China’s-High-speed-Rail-Revolution.docx

原文译文China’s High-speed Rail Revolution中国的高速铁路革命While other countries still debate high-speed rail, it is already reality in China. But have recent corruptionallegationsand growing concerns about the safety of the high-speed rail network cast a shadow that could prevent future progress of the projects? Elisabeth Fischer reports.When China’s Premier Wen Jiabao boarded the first bullet train to open the service of the new high-speed line between Beijing and Shanghai on 30 June 2011, he described the step as a ‘new chapter’ in China’s railway history, with great significance for the improvement of the country’s transportation system and social and economic development. While other countries argue about the pros and cons of high-speed rail, it is already reality in China.More than 130,000 construction workers and engineers worked round the clock to complete yet another one of the country’s high-speed lines. Only 38 months after breaking ground in April 2008, the first bullet train on the 1,318km-long high-speed line left Beijing on route to Shanghai.Accelerating to 300km/hr about ten minutes after leaving the capital, the new line connects China’s two major metropolitan hubs in only four hours and 48 minutes – compared to about ten hours on the old railway.Originally designed for speeds up to 380km/hr, the Beijing-Shanghai train speed blows away not only France’s TGV, which runs from Lorraine to Champagne and averages 272km/hr, but also China’s first high-speed train on the Beijing-to-Tianjin route that averages 230km/hr.After opening the world’s fastest high-speed line in January this year, connecting Wuhan-Guanzhou with an average speed of 394km/hr, China seems to be on track to a high-speed rail revolution.虽然其他国家仍在争论高铁，但高铁在中国已经成为现实。但最近的腐败指控和对高速铁路网络安全的日益担忧是否给这些项目未来的进展蒙上了一层阴影？伊丽莎白费舍尔报道。2011年6月30日，中国总理温家宝登上首列开通京沪高铁的子弹头列车时，将这一举措形容为中国铁路史上的“新篇章”，对改善中国交通体系和社会经济发展具有重要意义。当其他国家争论高铁的利弊时，高铁在中国已经成为现实。超过13万名建筑工人和工程师夜以继日地工作，以完成该国又一条高速线路。仅在2008年4月破土动工38个月后，第一列138公里长的高速列车就离开北京前往上海。这条新