铁路建设再提速

Speed Increasing Further in Railway Construction

19世纪四五十年代．美国在铁路建设大潮的带动下，股份公司制组织结构得到迅速发展并随之推广到交通以及通信等各个行业．铁路建设以及随后形成的密集路网是美国成为工业强国的基础。

The aim of national railway mileage plan in 2020 was adjusted from 100,000 kilometers to 120,000 kilometers by the 'Long-term Railway Network Plan (2008 Revision)', approved by the state on October 31, 2008. In this program, the passenger line was changed from 12,000 kilometers to 16,000 kilometers, electricity rate increased from 50% to 60%, and the new-planned line increased from 16,000 kilometers to 41,000 kilometers, all of which set a new blueprint for Chinese railway construction. In 2008, the invest ment in the railway was more than 3300 billion RMB, and the main construction equipments including more than 22,000 subgrade construction equipments, 24,300 bridge construction equipments, and 9,600 tunnel construction equipments, had met the need of construction. According to the demand in 2009, 600 billion RMB will be invested. In accordance with the investment and the requisite quipments in 2008, over 40,000 roadbed construction equipments will be needed in 2009, increasing 18,000 sets compared with 2008. With the growing of 19,900 in 2008, 44,200 bridge construction equipments are needed in 2009, and with the increasing of 7,900 in 2008, 17,500 tunnel construction equipments will be used, which indicate the rapid growth of demand for construction equipments.