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A time–distance diagram is a chart with two axes: one for time, the other for location. The units on either axis depend on the type of project: time can be expressed in minutes (for overnight construction of railroad modification projects such as the installation of switches) or years (for large construction projects); the location can be (kilo)meters, or other distinct units (such as ...
Airport Link Line [4] of Shanghai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail line, [4] running from Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 in Minhang District to Shanghai East railway station in Pudong. The 68.6-kilometer (42.6 mi) express line [2] [3] shortens the travel time between the airports of Hongqiao and Pudong from 90 minutes (by Metro Line 2) to under ...
Security check line at Beijing South Station at opening of the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway. Tickets were put on sale at 09:00 on June 24, 2011, and sold out within an hour. [31] To compete with the new train service, airlines slashed the cost of flights between Beijing and Shanghai by up to 65%. [32]
However, on 1 May 2019, this plan was changed by CAAC, with China Eastern Group relinquishing 10% of its allocated slots (to give it 30% of slots) to Air China Group in exchange for the China Eastern group continuing to operate its Shanghai-Beijing flights at Beijing Capital Airport. [57] SkyTeam members are slowly moving services to Daxing.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport was officially opened on 1 October 1999. [7] A second runway was opened on 17 March 2005, [8] and construction of phase two (including a second terminal, a third runway and a cargo terminal) began in December 2005 and started operation on 26 March 2008, in time for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.
Current railway network in China, including HSR lines. Rail is the major mode of transport in China. In 2019, railways in China delivered 3.660 billion passenger trips, generating 1,470.66 billion passenger-kilometres and carried 4.389 billion tonnes of freight, generating 3,018 billion cargo tonne-kilometres; [9] both traffic volumes are among the highest in the world.
The Beijing–Shanghai railway or Jinghu railway (simplified Chinese: 京沪铁路; traditional Chinese: 京滬鐵路; pinyin: Jīnghù tiělù) is a railway line between Beijing and Shanghai. The line has a total length of 1,462 km (908 mi) and connects the municipalities of Beijing, Tianjin , and Shanghai, as well as the provinces of Hebei ...
The CRH services between Beijing and Shanghai dates back to the sixth national railway speedup implemented on 18 April 2007, when the D31/32 trains began operation on the Beijing–Shanghai railway. The D32 train had a service time of 9h 59m, which was 2 hours shorter than the Z-series trains , and became the fastest train service between ...