{"id":765,"date":"2023-03-01T16:47:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T16:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/china-europe-high-speed\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T09:14:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T09:14:44","slug":"china-europe-high-speed-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/china-europe-high-speed-train\/","title":{"rendered":"China-Europe high-speed trains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/china-europe-high-speed-train\/#china_aims_to_revive_the_ancient_silk_road_with_a_high-speed_railway_network\" >China aims to revive the ancient Silk Road with a high-speed railway network.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/china-europe-high-speed-train\/#the_project_is_expected_to_be_completed_by_2030\" >The project is expected to be completed by 2030.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/china-europe-high-speed-train\/#what_are_the_obstacles_to_the_project\" >What are the obstacles to the project?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/china-europe-high-speed-train\/#the_%22track_gauge%22_problem_and_the_%22one_belt_one_road%22_economic_plan\" >The \"track gauge\" problem and the \"One Belt One Road\" economic plan.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"china_aims_to_revive_the_ancient_silk_road_with_a_high-speed_railway_network\"><\/span>China aims to revive the ancient Silk Road with a high-speed railway network.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"paragrafi\">China's enthusiasm for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.analisidifesa.it\/2021\/01\/dal-potenziamento-delle-ferrovie-cinesi-alla-via-della-seta-aspetti-strategici-logistici-e-militari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>high-speed trains<\/strong><\/a> has known few bounds so far, and now it has set its sights on a grand new scheme: reviving the ancient <strong>Silk Road<\/strong> through a state-of-the-art high-speed rail network for both passengers and freight. The $150 billion railway would start in Xinjiang and wind 3,700 miles through 40 Asian and European countries with a total population of three billion people.<\/p>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_project_is_expected_to_be_completed_by_2030\"><\/span>The project is expected to be completed by 2030.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragrafi\">Although this formidable project may seem like a distant dream, Chinese media have reported a rather short timeline: an initial date is expected in 2022, followed by the start of operational services by 2030. Despite China's confidence, there are a number of obstacles that could prove insurmountable for the project as a whole, not to mention the reported high-speed schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"attachment_1114\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1114\" class=\" wp-image-1114\" src=\"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/treni-alta-velocita-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"The Silk Road, China and Europe.\" width=\"310\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/treni-alta-velocita-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/treni-alta-velocita-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/treni-alta-velocita.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">China and Europe, doubling of the railway line.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragrafi\"><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\n<h2 class=\"paragrafi\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what_are_the_obstacles_to_the_project\"><\/span>What are the obstacles to the project?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"className\":\"paragrafi\"} -->\n<p class=\"paragrafi\">The project's biggest obstacles are geopolitical discrepancies between countries, which is why Chinese President Xi Jinping brought more than 100 European leaders and representatives together in Beijing in July 2014 to launch and discuss the idea. Even with the consensus of countries, the biggest problem remains differences in track gauges within the countries concerned, <strong>High-speed trains.<\/strong> Designed for cross-border operations to run on different track gauges, a feature that will allow these trains to operate on international routes.<\/p>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_%22track_gauge%22_problem_and_the_%22one_belt_one_road%22_economic_plan\"><\/span>The \"track gauge\" problem and the \"One Belt One Road\" economic plan.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragrafi\">Typically, when operations change from one gauge to another, operators are required to change train bogies or deploy a new train, both of which are time-consuming processes. However, the new <strong>high-speed trains<\/strong> will be equipped with gauge-changing bogies underneath the cabs, allowing the vehicle to <strong>seamlessly<\/strong>change its driving mode as it passes through a particular section of track with a different gauge. The railway facility is part of China's <a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/rome\/publication\/one_belt_one_road_il_nuovo_grande_balzo_della_cina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>One Road One Belt<\/strong><\/a> economic plan to diversify and build new land and sea routes in Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>en<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[125,123,122,124],"class_list":["post-765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-china-silk-road","tag-high-speed","tag-high-speed-trains","tag-red-one-belt-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1303,"href":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765\/revisions\/1303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ansaldotrasporti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}