Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train is very safe

Trains built for the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail line, which is scheduled to start out commercial operations in about month, are really safe, the Beijing News stated Monday.

CRH380A series trains to become employed on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail are beneath 0.13 derailment coefficient, far lower than the international common of 0.eight, the Chinese-language every day cited Liang Jianying, a designer for the trains, as saying.

The lower the derailment coefficient figure, the much less possibility the train has of derailment.

Train designers had been inspired by China's Extended March rockets series to increase CRH380A trains' safety and improve their form and layout, it mentioned.

Also, various technologies were applied to lessen noise within carriages to 61 decibels when the train runs at 300 kmph, based on the report.

The typical noise within a cabin of a plane even though inside the air is 81 decibels, compared with 76 decibels for cars traveling at 120 kmph, it said.

Starting Could 11, the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail began a one-month trial operation to finalize the preparation for the commercial service as a result of start off in the finish of June.

The 1,318-km-long high-speed rail line is expected to cut travel time between the metropolises to about five hours, with 90 pairs of bullet trains to run along it.

The trains will run at two speeds, 300 kmph and 250 kmph, with different ticket prices based on the speed. The exact cost of tickets is not however identified.

China plans to invest two.eight trillion yuan (431.7 billion U.S. dollars) to develop about 30,000 kilometers of new rail lines more than the following 5 years, based on the Ministry of Railway.

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