in reality the High Speed Line is actually Beijing Guangzhou Hong Kong. Also consider that the Shanghai Wenzhou Shenzhen line actually terminates in Hong Kong. Recently there are high-speed sleeper trains to Hong Kong on this line
2400 km in 8 hours nothing but astonishing. In India it would have taken 45-50 hours for the same,we are fucking pompous about sub standard Vande Bharat train.
Nice Video, but unfortunately many video clips are not relevant to this high-speed rail, for example 2:21it shows Yinchuan-Wuzhong High-speed rail paver, 3:03 is the express highway tunnel 'Victory' in Tianshan Xinjiang.
也许只是因为油管主不好查找CRH合适的视频资料，毕竟大部分内容只在中文平台有，而且转载授权也有麻烦。I guess it's difficult for UA-camr to gain access to large amount of footage source because most of them are only published in Chinese media platform. And copyright is also an issue.
From my experiences of travelling on Singapore Mrt train so far, I wonder why it was so Jerky & not stable whenever it started to move off from its respective stations causing passengers who are standing to lost their balance & fall down, also there are so much metal track loud rubbing, whizzing + rocking sound when it's travelling along the way. Thus, I seriously don't feel the thrill of taking Singapore Mrt train rides except when necessary, however, I seriously enjoyed very much travelling lastly in China high speed trains to & from Shanghai Airport to Wuxi, Shanghai Hong Chiao Station & so on as I was very satisfied with its 350 speed, smoothness, silence + non jerky movement all the way ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉....
China recently unveiled a prototype of an HSR train which will run at speeds upto 450 kmph. Means already superfast trains will run at even higher speeds.
Any infos on how intensely it is used? Number of direct trains is not very indicative, there are probably a lot more trains with more stops on shorter sections, but also the trains' loading would be interesting?
*EVERY SINGLE HIGH SPEED TRAIN IN EVIIIILLLLLLLLLLL COMMMMMEEEEEECHINNNNNNEEEE3EE ARE TOTALLY EMPTY AND OPERATE DEVOID OF ANY PASSENGERS.!* *THERE IS YOUR WESTERNBRAINROTTED, WESTERNBRAINWASHED "mind" FEEL GOOD NOW??????*
This is probably the most impressive high speed rail line much less high speed rail project ever conceived and constructed. And do you remember how much xenophobic sniping about it came from the USA when it opened? I do! Just like Chinese BEV's which now dominate the world and rightly so! The best value for dollar vehicles you can buy despite what the "armchair" critics say...
US used to be able to build mega projects of this scale. After all, we went to the moon. But I don’t see how the US can pull off an engineering feat like this now. It’s not just about engineering and financial resources, it’s also about the endless debates and infighting
@@MaxSnowDude That was planned in 1998, approved for construction in 2008, and construction begun in 2015. Up to now, a single kilometer of rail still has to be laid out. At that same timeline, the chinese built over 40,000 km of HSR whis is now in operation.
Thank god, india tested first sleeper vande bharat at speed of 180Kms per hour, when the train runs actually the speed will be 60 to 80 Kms per hour with some couple of hours delays.
Meanwhile India is building a 500km line with the help of Japan from the past 4 years and is still not completed, expecting to complete it in another 3 years. Totally 7 years to complete for 500kms 😂😂😂
*KEEP DREAMING VIVEK!* *The incredible! superpower! indian! "incredible!" mumbai - ahmedabad HSR CONSTRUCTION *BEGAN 7 YEARS AGO AND WILL NOT - GUARANTEED - OPEN AT ALL UNTIL SOMETIME IN THE 2030s........* *BUT YOU KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THAT "incredible! superpower! india! incredible bullet trains" WILL OPEN IN 2028 OK THERE SANJAY..........*
japan sucks. people still worship that dead country, it's unreal. xenophobic and also actually very cruel to other japanese too. people just fall for the facade coz they used to be rich, and people APPEAR to be polite.
Canada needs to see this because we as a first world nation do not have high speed rail, and I dont think they ever will build one. Just rely on cars and airplanes.
@MaxSnowDude Trudeau announced it, yes, but I guarantee the conservatives won't have it happen, so again, we rely on cars and planes. Both China and Italy's train services are making air travel in those countries obsolete. I myself love trains, our Via Rail is atrocious, our Go Trains are actually pretty good, but it goes through via Union Station Toronto. Despite the price and how spread out Canadian cities are, I think we DEFINITELY need HSR.
Why can't Americans do such rail network in USA??? ....WHAT IS THE FAULT???....... BETTER CHINESE GOVERNMENT INVEST IN AMERICA & BUILT BETTER RAILWAY NETWORK 🌎🌍
The HSR ticket prices are fairly expensive given local Chinese average wages... I am all for modernizing and efficiency by building direct tracks, however one must NEVER forget that the benefit should be societal and not for profit! These prices are simply too high for local Chinese...
@@aamaldev494 In this case, yes I agree! Rather take a plane ride to my destination, than an overpriced vanity project! China is doing that clearly as a vanity project and to use their budget surplus for investments. I get it, if you have HSR tracks, the bulk of the cost has been made, maintenance isn't nearly as costly. My objection is the HORRIBLE cost that a current HSR ticket costs... China has a declining population, meaning less and less people will be taking it, would be MUUUUCH more attractive to just price it according to average salaries. I know many Chinese contacts, and none of them take the HSR due to cost being prohibitive.
Do you think the price is high? I live in Japan and the price of Japanese HSR (Shinkansen) is almost 2 times of the Chinese one. and Japanese average income is also about 2 times higher. Since the JP HSR is run by private companies and aims to make profits, while the CHN HSR is owned by government, I think the price of Chinese HSR is being kept low. But truely, China's income gap is huge. Even for the metropolitan residents (the HSR's main customers) the prices are quite affordable, they may be not affordable at all for the over 600 million Chinese who still live in poverty.
Be interesting to see if the network stands up to time, at the minute it seems that the buildings are not structurally sound, plus in a communist country no lengthy public inquiries about three worms that live in the proposed route 😊
I don't know why, but I have a feeling China's extensive use of elevated structures is going to cause major maintenance issues when they all start decaying at the same time a few decades from now. Don't get me wrong I still think it's an amazing feat, but something about it feels off
@@metrotrujillo Jobs for the sake of jobs instead of investment in productive assets is an economic disaster. It's as absurd as getting rid of all machinery to stimulate employment
*THE PRESENT VAST MAJORITY OF THE "elevated structures" built across China FOR BOTH THEIR EXPRESSWAYS AND HSR ARE STEEL-REINFORCED CONCRETE: AS OPPOSED TO THE BUILT 7-8-9 DECADES AGO THEN"standard" OF STEEL TRUSS BRIDGES IN PRESENT MURCA!/NOW MASSIVELY OUTDATED WHICH IS BRINGING MASSIVE HEADACHES TO YOUR MURCAN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS.......* *The steel-reinforced concrete box girder bridges ACROSS YOUR MURCA! THAT WAS BUILT OVER THE LAST 30-40-50 DECADES HAVE NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER TODAY........*
Sour grapes much? I don't get it... RE merely described China's HSR system (and the Beijing-Guanzhou-HK line specifically) - it didn't praise Xi or his party or anything!? But let me tell you why you feel such a great "disconnect". Go ahead and view ANY video on China's numerous metro systems and compare them to NYC's! While China continues to make strides in rail, electric cars, renewable energy sources, etc., etc. - WE are mired in idiotic gender wars and longing to go back to the rosy 1950's that never really existed. And our president elect is busy mouthing off even more idiotic garbage like wanting to take back the Panama Canal, and wanting to take over Canada and Greenland too. Wanna really barf? 🤢
One of the main reasons I want to visit China is to ride their high speed train network. They are very impressive.
It's toooo convenient that any place you want to go visit in Ćhina, you will be met by a sea of people. That is kind of a put off.
Yes. Me too. I enjoy China HSR very much. Just last August I started from Laos capital Vientiane and took the train to Kunming city. Then Kunming to Chengdu. Chengdu to Chongqing. Chongqing to Beijing. Beijing to Shanghai. Shanghai to Xiamen and then to Hong Kong. From HK I flown back to Thailand.
The whole trip took me about one month and of course I stopped in every city for a few days before going to the next city. It is very interesting and enjoyable. China long distance HSR is really super comfortable and affordable too.
The best things about travelling in China are safety, convenient, friendly people, no one bother you like beggars, scammers, taxi drivers or touting people pestering you to go shopping with them and to scam you. Are are free to wander around anywhere with nothing to fear.
Planning to do again maybe middle or end of this year and to different cities.
they will put into service HSR with 450KM this year.
@@panyaboonc5621 Damm that's a loaded trip. What city was your favorite, I've been in most of the cities you mentioned
@@panyaboonc5621 That's amazing, railing all the whole China in this way.
Having a fast, efficient and extensive rail transportation network is not only good for the national development and economy of the country but is also good for the environment as HSR or high speed rail is 6 times more energy efficient than planes based on per passenger usage
And it also uses electricity which means 0 carbon footprint
@@Zichoe with all that coal generation, it's far from 0 carbon footprint; however, electricity production has the potential to drastically reduce the footprint as new and cleaner technologies emerge.
@@jens_le_benz煤炭发电已经更新到第三代，污染大幅降低，同时煤炭发电已经由原来的占比70%减少到了40%被更加清洁能源风能，太阳能所替代当然还有核电，水电等
Looking carefully, we see China has so many things to offer the world, especially the Global South, e.g. EV/Battery, Green techs (solar panel, wind, nuclear, hydropower), Smart City, Smartphone, 5G. Those things are also affordable, compared to western alternatives.
When a country respects China's core interests such as Taiwan, Xinjiang, suddenly the country can reach a quite range of offers from China. Even financial offer from New Development Bank.
@@oceanwave4502 before China became the world's leading industrial powerhouse n manufacturing hub, we have to pay through the nose for those western n Japanese products especially electronics. One lousy Japanese video cassette player cost a whooping 450 USD. For the same money we can buy a high quality 55 inch Chinese smart TV with UHD n oled screen with multiple smart functions
Excellent video. China's commitment to developing the HSR network is incredible. Although it is known "how projects are carried out" in China, no one can ignore the fact that 2 billion people were transported on this railway alone in 12 years. Just imagine those people in cars, buses and planes. The HSR system is really a game-changer where it really makes sense to build it.
2B trips, not people😂
Dumb ppl ignore it
@@peanut0brainso even much more people than that?
Ah aubtle bashing of china, love the western pov
Do clarify your "how projects are carried out" statement.
Western media: "China is collapsing..." 😅😅😅
😂propaganda
to be frank the economy has been performing poorly in the past year, because demand is low due to poor worldwide economy, resulting in overcapacity in china which severely harms its manufacturing industry. Real estate sector has also collapsed because they built far too many houses.
@@austinli8891 Europe is collpasing then, you can notice how the media frames it.
@@austinli8891 Slowing down does not mean collapse.
@@austinli8891you need to learn the difference of economic normal up down and collapse.
Rode on GuangZhou - Wuhan segment in 2010. It was really an eye-opener.
Please make a video on CR 450 the newly launched China's high speed train
Good idea. Thanks for the proposal. We will put it on our to-do list.
That's a good suggestion. If they really plan to have these new trains running at 400 km/h in regular service (and they usually do what they say), then it's going to be a very big deal. Quite a few existing lines should allow for such speeds no problem, at least in terms of track geometry. So yeah, would be very interesting to see a well researched video on that, because it's too exciting to miss this.
Simply mind bugling. Bravo China…
I have taken the G80 HSR from HK to Beijing. Super nice! Dim Sum in HK and Peking duck in Beijing. Loved it!
A small correction regarding initial operating speed. The line initially operated at 350 km/h (or even 355 km/h to be very precise) speed at least in some sections and certainly on Guangzhou-Wuhan section when it opened in 2009. It was reduced to 300 km/h in 2011 I believe, citing vague reasons like safety and operating costs (the latter is probably true).
Also, why use stock footage from US cities? :)
Anyway, great and useful video. China's HSR system is beyound incredible and this line serves as one of two flagship routes alongside Jinghu HSR.
Thanks for the correction and the additional info! We’ll make sure to double-check such details in the future.
As for the stock footage, fair point-we have few mistakes in the video edit. Glad you enjoyed the video overall, and we really appreciate your feedback!
I took the train from Beijing to Kunming recently because the flight was canceled. In the northern section it was driving 350km/h. So far I know some trains are now driving 350km/h again.
The Wuhan-Guangzhou line operated at 350kph from Dec. 2009 to July 2011. I took it back in April 2010, and my CRH3 (Siemens Velaro) did run at 350kph. But speed limit was reduced in July 2011 to 310kph following the Wenzhou HSR collision, which killed 40 passenger and shocked the entire nation. There were widespread public demands to slow down HSR constructions. Meanwhile, both then former Minister of Railway Liu Zhijun and chief engineer Zhang Shuguang were arrested for corruption in Spring 2011. Thus, the 350 to 310 kph speed reduction was more likely a political move to address public anger and temporary skepticism of China’s HSR projects.
@@StandWithUkraineAndLiberalism That's pretty much how I remember it too. Also, the whole "increased it back to 350 km/h" thing with only certain new models of trains could be a smart marketing move to advertise Chinese-developed trainsets like various versions of CR400 and the upcoming CR450, which can be legitimately presented as the fastest trains in the world and do not resemble any designs developed outside of China.
@@StandWithUkraineAndLiberalism Liu Zhijun was a controversial figure in China. Although corrupt, he was also ambitious and daring. During the early stages of CRH's 350 km/h trials, he sat in the front cabin of the train.
Keep innovating your railways China! I’m really envious of China’s progress. Rail travel is many times better than sardine travel (air travel).
No other country in this world can afford to build such a mega High-speed Rail system like China does! This system is absolutely for the good sake of its people.
China is very impressive indeed. Anther great video.
Glad you like it 😄
I've taken some of this line. So smooth and quiet, even at top speed
Currently, the longest high-speed rail line mileage ranking in China (single train):
NO.1: Beijing-Hong Kong Line, about 2439 kilometers; (Only the 250km/h EMU will be put into operation in 2024);
NO.2: Beijing-Guangzhou Line, 2298 kilometers;
NO.3: Shanghai-Kunming Line, about 2252 kilometers;
NO.4: Lanzhou-Lianyungang Line, about 1794 kilometers;
NO.5: Lanzhou-Xinjiang Line, about 1776 kilometers;
NO.6: Hong Kong-Xi'an Line, about 1766 kilometers;
NO.7: Shanghai-Hong Kong Line, about 1664 kilometers;
NO.8 Xuzhou-Lanzhou Line, about 1434 kilometers;
NO.9: Beijing-Shanghai Line, about 1318 kilometers;
NO.10: Hangzhou-Changsha Line, about 933 kilometers。
Thanks for this additional information. The China HSR network is truly a remarkable achievement.
The BJ-HK seater trains have been running at 350km/h for a long time. The new sleeper trains running at 250 were put into service this year.
@@janusli8820 The Beijing to Hong Kong route can indeed be operated by the Fuxing high-speed rail, but there is no direct train, except for one EMU train per day. This ranking only counts the longest mileage of a single train service. Otherwise, you can use the connecting high-speed rail service to take a journey of up to 3,000 kilometers from Guangzhou to Xinjiang or Shanghai to Xinjiang, Guangzhou to Harbin, etc.
@@0.0LEE-n8i What do you mean by "but there is no direct train, except for one EMU train per day"? There is or there isn't? G80/79 is in fact a direct train operated by a Fuxing EMU and running at 350km/h
A brilliantly covered topic, the development of China's railways is impressive ❤
Love to plan a trip from Beijing to Guangzhou while stopping along the way for hotel stays
How come uk cannot finish a much smaller one at over 100bill?
Because the level of corruption is even higher than in China.
Because unlike in China, the British Government does not own your land with the ability to eject you from your property at their convenience... and disappear you if you're being difficult.
It's about the scale ...
Because you build a bridge for every frog along the line
Corruption. Westerners deny that it exists. They have rosy eyes for their democracy but it's corrupt to the bones
You can review China HSR again when CR450 is in service, it should happen in this year
Now this is exactly how public transportation should look like. Advanced mobility at affordable prices for its citizens. Gongxi Gongxi 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
22 hours down to 8, quite a reduction.
Cool video man, subscribed!
The Chinese railway is the best
The biggest advantage of railroads over airplanes is that you can use mobile networks unlimitedly, making it easy to kill a few hours on the road.
Surprised to see Amrak operate in China at 6:16
I am sorry, that can't be an American passenger train. It is clearly moving.
@@ukeyaoitrash2618😅😅😅😅
Yeah he should be more careful about the stock images he picks, makes no sense to use random images
@@ukeyaoitrash2618 lol! I took the train from Boston to NYC once. It spent more time stopping at stations than actually moving! It eventually took some 5 hours! 😂
Meanwhile in Australia we can't build a single high speed railway 😢
@DandamanV Same here in Canada and, as a G7 country, don't even have one. I guess politicians are against the idea due to cost maybe, so we just rely on cars and planes to get to other cities. Australian cities are spread out so far from each other, same with Canadian cities, and we definitely need HSR imo.
Overall great video. However, the use of non Chinese cities in the stock videos is odd. Small correction: The use of elevated structures isn't to "reduce land use", it's to decrease the amount of undulations, and average grades that the trains have to go through, as those would add massive ongoing costs in terms of energy usage, parts wear, etc.
No billionaires to block public transport.
Keep going to our motherland Da great wall of China❤❤ We in Malaysia Chinese always support n Love our motherland China
They wont get these built in the States cause special interests wont let it happen....
I wish we had them here
Modi: India is a rising superpower.
Xi: China is a developing nation.
Underarm diplomacy
As fast as an aeroplane to get to the destination inclusive the airport check-in, taxing before take off for medium range distance.
Having fast and efficient rail transport network is not only good for the development and economy but also the environment as HSR 6 times more energy efficient than planes based on per passenger usage
Beijing - Urumqi railway is 2400kms, Beijing - Guangzhou railway is 2200kms
150 years ago Chinese Labourers went to USA to build the Western Railway. Looks like about time we Chinese go back again.
Superb videos, research & info on this channel. 🤩
Love the authentic voice-overs too. Good decision to stay with your original voice-overs 👏
Thanks ☺️
Nice videos of *OTHER RAILWAYS* from around the world. They also said that the line was built using track without ballast, then showed videos of ballast consolidation machinery. Much of the rolling stock shown was recognisably American or European. Somehow, I doubt that white guys using German equipment built the railway.
@@davidpottage6402I think it is not always easy to find appropriate video footages to cover the topic. I don't mind this. I certainly learn something new every time. And whether footafe is good or not doesn't matter that much in these types of videos.
Sometimes the video segments actually needed aren't available. So you go with the best available, particularly if reporting on past construction projects already completed.
So, I stand by my original comments. It's brilliant these guys put so much effort into producing UA-cam content for others' enjoyment.
Ja sam stariji covjek I secam se kad je Kina bila MNOGO siromasne i tehnoloski zaostala drzava.... A u to vreme glavno prevozno sredstvo bile su rikse.U to vreme ja I moja genera cija divili smo se Americi kako su bili bogatila a drzava tehnoloski I ekonomski Lider Sveta. Danas za mene I moju generaciju Kina je postala ono sto je nekada bila Amerika.
Thanks for the great work you do. Informative video.* Another topic for a video could be how the HSR system in China integrates with the "higher" (intermediate) speed (200-250 km/h), "classic" (lower) speed (80-160 km/h), and inter-urban and metro railway systems in China. Do they integrate well? Did they integrate well from the outset, or what steps were taken to make them integrate better? There could be a lot of learnings.
(* although a lot of the footage did not seem to be of the B-G HSR line).
Congratulations china from Bangladesh.
R tora kukur biraler moto baccha banante thak.
HSR in China is second to none in the world. 👍
Excellent video in reality the High Speed Line is actually Beijing Guangzhou Hong Kong. Also consider that the Shanghai Wenzhou Shenzhen line actually terminates in Hong Kong. Recently there are high-speed sleeper trains to Hong Kong on this line
2400 km in 8 hours nothing but astonishing. In India it would have taken 45-50 hours for the same,we are fucking pompous about sub standard Vande Bharat train.
People recognize China high speed rail for speed and efficiency, missed its greatest benefit of green electricity
Why China images are mixed with other from North-East Corridor?
Yeah that's stupid
There's probably only so much footage of high speed infrastructure due to state security reasons.
HSR tracks are ballastless, but the video footage showed ballast tracks laying technique 😞
Nice Video, but unfortunately many video clips are not relevant to this high-speed rail, for example 2:21it shows Yinchuan-Wuzhong High-speed rail paver, 3:03 is the express highway tunnel 'Victory' in Tianshan Xinjiang.
也许只是因为油管主不好查找CRH合适的视频资料，毕竟大部分内容只在中文平台有，而且转载授权也有麻烦。I guess it's difficult for UA-camr to gain access to large amount of footage source because most of them are only published in Chinese media platform. And copyright is also an issue.
If only India and China had cordial relations !
From my experiences of travelling on Singapore Mrt train so far, I wonder why it was so Jerky & not stable whenever it started to move off from its respective stations causing passengers who are standing to lost their balance & fall down, also there are so much metal track loud rubbing, whizzing + rocking sound when it's travelling along the way. Thus, I seriously don't feel the thrill of taking Singapore Mrt train rides except when necessary, however, I seriously enjoyed very much travelling lastly in China high speed trains to & from Shanghai Airport to Wuxi, Shanghai Hong Chiao Station & so on as I was very satisfied with its 350 speed, smoothness, silence + non jerky movement all the way ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉....
It can be clearly discerned that some of the video clips collected by the author and used in this video are not from China.Thanks anyway.
What are you talking about?? Provide a time stamp
Very enlightening and informative as usual! Thank you. (I noticed the insertion of Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak trains… Found that curious.)
সত্যিই অসাধারণ!! চীন অসম্ভব উন্নতি করেছে ❤❤বাংলাদেশ থেকে শুভেচ্ছা। একদিন যাবো বেড়াতে 🇧🇩🤝🇨🇳❤️❤️
欢迎🎉
China recently unveiled a prototype of an HSR train which will run at speeds upto 450 kmph. Means already superfast trains will run at even higher speeds.
Any infos on how intensely it is used? Number of direct trains is not very indicative, there are probably a lot more trains with more stops on shorter sections, but also the trains' loading would be interesting?
*EVERY SINGLE HIGH SPEED TRAIN IN EVIIIILLLLLLLLLLL COMMMMMEEEEEECHINNNNNNEEEE3EE ARE TOTALLY EMPTY AND OPERATE DEVOID OF ANY PASSENGERS.!*
*THERE IS YOUR WESTERNBRAINROTTED, WESTERNBRAINWASHED "mind" FEEL GOOD NOW??????*
This is probably the most impressive high speed rail line much less high speed rail project ever conceived and constructed. And do you remember how much xenophobic sniping about it came from the USA when it opened? I do! Just like Chinese BEV's which now dominate the world and rightly so! The best value for dollar vehicles you can buy despite what the "armchair" critics say...
Isnt Hong Kong - Bejing the longest??
This video is talking about the rail not the train route
The Chinese hsr railway is a massive 50000-km network.
Kudos to China 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🚄🚄🚄🥇🥇🥇--👨🏽🦽🌴🦅☕️
US used to be able to build mega projects of this scale. After all, we went to the moon. But I don’t see how the US can pull off an engineering feat like this now. It’s not just about engineering and financial resources, it’s also about the endless debates and infighting
We are building california hsr at least
Landing in Hollywood doesn't count.
@@MaxSnowDude
Years behind schedule and way over budget
Not to mention your oil lobbies
@@MaxSnowDude That was planned in 1998, approved for construction in 2008, and construction begun in 2015. Up to now, a single kilometer of rail still has to be laid out.
At that same timeline, the chinese built over 40,000 km of HSR whis is now in operation.
Have the operation gone plus yet or will it result in a loss because the most high speed trains are operated with a loss
Thank god, india tested first sleeper vande bharat at speed of 180Kms per hour, when the train runs actually the speed will be 60 to 80 Kms per hour with some couple of hours delays.
Meanwhile India is building a 500km line with the help of Japan from the past 4 years and is still not completed, expecting to complete it in another 3 years. Totally 7 years to complete for 500kms 😂😂😂
hahahaha the west says "india the next china" hahaha
*KEEP DREAMING VIVEK!*
*The incredible! superpower! indian! "incredible!" mumbai - ahmedabad HSR CONSTRUCTION *BEGAN 7 YEARS AGO AND WILL NOT - GUARANTEED - OPEN AT ALL UNTIL SOMETIME IN THE 2030s........*
*BUT YOU KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THAT "incredible! superpower! india! incredible bullet trains" WILL OPEN IN 2028 OK THERE SANJAY..........*
Thats average for most of the world
japan sucks. people still worship that dead country, it's unreal. xenophobic and also actually very cruel to other japanese too. people just fall for the facade coz they used to be rich, and people APPEAR to be polite.
@sivagssri In Toronto, the Eglinton LRT that's spreads only 28Kms is not even finished or in operation yet, and it has been 14 years, FOURTEEN.
Canada needs to see this because we as a first world nation do not have high speed rail, and I dont think they ever will build one. Just rely on cars and airplanes.
Don't even bother to dream of HSR in Canada as anglo nations - LIKE CANADA - simply don't build HSR.
@@ArchsStantonmany anglo nations have hsr. Anyway trudeau is building hsr
@@MaxSnowDude *NAME ONE "anglo" NATION THAT HAS HSR SO I CAN MOCK YOU.*
There is only one world on this earth
@MaxSnowDude Trudeau announced it, yes, but I guarantee the conservatives won't have it happen, so again, we rely on cars and planes. Both China and Italy's train services are making air travel in those countries obsolete. I myself love trains, our Via Rail is atrocious, our Go Trains are actually pretty good, but it goes through via Union Station Toronto. Despite the price and how spread out Canadian cities are, I think we DEFINITELY need HSR.
Why can't Americans do such rail network in USA??? ....WHAT IS THE FAULT???....... BETTER CHINESE GOVERNMENT INVEST IN AMERICA & BUILT BETTER RAILWAY NETWORK 🌎🌍
This channel really needs a new narrator. Great topics and information but dull Indian dude isn't working.
First please pin me also i love trains
"I like trains"
No.
C国でも🇯🇵🇩🇪🇮🇹の技術をコピーすれば素晴らしい車両が出来る
China paid for the technology transfer
You have used extremely outdated or unrelated footages to make this video. Thumbs down for you.
Only took 7 years to build 1,400+ miles of tracks, bridges, tunnels, and stations. In US, it takes 10 years to renovate a 5 miles stretch of highway.
The HSR ticket prices are fairly expensive given local Chinese average wages...
I am all for modernizing and efficiency by building direct tracks, however one must NEVER forget that the benefit should be societal and not for profit!
These prices are simply too high for local Chinese...
Even with this price hsr is in a loss, people need to understand planes are not that bad.
@@aamaldev494 In this case, yes I agree! Rather take a plane ride to my destination, than an overpriced vanity project! China is doing that clearly as a vanity project and to use their budget surplus for investments. I get it, if you have HSR tracks, the bulk of the cost has been made, maintenance isn't nearly as costly. My objection is the HORRIBLE cost that a current HSR ticket costs... China has a declining population, meaning less and less people will be taking it, would be MUUUUCH more attractive to just price it according to average salaries. I know many Chinese contacts, and none of them take the HSR due to cost being prohibitive.
lol, the prices are kept low for the masses, even if the government has to subsidize it.
It is for the rich
Do you think the price is high? I live in Japan and the price of Japanese HSR (Shinkansen) is almost 2 times of the Chinese one. and Japanese average income is also about 2 times higher.
Since the JP HSR is run by private companies and aims to make profits, while the CHN HSR is owned by government, I think the price of Chinese HSR is being kept low.
But truely, China's income gap is huge. Even for the metropolitan residents (the HSR's main customers) the prices are quite affordable, they may be not affordable at all for the over 600 million Chinese who still live in poverty.
Be interesting to see if the network stands up to time, at the minute it seems that the buildings are not structurally sound, plus in a communist country no lengthy public inquiries about three worms that live in the proposed route 😊
An example of brainwashed comments at its best.
An example of brainwashed comment at its best.
AN ODD SOUR GRAPE
What was the impact on the environment
How many millions of people were forcibly displaced
The cost is not worth the convenience
I don't know why, but I have a feeling China's extensive use of elevated structures is going to cause major maintenance issues when they all start decaying at the same time a few decades from now.
Don't get me wrong I still think it's an amazing feat, but something about it feels off
that will also put 100000s of people to work in the future...
@@metrotrujillo Jobs for the sake of jobs instead of investment in productive assets is an economic disaster. It's as absurd as getting rid of all machinery to stimulate employment
*THE PRESENT VAST MAJORITY OF THE "elevated structures" built across China FOR BOTH THEIR EXPRESSWAYS AND HSR ARE STEEL-REINFORCED CONCRETE: AS OPPOSED TO THE BUILT 7-8-9 DECADES AGO THEN"standard" OF STEEL TRUSS BRIDGES IN PRESENT MURCA!/NOW MASSIVELY OUTDATED WHICH IS BRINGING MASSIVE HEADACHES TO YOUR MURCAN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS.......*
*The steel-reinforced concrete box girder bridges ACROSS YOUR MURCA! THAT WAS BUILT OVER THE LAST 30-40-50 DECADES HAVE NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER TODAY........*
These arches are built to resist earthquakes and last hundreds of years; not decades
@@MaxSnowDude Hopefully that's the case
This sounded like a propaganda video, didn't make it through the whole video, I was expecting more from you. 🤮
Sour grapes much? I don't get it... RE merely described China's HSR system (and the Beijing-Guanzhou-HK line specifically) - it didn't praise Xi or his party or anything!? But let me tell you why you feel such a great "disconnect". Go ahead and view ANY video on China's numerous metro systems and compare them to NYC's! While China continues to make strides in rail, electric cars, renewable energy sources, etc., etc. - WE are mired in idiotic gender wars and longing to go back to the rosy 1950's that never really existed. And our president elect is busy mouthing off even more idiotic garbage like wanting to take back the Panama Canal, and wanting to take over Canada and Greenland too. Wanna really barf? 🤢
then you do it and open your channel, gringo wevon
you can say it’s propaganda but the trains don’t lie. In America they have multi Billionaires and China they have Billions of Rail journeys
Pathetic your feelings are hurt too bad China is better than your hollowed out government that sold out
@@rockerjim8045he doesn’t realize America is captured by the elites
Can the new 450 can run in this line 400km/h speed?
US can build 7 of these every year with its military budget alone.
Can we get a Singapore video next please🙂