Does China have railways?

中国有铁路吗？

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Anonymous

This question sounds like a joke as you seem to be out of touch! China is mainly second to USA in may aspects but in others, have surpassed the US. President Barrack Obama said that China has surpassed the US in terms of railways and also in terms of space programs( US has been putting its focus mainly on the space shuttle while China has been using the conventional rocketry system for the last few decades and have made improvements to their space vehicles over the years.

你这个问题真是可笑了，你是活在异时空吗？中国在许多方面仅次于美国，但在其余方面早已经超过美国。奥巴马总统就曾表示，中国在铁路和太空方面都已经超过美国，美国一直把重点放在航天飞机上，中国在过去几十年里一直在使用传统的火箭系统，但在过去几年里改进了太空飞行器。

In terms of railway, China has been tremendously linked by a network of high speed rails( Nicknamed : Harmony ) since 2010 and I have travelled on them before. Prior to riding the high speed rails in China, I've taken high speed rails in Germany(ICE), Italy( Frecassario) and also the Shinkansen of Japan. I must say that in terms of performance and comfort, Harmony high speed rail is comparable to that of Japan’s Shinkansen. Finally in case you are not aware, China is also home to one of the few fastest locomotives in the world - Magentic Levitation Trains aka Maglev, which is running knn shanghai airport to city!

在铁路方面，自2010年以来，中国这个名字一直跟高铁网络(昵称：和谐号)紧紧绑定在一起，我也体验过中国的高铁。在搭乘中国高铁之前，我曾乘坐过德国高铁(ICE)、意大利高铁(Frecassario)和日本新干线。我必须要说，在性能和舒适度方面，和谐号高铁可以跟日本的新干线相提并论。最后一点，也许你还不知道，中国还有世界上为数不多的速度最快的列车之一——磁悬浮列车，从上海机场通往市中心！

So does China have railways? Obviously, and not only that but China is also home to the largest network of railways and also the fastest expanding railway in the world! In case you are not aware, China is also home to some of the record breaking marvels in the world Where the list goes on and on..

那么中国有铁路吗？答案显而易见，不但如此，中国还拥有世界上最大的铁路网，同时也是世界上扩张速度最快的铁路网！除此之外，中国还是各种奇迹的诞生地，除了高铁之外，还有很多奇迹正在不断出现…

Terry Zhang

China has no railway.

We use other ways.

中国没有铁路。

我们有其他“路”。

Bryan C

One of the most important uses of railway is spreading the weight of trains, to make sure they will not sink into the earth.

However, more than 95% Chinese are masters of Taichi & kongfu, so we can use Taichi to make our trains floating over the road, therefore, railways are unnecessary in China.

During the early years, passengers had to use their Taichi super power to help elevate the trains so that drivers could focus on driving. Now since the economic in China is much better, the railways bureau now hire professional “train elevators” to do that. Trust me, their salaries are amazing high, probably higher than lawyers in the US.

铁路最重要的用途之一是分散列车的重量，让列车不至于陷在地里。

但95%以上的中国人都是太极宗师、功夫大师，所以我们可以用太极发功，让列车悬浮在路面上，所以中国不需要铁路。

早先那几年，乘客必须用自己的太极超能力让列车悬浮，让司机专心驾驶。但现在中国有钱了，铁路局雇佣专业的“列车悬浮师”来做这件事。他们的工资可高了，可能比美国律师还要高。

Whig Lee

No, China does not have any railways because there is not a need to build them. You know, the main means of transportation in China, as you can see in their movies, is aviation by propelling volatile sulfuric compounds (Qi, Chi, or sometimes Pi in Chinese) that is generated inside their rectum. flying training is very popular nowadays in china

不，中国没有铁路，因为根本没有这个必要。你知道的，中国的主要交通工具，就像你在电影中看到的那样，是通过他们直肠产生的挥发性硫化合物的流动(也就是气，有时用中文说是屁)。现在中国很流行这种飞行训练。

Li Lingwei

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Does China have trains?

No. Absolutely not.

Known as the largest develo country in the world, China doesn't have trains. What's worse, even some of our planes are not able to fly. They can just run on the ground above some special airline and they are much slower than other foreign planes, with a speed no more than 300 km per hour. Can you imagen these planes even don't have any wings?

Because our Chinese like peace and harmony we name such planes Harmony. It looks like this:

中国有火车吗？

不。绝对没有。

作为世界上最大的发展中国家，中国是没有火车的。甚至我们有些飞机都飞不起来，只能在有些特殊航线的地面上运行，速度也比外国飞机慢得多，时速不会超过300公里。这些飞机连机翼都没有，你能想象吗？

因为我们中国人喜欢和平与和谐，所以我们把这些飞机命名为“和谐号”。

Roger Gilmartin

China has vast distances to reach the various parts of the country, and a very large number of people that need to get from point to point, businesses that need to ship goods inward from the ports and outward from the farms and factories to the ports.

As one of the largest and fastest growing economies in the world, it simply couldn't achieve the rate of growth it has without a world class rail transportation system.

中国太大了，各地相距遥远，人们需要前往各个地方，企业需要从港口向内陆运输货物，也需要从农场和工厂向港口运输货物。

作为世界上最大、增长最快的经济体之一，如果没有世界级的铁路运输系统，中国根本无法实现这样的增长速度。

It has freight rail, passenger rail, and high speed rail - I have personally taken the high speed rail from Beiing to i’an, and the train was fast (up to 315 km/h), smooth, and comfortable.

I can only imagine how it would be if the US had as good a passenger rail system as the Chinese.

中国有货运铁路、客运铁路和高铁——我个人曾乘坐高铁从北京到西安，火车速度很快(高达315公里/小时)，平稳，舒适。

我只能想象如果美国有和中国一样好的客运铁路系统会是什么样子。

Kandiwapa Shivute

Almost all rail operations are handled by the China Railway Corporation, which is a state-owned company created in March 2013 after parting ways with the Ministry of Railways.

China's railways are among the busiest in the world. In 2014, railways in China delivered 2.357 billion passenger trips, generating 1,160.48 billion passenger-kilometers and carried 3.813 billion tons of freight, generating 2,753 billion cargo ton-kilometers. Freight traffic turnover has increased more than fivefold over the period 1980-2013 and passenger traffic turnover has increased more than sevenfold over the same period.

几乎所有的铁路运营都是由中国铁路总公司负责的，中国铁路总公司是一家国有企业，是2013年3月与铁道部分拆后成立的。

中国铁路是世界上最繁忙的铁路之一。中国全国铁路完成旅客发送量23.57亿人次，客公里发送量11604.8亿公里；货物发送量38.13亿吨，货公里发送量27530亿吨公里。全国货运量增长了五倍多，客运量同期增长了七倍多。

Driven by need to increase freight capacity, the railway network has expanded , and has a long term plan to expand the network to 274,000 km (170,000 mi) by 2050.

Some of the most advanced fast trains are also made in China

为了满足货运能力的增长需求，铁路网络不断扩张，并制订了一个长期计划—到2050年要将铁路网络扩大到274,000公里(170,000英里)。

中国还研发了一些最先进的高速列车。

Edward Wang

As a Chinese lived in China for 15 years, I can confirm that there is no railway in this country.

As a country that has the most dragons per capita, there is no need to build railways. Isn’t it so much cooler and faster to ride a dragon rather than building some cold, tasteless, backward and inhumanly dreary infrastructures that are filled with modernistic doldrum and artless miseries. Dragons are proven to be the most efficient means of commute and the Chinese had long ago domesticated them. It is our national tradition, inherited memories.

作为一个在中国生活了15年的中国人，我可以肯定地说这个国家没有铁路。

作为人均有龙数最多的国家，中国根本没必要修建铁路。比起建造一些冰冷、无趣、落后、沉闷，又充斥着现代主义和毫无美感的基础设施，骑龙不是更酷、更快吗？事实证明龙是最高效的通勤工具，中国人在很久以前就成功驯化了它们。这是我们中华民族的传统，是一代代传承下来的记忆。

I personally own two dragons and they are immortal. They are well living 20 miles above the ground in the clouds. Whenever I need to travel, I use my brain waves to summon them. I love them and they are part of my life.

So what’s the need of building railways in China? Nobody needs railway in China. Dragons are way cooler than railways.

我在离地面20英里的云层中逍遥自在。我要出行时，就用脑电波召唤。

所以中国为什么需要修建铁路呢？在中国，没有人会需要铁路这种东西。龙比铁路酷多了。

Carol

If you are not familiar with China, then welcome to this great land.

China had not had a good reputation around the world before , due to political and economic factors. But after 1978, China is becoming the most fast develo country in the world.

Sharing an example for you. When I was in my first year in university , I had to take a 12-hour train from my hometown to city where my university was. But at end of that year, the high speed train emerged and began running from Being to Wuhan. The time spent on the way reduced by 7 hours. It just took me 5 hours to my hometown .

如果你不熟悉中国，那么欢迎来到这片伟大的土地。

因为政治和经济的因素，中国在世界上的名声不太好。但1978年后中国就成了世界上发展速度最快的国家。

给大家举个例子吧。我读大学一年级的时候，从我家乡到大学所在的城市得坐上12个小时的火车。但到了年底，北京至武汉的高铁线路就开通了。我在路上花费的时间少了7个小时，只需5个小时就可以抵达我的家乡。

And then, the high speed train almost covers all big cities and second- level cities. It is like a spidery , develo to everywhere in China.

Although I described it so amazing, it is much better for people to experience this train in China. If you don't come, you never know how about the convenient transportation in China.

后来，几乎所有的大城市和二线城市都开通了高铁。高铁网就像蜘蛛网一样，延伸到了中国各地到处。

虽然你会觉得我描述得很夸张，但你们最好都亲自来中国体验一下高铁。你不来的话就永远不知道中国的交通有多便利。

Michael Jardine

Not only does China have railways - by far the most extensive network of both regular and high speed trains of any country in the world - China is also building railways in other countries, to expand their reach West across towards Europe, Southwest to the Arabian sea, and South to Indochina. In the mid 20th Century the erstwhile Soviet Union build trains across Asia to “reign in” their newly acquired Republics of Kazakstan, Kirghizistan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikstan, and Turkmenistan. China is doing the same, but on a much grander scale. They are even talking about a tunnel under the Bering Strait to - you guessed it - North America. By the way, I’ve been on all those trains. Any guess as to the longest train route on earth? Hint: it’s not the Trans-Siberian.

中国不仅拥有铁路——迄今为止全球最四通八达的普通列车和高速列车的铁路网——中国还开始去其他国家修建铁路，向西延伸到欧洲，向西南延伸到阿拉伯海，向南延伸到印度。

20世纪中期前苏联曾在亚洲各地建造铁路，管辖刚加入苏联的哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、乌兹别克斯坦、塔吉克斯坦和土库曼斯坦共和国。

中国现在也做同样的事情，而且规模搞得更大。他们甚至开始商讨要在白令海峡修建一条海底隧道——你猜得没错——可以直通北美。

顺便说一句，这些火车我统统坐过。你知道地球上最长的火车路线是哪一条吗？我可以给个提示：并不是西伯利亚大铁路。

BUAAshouldputoffexams

of course not

every Chinese can creat a cloud called indou,which can carry us around

it spend less than 1h to travel from South Pole to North Pole

And as far as I know,there is no such good thing in America

That’s a pity:(

当然没有啦。

每个中国人都知道如何造出一朵“筋斗”云，这朵云可以托着我们到处游走。

从南极到北极，也用不着一个小时

据我所知，美国可没有这种好东西

太遗憾了。

Peter Walker

If you mean intercity yes but they are slow The main speed is only 300Kph 175 mph The airport train in Shanghai is a bit faster It regularly hits 438kph 270 mph That Los Angeles to San Francisco in an hour and a half

如果你指的是城际列车，那中国是有的，不过速度很慢，只有300公里每小时，也就是175英里每小时。上海的机场特快稍微快一点，通常时速可达438公里每小时，也就是270英里每小时，等于一个半小时可以从洛杉矶抵达旧金山。