High-Speed Railways in China : A Look at Construction Costs

Ollivier, Gerald ; Sondhi, Jitendra ; Zhou, Nanyan

World Bank, Beijing

关键词: ACCELERATION;    AIR;    AIR FARES;    AIRPORT;    AIRPORT TERMINALS;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

By the end of 2013, China railway hadbuilt a network of about 10,000 route-km of high-speedrailways (HSR). The network has been built rapidly and at arelatively low unit cost compared with similar projects inother countries. This note takes a look at this expansion,its construction unit costs and some of its key costcomponents. It also outlines reasons that may explain thecomparatively low cost of HSR construction in China.