Tracks from the Past, Transport for the Future : China's Railway Industry 1990-2008 and Its Future Plans and Possibilities

World Bank

dc.creator	World Bank
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:26:42Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T17:26:42Z
dc.date	2009-05-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:48:55Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:48:55Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100902011024
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3197
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243533
dc.description	This report describes and explains how, in the period 1990-2008, China's railway sector has contributed and responded to the incredibly challenging transport demands generated by China's economic development, and highlights the plans and possibilities that lie ahead. In 1949, China had only 22,000 km of poorly maintained and war-damaged railway line, less than 1,000 km of which was double-tracked with none being electrified. Since then, the government has transformed the railway sector into a vital element of China's national transport system and a key contributor to China's extraordinary record of economic growth. Today, China Rail is the second biggest carrier of rail freight and the biggest carrier of passenger transport in the world. It has the largest combined rail traffic task of any national railway system in the world, carrying about a quarter of the world's railway traffic on about seven percent of the global route-km of public railway. This paper describes how the Ministry of Railways, and its constituent regional railway administrations and other entities, have created a modern rail system by adopting proven international practices and technologies, giving them distinct Chinese characteristics, and adapting them to Chinese circumstances.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCELERATION
dc.subject	AIR
dc.subject	AIR PASSENGERS
dc.subject	AIR SERVICES
dc.subject	AIR TRANSPORT
dc.subject	AIR TRAVEL
dc.subject	AIRPORT
dc.subject	AIRPORT TERMINALS
dc.subject	BAGGAGE
dc.subject	BOTTLENECK
dc.subject	BOTTLENECKS
dc.subject	BRIDGES
dc.subject	BUS
dc.subject	BUS SERVICES
dc.subject	CAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subject	CAR
dc.subject	CAR TRAVEL
dc.subject	CARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subject	CARS
dc.subject	CEMENT
dc.subject	CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL
dc.subject	CITY PASSENGER
dc.subject	CONCESSIONS
dc.subject	CORRIDOR
dc.subject	CTC
dc.subject	DEMAND FOR RAIL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT
dc.subject	DIESEL
dc.subject	DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES
dc.subject	DIVERSION OF TRAFFIC
dc.subject	DRIVERS
dc.subject	DRIVING
dc.subject	ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject	ELASTICITY
dc.subject	ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE
dc.subject	ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
dc.subject	EXPRESS FREIGHT
dc.subject	EXPRESS TRAINS
dc.subject	EXPRESSWAY
dc.subject	EXPRESSWAYS
dc.subject	FARE REDUCTION
dc.subject	FARES
dc.subject	FREIGHT
dc.subject	FREIGHT CARRIER
dc.subject	FREIGHT DEMAND
dc.subject	FREIGHT FLOWS
dc.subject	FREIGHT HANDLING
dc.subject	FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVES
dc.subject	FREIGHT MARKET
dc.subject	FREIGHT MOVEMENT
dc.subject	FREIGHT SERVICES
dc.subject	FREIGHT SHIPPERS
dc.subject	FREIGHT TERMINALS
dc.subject	FREIGHT TRAFFIC
dc.subject	FREIGHT TRAINS
dc.subject	FREIGHT TRANSPORT
dc.subject	FREIGHT TRANSPORT MARKET
dc.subject	FREIGHT WAGONS
dc.subject	FUEL
dc.subject	GRAVEL
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subject	HIGH-SPEED LINES
dc.subject	HIGH-SPEED TRAIN
dc.subject	HIGHWAY
dc.subject	HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	HIGHWAY SYSTEM
dc.subject	HIGHWAYS
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	INLAND WATERWAY
dc.subject	INLAND WATERWAYS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL RAIL
dc.subject	JOURNEYS
dc.subject	LAND TRANSPORT
dc.subject	LAND-TAKE
dc.subject	LEASING
dc.subject	LOCOMOTIVE
dc.subject	LONG-DISTANCE
dc.subject	LONG-DISTANCE PASSENGER
dc.subject	MARSHALLING YARDS
dc.subject	MOBILITY
dc.subject	MODAL CHOICES
dc.subject	MODAL SHARE
dc.subject	MODAL SHARES
dc.subject	MOTIVE POWER
dc.subject	NATIONAL RAILWAY
dc.subject	NATIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	PASSENGER COACHES
dc.subject	PASSENGER RAIL
dc.subject	PASSENGER SERVICE
dc.subject	PASSENGER SERVICES
dc.subject	PASSENGER STATIONS
dc.subject	PASSENGER TRAFFIC
dc.subject	PASSENGER TRAIN
dc.subject	PASSENGER TRAINS
dc.subject	PASSENGER TRANSPORT
dc.subject	PASSENGER TRAVEL
dc.subject	PASSENGER VOLUME
dc.subject	PASSENGERS
dc.subject	PEAK TRAVEL
dc.subject	PERSONAL MOBILITY
dc.subject	PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
dc.subject	POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subject	PORTS
dc.subject	PRIVATE RAILWAYS
dc.subject	RADIO
dc.subject	RAIL
dc.subject	RAIL ADMINISTRATIONS
dc.subject	RAIL BUSINESS
dc.subject	RAIL CAPACITY
dc.subject	RAIL CORRIDORS
dc.subject	RAIL FREIGHT
dc.subject	RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC
dc.subject	RAIL INDUSTRY
dc.subject	RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	RAIL JOINT VENTURE
dc.subject	RAIL JOURNEY
dc.subject	RAIL LINES
dc.subject	RAIL MARKET
dc.subject	RAIL MARKET SHARE
dc.subject	RAIL NETWORK
dc.subject	RAIL PASSENGER
dc.subject	RAIL PATRONAGE
dc.subject	RAIL POLICY
dc.subject	RAIL ROUTES
dc.subject	RAIL SERVICES
dc.subject	RAIL SHARE
dc.subject	RAIL SYSTEM
dc.subject	RAIL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	RAIL TRACK
dc.subject	RAIL TRAFFIC
dc.subject	RAIL TRANSPORT
dc.subject	RAIL TRANSPORT SERVICES
dc.subject	RAIL TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	RAIL TRAVEL
dc.subject	RAIL TRIP
dc.subject	RAIL TRIPS
dc.subject	RAIL USE
dc.subject	RAILROADS
dc.subject	RAILWAY
dc.subject	RAILWAY ADMINISTRATIONS
dc.subject	RAILWAY BUSINESS
dc.subject	RAILWAY COMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	RAILWAY CONGESTION
dc.subject	RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION FUND
dc.subject	RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	RAILWAY FREIGHT
dc.subject	RAILWAY INDUSTRY
dc.subject	RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	RAILWAY INVESTMENT
dc.subject	RAILWAY LINE
dc.subject	RAILWAY LINES
dc.subject	RAILWAY MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	RAILWAY MARKET
dc.subject	RAILWAY NETWORK
dc.subject	RAILWAY OPERATORS
dc.subject	RAILWAY POLICY
dc.subject	RAILWAY ROUTE
dc.subject	RAILWAY SECTOR
dc.subject	RAILWAY STATIONS
dc.subject	RAILWAY SYSTEM
dc.subject	RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	RAILWAY TRAFFIC
dc.subject	RAILWAY TRANSPORT
dc.subject	RAILWAYS
dc.subject	REGIONAL TRAVEL
dc.subject	ROAD
dc.subject	ROAD HAULAGE
dc.subject	ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	ROAD SAFETY
dc.subject	ROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	ROUTE
dc.subject	ROUTES
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SAND
dc.subject	SEAT CAPACITY
dc.subject	SHIPPING CONTAINERS
dc.subject	SHORT-DISTANCE MOVEMENTS
dc.subject	SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES
dc.subject	SIDEWALKS
dc.subject	SLEEPERS
dc.subject	SPEED
dc.subject	SPEEDS
dc.subject	STEEL
dc.subject	STRUCTURES
dc.subject	TIMBER
dc.subject	TRACK CAPACITY
dc.subject	TRACKS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC
dc.subject	TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC CONGESTION
dc.subject	TRAFFIC CONTROL
dc.subject	TRAFFIC DEMAND
dc.subject	TRAFFIC DENSITY
dc.subject	TRAFFIC GROWTH
dc.subject	TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	TRAFFIC OPERATIONS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC PATTERNS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC UNITS
dc.subject	TRAFFIC VOLUMES
dc.subject	TRAIN CONTROL
dc.subject	TRAIN HEADWAYS
dc.subject	TRAINS
dc.subject	TRANSIT
dc.subject	TRANSIT STATIONS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	TRANSPORT ALTERNATIVES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT CAPACITY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	TRANSPORT MARKET
dc.subject	TRANSPORT MARKETS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT MODES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT NETWORK
dc.subject	TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT POLICY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT QUALITY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SERVICES
dc.subject	TRANSPORT STRATEGY
dc.subject	TRANSPORT SYSTEM
dc.subject	TRANSPORT USERS
dc.subject	TRAVEL TIME
dc.subject	TRAVEL TIMES
dc.subject	TRIP
dc.subject	TRIP LENGTH
dc.subject	TRIPS
dc.subject	TRUE
dc.subject	TUNNELS
dc.subject	VEHICLE
dc.subject	VEHICLE EMISSIONS
dc.subject	VEHICLES
dc.subject	VOLUME OF TRAFFIC
dc.title	Tracks from the Past, Transport for the Future : China's Railway Industry 1990-2008 and Its Future Plans and Possibilities
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	East Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	China