Advancement
, 21, 88, 91–92, 144, 234
Affordability
, 8, 43, 47, 134
Agglomeration
, 30, 53, 91, 116–118, 123
Amtrak
, 37, 199–200, 204–206, 245, 247
Anhui
, 4, 85–86, 114–115, 123, 128
Annual average growth rate
, 142
Asian Development Bank
, 82
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
, 111
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
, 110
Association of American Railroads
, 203–204
Atmospheric pollution
, 137
Automatic train protection
, 177
Autorité de la Concurrence
, 183
Autorité de Régulation des Activités Ferroviaires
, 183
Aviation
, 8–9, 14, 34, 37, 39, 43, 47, 132, 155, 172–173, 200, 205, 229
Baltimore
, 1, 37, 118, 197
Baltimore and Ohio
, 1, 197
Beam-slab raft foundations
, 98
Beijing
, 4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 28–29, 40, 47, 49–50, 52, 57, 64, 69–71, 73–75, 84–86, 89, 91, 93, 95–96, 99, 107–108, 114–115, 119, 121–123, 126–129, 131, 133–135, 137, 139–140, 148–149, 151, 154, 156, 159, 211, 215, 217, 223, 230, 234, 238, 242–245, 247
Beijing Jiaotong University
, 64, 234
Beijing National Railway Research and Design Institute of Signal and Communication
, 141
Beijing Planning Committee
, 126
Beijing South Rail Station
, 93
Beijing South Railway Station
, 91–93
Beijing-Kowloon
, 4, 6, 17
Bengbu
, 75, 115, 123, 128
Bidding
, 64, 141, 152–153, 222–223
Bohai Economic Rim
, 52, 118, 121
Bombardier
, 64–65, 67–68, 72
Boston-Washington Corridor
, 37
Brazil
, 16, 33, 106–107, 110, 163
British Railway
, 172–174, 178
Bundeseisenbahnvermögen
, 192
Bundesverband der deutschen Industrie
, 191
Central Budget Fund
, 77–78
Central Liaoning
, 119, 121
Changchun
, 49, 52, 59–65, 68–69, 71, 75, 115, 234
Changsha
, 52–53, 75, 91, 103, 115, 119, 121, 159
Chen
, 18, 38, 62, 242–243
Chengdu
, 3, 11, 47, 52, 75, 89, 119, 121, 129, 147, 151
Chengdu-Chongqing
, 53, 119
Chief Party Secretary
, 154
China Agriculture Bank
, 79, 86
China Central Television
, 96
China Commercial Bank
, 79, 84, 86, 148
China Construction Bank
, 79, 84, 86, 148
China Railway Corporation
, 22, 155
China Railway High-speed
, 66
China Railway Investment Corporation (CRIC)
, 147
China Railway Signal and Communication Corporation
, 141
China-ASEAN Free Trade Area
, 108
Chinese Academy of Engineering
, 63, 147
Chinese Academy of Railway Sciences
, 59, 63
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
, 225
Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
, 131
Chinese Railway Development Fund Company Limited
, 83
Chinese Railway Investment and Financing Reform Forum
, 76
Chinese Railway Passenger Service Center
, 125
Chinese Train Control System
, 72
Chongqing
, 47, 52, 89, 102, 104, 114–115, 121, 147
Chunyun
, 39, 45–46, 47, 124–125, 131, 223, 236
Clapham Junction rail crash
, 177
Coal
, 13, 15–16, 78, 92, 144, 147, 202, 211, 213, 215, 219–221, 229
Communist Party
, 125, 139
Competition Authority
, 183
Congestion
, 27, 34, 43, 206, 237
Conrail
, 199–201, 202, 247
Consumer Price Index
, 131
Consumer Protection Act
, 131
Contract relationship
, 183
Corporate debt financing tool
, 81
Cultural Revolution
, 3, 40
Daban Mountain Tunnel
, 104
Dalian
, 50, 74–75, 121, 127–129, 137, 140, 154
Dandong
, 53, 115, 128–129
Datong
, 4, 13, 16, 52, 61–62, 75, 132, 211, 215
Datong-Qinhuangdao
, 4, 52, 211, 215
Dayao Mountain Tunnel
, 104
Deutsche Bahn Aktiengesellschaft
, 192
Deutsche Bundesbahn
, 35, 189
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
, 189
Direction de la Circulation Ferroviaire
, 181
Disparity
, 45, 113–118, 123, 126, 235, 237
Economic development
, 1, 3–4, 10, 12, 18, 30–32, 38–39, 45, 47, 79, 87, 91, 97, 108, 113–114, 116–118, 121–123, 153, 218, 235, 238
Eisenbahnneuordnungsgesetz
, 192
Electric Multiple Unit
, 5, 17, 26
Electrified rail
, 73, 220
EMU
, 5, 17, 26–27, 49, 59–62, 64–70, 72, 75–76, 103, 132, 135–137, 139, 152–153
Energy
, 4, 17, 67, 88–89, 91–92, 108–109, 147, 150, 220
Eurasian high-speed transport corridor
, 107
Exchanging market for technology
, 59, 72, 234
Federal Association of German Industries
, 191
Federal Railway Asset
, 192
Federal Railway Authority
, 192, 197
First Railway Package
, 191
Five-Year Plan
, 3, 39, 49–50, 52, 89
Frankfurt
, 20, 29, 36, 133
French National Railway Corporation
, 35
Fujian
, 53, 114–115, 121, 129
German Association of Chamber of Commerce for Trade and Industry
, 191
German Federal Railways
, 35, 189
German Imperial Railway
, 189
German Rail Joint Stock Company
, 192
Guangdong
, 16, 53, 70, 103–104, 114–115
Guangzhou
, 6, 11–12, 17, 20, 29, 42, 47, 49–50, 60, 71, 74–75, 82, 89, 91–92, 93, 95, 99, 103–104, 119, 121, 129, 132–134, 137, 140, 151, 159, 217, 247
Gypsum Breccia Layer
, 103
Hangzhou
, 50, 52, 69, 71, 75, 89, 93, 115, 126, 140
Harbin
, 6, 11, 50, 52, 71, 74–75, 89, 115, 119, 121, 127–129, 133, 137, 140, 151, 154
Health and Safety Executive
, 175
Hebei
, 85–86, 93, 114–115, 119, 129
Heilongjiang
, 16, 114–115
Her Majesty’s Rail Inspectorate
, 175
Huang River Rail and Road Bridge
, 99
Huang-Huai alluvial plains
, 98
ICE
, 35–36, 57–58, 64, 69, 195, 234
Independent Innovation
, 70
India
, 19, 33, 105–106, 110–111, 163, 204
Initial Public Offering
, 171, 191
Inner Mongolia
, 16, 114–115, 147, 220
Integration
, 17–18, 32, 35, 55, 64, 67, 88, 91, 108, 111, 114, 138–139, 181, 194, 197, 214, 248
Internal clearing relationship
, 183
Interorganizational management
, 170
Interstate Commerce Commission
, 198–199
Japan National Railway Clearing Group
, 168
Japan National Railway Settlement Corporation
, 171
Japan Railway Cargo Corporation
, 167
Japanese National Railways
, 228
Jiaotong University
, 63, 234, 244–246
Jinan
, 6, 74, 89, 121, 151, 159, 236
Kunming
, 12, 17, 53, 75, 89, 105, 115, 121, 151, 209
Land acquisition
, 79, 124–125, 127–128, 234
Langfang Economic and Technological Development Zone
, 122
Lan-Xin Yellow River Bridge
, 4
Lanzhou
, 3, 6, 12, 16, 52, 69, 75, 89, 98, 102, 104, 121, 137, 147, 151
Lanzhou-Xinjiang
, 3, 6, 75
Laos
, 53, 105–106, 111, 163
Leapfrog
, 62, 76, 96, 142, 154, 235
Li
, 4, 77, 86, 105–106, 107, 164, 169, 172, 244
Lion Ocean Tunnel
, 103–104
Liuyang River Tunnel
, 104
Liuzhou
, 52, 115, 122, 209
London
, 107, 172, 176, 184, 244–245
Lotus-Crane Square Kettle
, 93
Lyon
, 20, 29, 35, 57, 117, 133, 179–180
Management Stability Fund
, 170
Marketization
, 227–230, 232
Maryland Area Regional Commuter
, 201
Meeting of Heads of Government of Central and Eastern European Countries and China
, 105
Memorandums of Understanding
, 105
Mid and Long-Term Railway Network Plan
, 114–115, 121, 146, 233
Mid-Long Term Railway Network Plan
, 50
Migrant workers
, 10, 43, 45, 97, 134
Ministry of Transport
, 107, 169, 193, 195
Ministry of Transportation
, 22
Monopoly
, 153, 178, 186, 198–199, 205, 208, 210, 212–214, 222, 232, 242
Motivation
, 21, 42–43, 109, 230
Nanchang
, 47, 52, 75, 89, 115, 121, 151–152, 209
Nanchang Railway Bureau
, 152
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
, 4
Nanning
, 4, 52, 69, 75, 89, 115, 121, 151
National Audit Office
, 174, 223, 245
National Development and Reform Commission
, 7, 60, 62, 80, 83–84, 109, 147, 205, 217, 245
National Development Bank
, 79, 86
National Economy and Social Development and Objective
, 150
National Passenger Rail Corporation
, 200
National People’s Congress
, 22, 114, 150
National Railway Administration
, 22, 154, 209, 216
New economic geography
, 30, 113, 116–117
Ningbo
, 50, 75, 115, 135, 140, 159–160
Noise harassment
, 126, 129
North America
, 105, 210, 247
Northeast
, 10, 34, 37–38, 41, 114, 118, 121, 200–201
Northeast Rail Service Act
, 199, 201
NRA
, 22, 154, 209, 225–227, 232
OECD
, 192–193, 212, 242, 245–246
Office of Passenger Rail Franchising
, 175
Office of the Rail Regulator
, 175
Oil
, 14–15, 33, 38, 108, 133, 144, 173, 199, 229, 237
Onboard
, 25, 67, 71, 155, 188, 224
Opening up policy
, 4, 39, 72
Osaka
, 20, 28–29, 34, 57, 133
Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund
, 82
Paddington train crash
, 176
Paris
, 18, 20, 29, 35–36, 57, 117, 133, 179–180, 184
Passenger Dedicated Line
, 62, 69, 211
Pearl River Delta
, 50, 52, 70, 118–119, 121
Piled raff foundations
, 98
Planned economy
, 144, 150, 152, 218
Planning
, 7, 18, 22, 25–26, 31–32, 35, 38, 49, 53, 60, 84, 87–89, 92, 107, 123–127, 148, 154–155, 171–172, 180, 188, 191, 194, 196, 209, 212, 221, 226–227, 232
Privatization
, 165, 169, 171–178, 185–186, 189, 191, 196, 200–201, 214, 227–229, 242, 244, 246–247
Project Legal Person Responsibility System
, 77
Public hearings
, 131, 217
Public-private partnership
, 32, 169, 173
Pudong International Airport
, 53
Qilian Mountain Tunnel
, 104
Qingdao
, 52, 74, 119, 121, 236
Qinghai
, 52, 104, 114–115, 151
Quebec Deposit & Investment Fund
, 187
R&D
, 34, 37, 49, 57, 59–60, 63, 66, 97, 141, 199, 234–235
Rail Passengers Council
, 175
Rail Traffic Control Branch
, 181
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act
, 199, 201
Railtrack
, 173–174, 177–178, 245
Railway Construction Bond
, 80–81, 82, 145–146
Railway Construction Fund
, 77–78, 80, 84, 219, 247
Railway Development Fund
, 83, 148, 230–231
Railway Development Fund Management Instructions
, 83
Railway Financing Reform
, 83, 147
Regierungskommission Bundesbahn
, 191
Regional Rail Reorganization Act
, 199, 201
Regulatory Authority of Railway Activities
, 183
Rent-seeking
, 152, 210, 213–214, 223, 236
Réseau Ferré National
, 181
RFF
, 181, 183, 185–186, 188–189
Rice for HSR
, 105, 109, 111
Robbing Peter to pay Paul
, 145
Rolling stocks and locomotives from three leasing companies
, 174
Romania
, 105–106, 163, 194
Russia
, 2, 19, 33, 53, 106–107, 109–110, 163, 204, 246
Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping
, 125
Settlement-controlled composite pile foundations
, 98
Shandong
, 16, 85–86, 114–115, 119, 122, 129, 236
Shanghai
, 2, 5–6, 12, 17–18, 20, 28–29, 47, 49–50, 53, 70–71, 73–75, 84–86, 89, 92–93, 95, 97, 99, 114–115, 119, 121–123, 126–129, 132–133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 148–149, 151, 154, 159, 185, 211, 215, 217, 230, 238, 242, 244
Shanxi
, 13, 15–16, 98, 104, 114–115, 220
Shenyang
, 50, 53, 62, 89, 115, 119, 121, 126, 128–129, 151
Shenzhen
, 6, 47, 49–50, 60, 69, 75, 83, 93, 115, 121, 129, 159, 247
Shijiazhuang
, 21, 52, 74–75, 93, 102–103, 121, 129, 137–138
Short-term financing bond
, 81, 145
Shuguang Zhang
, 67, 152, 235
Siemens
, 64–66, 68–69, 235
Sifang
, 49, 61–68, 70, 72
Silk Road infrastructure fund
, 111
Singapore
, 53, 105, 111, 163
Smith
, 172, 174, 241, 246
SNCF
, 20, 29, 35, 179–189
Social Security Fund
, 84–86, 148
Socialist market economy
, 150
Société nationale des chemins de fer français
, 179
South China Coast
, 119, 121
Southeast coastal
, 50, 160
Southwest
, 3, 11, 34–35, 37, 52–53, 63, 115, 121, 244–245
Southwest Jiaotong University
, 234
Special Debt Account
, 180
Spillover
, 18, 31, 122, 238
Spring Festival
, 44–46, 122, 124
Spring Festival Travel Season
, 45
Star of Central China
, 60–61
Starsol enbesol piling
, 98
State Council
, 44, 50, 52, 60, 63, 83–85, 140–141, 147, 150, 152, 209, 216, 219, 231, 233
Students
, 10, 42–43, 45–46, 134, 218
Subgrade settlement
, 98, 138
Sud-Est
, 20, 29, 35, 57–58, 180
Super and short-term commercial paper
, 81, 145
Surface Transportation Board
, 199, 202
System integration
, 7, 66
Taihang Mountain Tunnel
, 104
Taiyuan
, 3, 15–16, 52, 74, 102–104, 121, 132, 137, 151
Tangshan
, 49, 61, 65–66, 68–70, 235
Telecommunication
, 72, 150, 173, 222, 229
Temporary Administrative Investigation Committee
, 167
TGV
, 20, 29, 35–36, 57–58, 117, 180, 184, 234, 241
Thailand
, 33, 53, 105–106, 109, 111, 163
Thompson
, 210, 212, 244, 246
Thongsing Thammavong
, 106
Tianjin
, 47, 50, 52, 57, 64, 69, 74–75, 85–86, 95–96, 114–115, 119, 121, 149
Tianxingzhou Rail and Road Bridge
, 99
Tibet
, 52, 104, 114–115, 151, 224–225
Tokaido
, 18, 28, 32, 34, 57, 168, 171
Tokyo
, 20, 28–29, 34, 57, 133
Track-mounted transponders
, 140
Trade-oriented manufacturing
, 114
Train à Grande Vitesse
, 35
Train operating companies
, 174, 228
Transport Express Régional
, 180
Transportation cost
, 116, 118, 122
Trans-Southeast Asian HSR
, 105, 108
Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)
, 102
UK
, 1, 19, 35, 42, 106–108, 165, 177, 179, 181, 186, 194, 208, 214, 245
United States
, 31–32, 37, 163, 165, 198, 242–243, 247
United States Railway Association
, 201
Urbanization
, 10, 18, 91, 122
Urumqi
, 53, 69, 89, 98, 121, 137, 151
U.S
, 37–38, 55, 118, 197, 199–203, 217, 225, 247
Voyages-sncf.com
, 184, 187
Wang
, 18, 62, 153–154, 244, 247–248
Washington, D.C.
, 37, 118, 247
Water transport
, 9, 12, 14, 218
Welfare
, 43, 203, 205, 209, 218, 228, 244
Wenzhou
, 74, 135, 140, 160
World Bank
, 34, 82, 87, 96, 242, 244, 246
World War II
, 1, 34, 172, 180, 189
Wuhan
, 18, 20, 29, 42, 47, 50, 52–53, 71, 74–75, 89, 92–93, 99, 103–104, 121, 124, 129, 132, 134, 137, 140, 149, 151, 159, 185
Xi’an
, 11, 53, 74–75, 89, 95–96, 98, 121, 132, 137, 147
Xinjiang
, 53, 98, 104, 114–115
Yangtze River
, 50, 52, 115, 118–119, 121, 210
Zhejiang
, 6, 114–115, 135, 140
Zhengzhou
, 11, 18, 52–53, 61, 74, 89, 92–93, 98–99, 104, 119, 121, 137, 147, 149, 151, 154
Zhijun Liu
, 59, 62, 76, 124, 138, 152, 154, 156, 234–235
Zhuzhou
, 49, 53, 59–63, 66, 234
Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Manufacturer
, 60