Chapter 357 Beijing-Kowloon Railway

meeting room.

Liu Tao stared with big eyes.

He didn't expect that the meeting he was going to attend would be the Beijing-Kowloon Railway!

As early as 1960, the Ministry of Railways began to consider building a north-south Shinkansen line, which would run from Weijing City to Shantou via Hengshui, Shangqiu, and Jiujiang, which is the Beijing-Shantou Railway.

Later, it stagnated due to the adjustment of the national economy.

Later, in 1974, the Ministry of Railways planned to build a railway from Beijing to Jiujiang and conducted preliminary testing for this purpose. However, due to various reasons, it was not included in the Sixth Five-Year Plan.

This time, the Ministry of Railways once again proposed to build a north-south artery. This time, the route has been changed. The entire railway starts from Beijing West Passenger Station in the north, passes through Nanchang Station, the provincial capital central city, and ends at Xiangjiang-Kowloon Station in the south, passing through Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and There are ten provinces and cities in Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Xiangjiang, with a total length of 2,536 kilometers. The northern part of the line passes through an area with gentle terrain, while the southern part has dense tunnels.

The entire Beijing-Kowloon Railway will be the largest railway trunk line in the history of my country's railway construction with the largest investment and the longest mileage completed at one time. After the completion of this railway, it will have a very important strategy for improving the layout of the national road network, easing the tension in north-south transportation, promoting the development of the national economy, accelerating the reform and opening up in the central region, getting rid of poverty and getting rich in the old revolutionary areas along the line, and maintaining the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong and Macao. significance.

There are 549 bridges and 126 tunnels along the entire line, with a total length of 190 kilometers. The scale of the project is unprecedented in the history of railway construction.

"Luancinqin, with an estimated investment of more than 30 billion yuan, where will the country come from with so much money to invest in this project?" A leader slapped the table, very dissatisfied: "It was not included in the Sixth Five-Year Plan a few years ago, and everyone said it would be postponed. Wait, why do you want to build it again?”

"More than 30 billion, the Ministry of Finance's warehouse is about to starve to death. Where can we get so much money to build it?" The leader was a little angry.

The Beijing-Kowloon Railway is naturally necessary and important to build.

But the problem is that the country has no money!

A penny beats a good man.

Now that the country is reforming and opening up, money is needed in all aspects. It is too difficult to invest more than 30 billion at one time!

No matter how hard you squeeze, you can't squeeze out so much money.

Many leaders believe that it is not appropriate to launch the Malaysia-Beijing-Kowloon Railway project at this time.

Of course, some leaders believe that they should bite the bullet and launch this project, because the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway is now the most important trunk line from Beijing to Guangdong Province. It is now very busy during certain periods. If it continues to develop in the future, the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway will not be able to afford it. The important task of north-south transportation.

"Comrade Liu Tao, tell me what you think." The old man smoked a cigarette and did not express his opinion immediately, but looked at Liu Tao.

Liu Tao pondered for a moment and then said: "The construction of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway is imperative. Now everyone knows the situation of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway. In at least three or four years, the Beijing-Kowloon Railway will be very crowded, affecting North-South Transportation.”

"I suggest that the Beijing-Kowloon Railway be launched and the current plan of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway be adjusted. This plan is too conservative. I am afraid that before long, transportation 'bottlenecks' will appear in those single-line sections. I suggest that the entire Beijing-Kowloon Railway be double-tracked. Construction, and double lines are also being constructed, and more double lines will be reserved," Liu Tao said.

There is no doubt about the significance of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway.

This will be a huge north-south artery.

The Beijing-Kowloon Railway plan this time is not a strict double line standard, but a combination of double lines and single lines, with land reserved for double tracks.

Liu Tao said: "The railway design is based on 160 kilometers, which is too conservative. I suggest that the standard be raised to 250 kilometers per hour and electrified."

The most opposed leader laughed angrily when he heard what Liu Tao said: "Comrade Liu Tao, according to what you said, it is to invest at least 70 billion yuan. The country cannot come up with more than 30 billion yuan now. How can we get it?" 70 billion yuan.”

"And we don't have the technology to reach a speed of 160 kilometers per hour. We have to import it from outside. We don't know how much it will cost to introduce this technology," the leader said seriously.

"In terms of technology, our Panshan Group can assist. In terms of money, our Panshan Group will invest 70%." Liu Tao said.

In terms of technology, don't worry, he can solve it.

As for investment, he can also solve it.

The current cost of one kilometer of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway is 6 million yuan, which includes the renovation of railway stations along the line, as well as a large number of bridges and tunnels.

If it were to be built later, one kilometer would cost at least tens of millions. If we wait until the new century, the cost of railway construction will soar to 100 million.

It can be said that his proposal can save the country at least more than 400 billion yuan in 20 to 30 years, and it can also promote economic development in advance.

This kind of large-scale project that is basic to people's livelihood has a huge ability to stimulate the social economy.

As for his proposal of electrification, it is because this aspect can increase the overall transportation capacity by at least 30%.

Everyone looked at Liu Tao in shock.

Responsible for solving technical problems and also solving 70% of the funds. 70% of the funds is almost 50 billion.

The old man said slowly: "Since Comrade Liu Tao has such great determination and courage, don't we even have the courage to spend 20 billion yuan for construction?"

"The Shenyang-Haikou Expressway Project is currently progressing smoothly under the strong promotion of Comrade Liu Tao. I think this project can be done. If possible, we will take a new train from Beijing to Hong Kong in 1987!" The old man spoke with a strong Sichuan accent, his voice was not loud, but firm and powerful: "I still remember going to Japan a few years ago. Their Shinkansen trains had a speed of 210 kilometers per hour, which shocked me. If our Beijing-Kowloon Railway can reach a speed of 250 kilometers per hour, it will surpass them and will be of great significance to our socialist construction."

The huge shock a few years ago still deeply affects us today.

You know, at that time, the Japanese Shinkansen had a speed of 210 kilometers per hour, while our railways were still at a low level of development, with an average operating speed of only 55 kilometers.

The overall level of passenger car equipment and manufacturing technology are far behind those of developed countries.

Liu Tao was secretly shocked. He didn't expect the old man to make this decision.

1987, less than 4 years from now!

But since this is the case, no matter how big the difficulties are, they must be overcome.

Since it has been decided to build the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway", the next step is not to discuss whether to build it or not, but to discuss how to organize the construction. It requires coordination among provinces and cities along the line to cooperate with the project construction.

It can be said that this is a century project!

Steel, electromechanical, etc., all need to be matched, otherwise if there is a problem in any link, the time node of the entire project will be problematic, and the construction will not start.

And this will reflect the advantage of the Chinese system in concentrating its efforts on major events.

The entire society is like a precision instrument that will operate effectively.

Each province and city is just a part of this instrument, and they must obey the overall situation.

There is no room for bargaining.