Kereta Api Baru di Tiongkok - Zhengzhou - Xi'an (505 km)

 

KA high speed pertama sudah operasional, jarak 505 km ditempuh 1:48.

http://english.cctv.com/program/newshour/20100206/102086.shtml (video clip CCTV )

First class tickets will cost 390 RMB (Rp.550.000) and second-class tickets will cost 240 RMB (Rp.335.000.) using today's exchange rate.

Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed train starts operation

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-02-06 15:02

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The high-speed railway linking Zhengzhou in Henan province and Xi'an in Shaanxi starts operation Saturday, with its first train leaving from Zhengzhou at 11:25am, Zhengzhou Evening News reported.

The Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed train starts operation on Feb. 6, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

This is the first high-speed passenger railway in western China, Xinhua reported.

The train, with a speed of up to 352 km/h, finishes the 505km distance in one hour and 48 minutes instead of six hours, according to China Railway First Survey and Design Institute.

The line, part of a major east-west railway artery between Xuzhou in Jiangsu province and Lanzhou in Gansu, cost about 35.3 billion yuan ($5.2 billion).

The Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed train runs on Feb. 6, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

Passengers wave on high speed train traveling between Xi'an and Zhengzhou Feb. 6, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

The Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed train runs on Feb. 6, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

Peta Google Zhengzhou (propinsi Henan) ke Xian  (propinsi Shaanxi) jaraknya pakai mobil 477 km :

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Zhengzhou&daddr=Xian&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=41.224889,79.013672&ie=UTF8&ll=34.565505,111.286235&spn=21.429904,39.506836&z=5