China News Agency, Beijing, March 7th (Reporter Liu Wenwen) Liu Zhenfang, chairman of China National Railway Group Co., Ltd., recently revealed in an interview with reporters that by the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan", the national railway operating mileage will reach 165,000 kilometers, of which high-speed rail ( Including some intercity) about 50,000 kilometers.
Liu Zhenfang said that in the past five years, the country’s railways have invested 3.8 trillion yuan in fixed assets (RMB, the same below), the operating mileage of railways has increased from 127,000 kilometers to 155,000 kilometers, an increase of 22.0%, and the mileage of high-speed rail has increased from 25,000 kilometers to 42,000 kilometers. million kilometers, an increase of 67.8%.
In the ten years of the new era, the national railway fixed asset investment has reached 7.7 trillion yuan, which is 1.9 times that of the previous decade. The national railway operating mileage has increased by 58.2% compared with ten years ago, and the high-speed railway operating mileage has increased by 3.7 times.
He said that in the ten years of the new era, the national railway has taken the initiative to take the initiative in major tasks such as serving the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road", poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.
The China-Europe Railway Express connects 108 cities in China and 208 cities in 25 European countries, with a total of 65,000 trains and 6.04 million TEUs delivered.
The high-quality organization and operation of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor train has played an important strategic role in serving the economic cooperation and development along the route and ensuring the stability of the international industrial chain supply chain.
The China-Laos Railway, the Benoy Section of the Hungary-Serbia Railway, and the Lahore Orange Line Project in Pakistan were successfully completed and put into operation, and the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway was successfully put into trial operation.
Over the past ten years, investment in railway construction in old and small border areas and poverty-stricken areas has reached 4.3 trillion yuan, accounting for 78.0% of the total investment in railway construction during the same period. More than 130 counties have ended the history of no railway.
"Around the construction of a modern railway transportation service system, we will accelerate the construction of a smart, efficient full-service system and a diversified, high-quality product supply system," he said. , a 3-hour high-speed rail travel circle and a nationwide 1-, 2-, and 3-day express delivery circle are basically formed. The railway network covers 99.5% of the cities with a population of more than 200,000, and the high-speed rail network covers 98% of the cities with a population of more than 500,000. daily needs.
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