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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

China Again

Imagine if we were building 46 urban rail lines right now. We'd be China.

"China has risen to be the world's largest urban rail transit construction market," Jiao Tongshan, vice-chief of China Communications and Transportation Association, said at the conference. At present, 14 cities are building 46 urban rail lines, which total 1,212 km, he said.

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7 comments:

  1. JohnMay 27, 2009 at 4:47 AM

    If we could build 2100 km (1300 mi) of rail for $117 Billion, then we'd be China.

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  2. fpteditorsMay 27, 2009 at 6:24 AM

    John, where have you been. The U.S. spent $117B dismantling rail already built.

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  3. JohnMay 27, 2009 at 9:14 AM

    Imagine how much it would cost us to rebuild it. I am assuming that it is mostly heavy rail/subway that China is building.

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  4. AnonymousMay 27, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    $90mil/mile is not cheep - even by US standards

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  5. Pantograph TrolleypoleMay 27, 2009 at 12:07 PM

    It is if it's mostly subway/heavy rail which I believe much of it is...

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  6. AnonymousMay 27, 2009 at 11:28 PM

    With $117 billion you could build 2925 miles of high speed rail line or 11700 miles of normal railroad track.

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  7. AnonymousMay 28, 2009 at 7:17 PM

    With G$117 you could build 7200000 miles of dirt track.

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