Chinese Railways in the Era of High Speed by Chen, Zhenhua -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Tables List of Figures Glossary of Abbreviations Preface Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1. An Overview

1.1.1. The First Stage: 1850–1948 1.1.2. The Second Stage: 1949–1990 1.1.3. The Third Stage: 1991–2001 1.1.4. The Fourth Stage: 2002–Present

1.2. Passenger Railway System 1.3. Freight Railway System 1.4. Key Questions 1.5. Analytical Framework

Chapter 2 Demand for High-Speed Revolution

2.1. Fundamentals of High-Speed Rail

2.1.1. Definitions of HSR 2.1.2. Socioeconomics of HSR 2.1.3. Planning and Policy

2.2. The Global HSR Revolution

2.2.1. Japan 2.2.2. France 2.2.3. Germany 2.2.4. Spain 2.2.5. The United States

2.3. HSR Demand in China

2.3.1. Evolutions of Demand for Railway Service 2.3.2. Railway Travel Characteristics

2.3.2.1. Safety 2.3.2.2. Affordability 2.3.2.3. On-time performance 2.3.2.4. Convenience 2.3.2.5. Amenities

2.3.3. Travel Demand in Peak Seasons

2.4. HSR Development Strategy in China

2.4.1. Domestic Development Strategy 2.4.2. International Development Strategy

Chapter 3 High-Speed Rail Implementation

3.1. Deployment of HSR Technology

3.1.1. Indigenous Technology 3.1.2. Foreign Technology Acquisition

3.1.2.1. Acquisition 3.1.2.2. Assimilation 3.1.2.3. Transformation and exploitation

3.2. HSR Finance

3.2.1. Capital Investment in HSR 3.2.2. Financial Sources of HSR

3.2.2.1. Central budget fund 3.2.2.2. Railway construction fund 3.2.2.3. Special fund for railway construction 3.2.2.4. Local government investment 3.2.2.5. Domestic bank loan 3.2.2.6. Railway bond 3.2.2.7. Foreign investment 3.2.2.8. Funding from rail enterprises 3.2.2.9. Other financing mechanisms

3.2.3. Case Review of HSR Financing: Beijing-Shanghai PDL

3.3. HSR Construction

3.3.1. HSR Station

3.3.1.1. Guidelines for station planning, design, and construction 3.3.1.2. Characteristics of modern rail stations 3.3.1.3. Location 3.3.1.4. Function

3.3.2. HSR Route

3.3.2.1. Project delivery 3.3.2.2. Cost of construction 3.3.2.3. Engineering environment

3.3.3. Bridge 3.3.4. Tunnels

3.4. Marketing

3.4.1. Diplomacy 3.4.2. Motivation

3.4.2.1. Foreign relationships 3.4.2.2. Exchange of resources 3.4.2.3. Overcapacity 3.4.2.4. Financial risk 3.4.2.5. Improving the trade environment

Chapter 4 Challenges for China's High-Speed Rail System

4.1. Regional Disparity

4.1.1. Regional Disparity in China 4.1.2. The New Economic Geography 4.1.3. Regional Impact of the Chinese HSR Network

4.1.3.1. Megalopolises 4.1.3.2. Cities: Large, medium, and small 4.1.3.3. Urban and rural

4.2. Societal Inequity

4.2.1. Ticket Reservation and Distribution 4.2.2. Societal Inequity during HSR Deployment 4.2.3. HSR and Income Disparity

4.3. System Reliability

4.3.1. Natural Factors 4.3.2. Human Factors 4.3.3. The “7.23” HSR Accident 4.3.4. Equipment Defects

4.4. Financial Performance: Debt Crisis and Financial Risk

4.4.1. Financial Performance 4.4.2. Debt Crisis 4.4.3. Financing Risk 4.4.4. Private Capital Dilemma

4.5. Institutional challenges

4.5.1. Ministry of Railways: The Last Fortress of the Planned Economy 4.5.2. Institutional Reform 4.5.3. Unsolved Institutional Challenges

4.6. Market Challenge

4.6.1. Domestic Market Competition

4.6.1.1. Aviation 4.6.1.2. Road transportation 4.6.1.3. Conventional passenger rail

4.6.2. International Market Competition

Chapter 5 International Best Practices: Railway Reform and Management

5.1. Railway Privatization in Japan

5.1.1. Background 5.1.2. JNR Privatization 5.1.3. Reform Outcomes 5.1.4. Lessons for the Chinese Railways

5.2. British Railway Franchising

5.2.1. Background 5.2.2. Privatization and Franchising 5.2.3. Reform Outcomes 5.2.4. Lessons for the Chinese Railways

5.3. French Railway Restructuring

5.3.1. Background 5.3.2. French Railway Restructuring: From Separation to Integration 5.3.3. Reform Outcomes 5.3.4. Lessons for the Chinese Railways

5.4. German Railway Reform

5.4.1. Background 5.4.2. German Railway Reform 5.4.3. Reform Outcomes 5.4.4. Lessons for the Chinese Railways

5.5. Railroad Reform in the United States

5.5.1. Background 5.5.2. Rail Business Restructuring and Railroad Deregulation 5.5.3. Reform Outcomes 5.5.4. Lessons for the Chinese Railways

Chapter 6 Laying the Track to Efficiency

6.1. Organizational Restructuring

6.1.1. Vertical Separation 6.1.2. Horizontal Separation 6.1.3. A Mixed Separation 6.1.4. Swot

6.2. Pricing

6.2.1. Passenger Rail Pricing 6.2.2. Freight Rail Pricing

6.3. Transparency

6.3.1. Change and the Unchanged

6.3.1.1. Tender for rail project development 6.3.1.2. Passenger rail reservation system 6.3.1.3. Rail service outsourcing 6.3.1.4. Information disclosure

6.3.2. The Key for Achieving Transparency

6.4. Marketization

6.4.1. Privatization vs. Marketization 6.4.2. Motivations 6.4.3. Recommendations

Chapter 7 Conclusions

7.1. Factors in the Success of Chinese HSR 7.2. Implications for China 7.3. Implications for Other Countries 7.4. Looking into the Future

References Acknowledgments About the Authors Index

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