Chapter 461: Inspecting the Beijing-Kowloon Railway (asking for monthly tickets)

The starting point of Southwest Associated University is undoubtedly much higher than other universities.

Like Pengcheng University, it could only recruit students from Guangdong Province at the beginning, and last year it could only recruit students from six provinces and cities.

But Southwest Associated University directly recruits students from all over the country, not just from the mainland, but from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau!

Like other domestic universities, Southwest Associated University is free of tuition, with a subsidy of 150 yuan per month, and students with excellent grades can also apply for various scholarships.

The highest scholarship is as high as 5,000 yuan!

5,000 yuan, this is the income of many people who work for a year and have not yet reached this number.

High standards, high starting points, strong school funding, and strong faculty all make Southwest Associated University very special.

According to the discussion between Liu Tao and several universities, Tsinghua University will help build the electronics and architecture disciplines of Southwest Associated University, Peking University will help build the Chinese and foreign language disciplines, Renmin University will help build the economics and law disciplines, Fudan University will help build the mathematics and philosophy majors, and Beijing Institute of Technology will help build the electromechanical and mechanical disciplines.

A full ten domestic famous universities will help build the Southwest Associated University, each of which will help build two disciplines, totaling 20 disciplines.

In addition to the faculty, many of them are academic leaders in their own disciplines.

For example, Yang Zhenning is a master of theoretical physics and has made great achievements in mathematics, physics, and philosophy. Southwest Associated University will establish a theoretical physics institute named after Yang Zhenning.

For example, Qian Xuesen's achievements in aerodynamics are beyond words. He has successively obtained a master's degree in aeronautical engineering and a doctorate in aviation and mathematics. His research in aerodynamics, solid mechanics, rockets, missiles and other fields is world-leading.

For example, Qiu Chengtong will serve as the director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences of Southwest Associated University. Although he is not full-time, he will regularly go to Southwest Associated University to teach and guide graduate students.

In the evening, Liu Tao left Tsinghua University.

There were many things to do.

The next day was the second day of the Chinese New Year. Liu Tao took his children and accompanied his wife to her parents' home.

Going back to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year is a traditional custom.

Even though they lived not far away and both families had cars and were often together, Liu Tao still respected the custom.

Originally, he planned to visit relatives and friends on the third day of the Chinese New Year, but Liu Tao had to change his schedule because of a phone call.

It was the leadership office that notified him to accompany the leadership to inspect the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway" and to comfort the front-line workers.

Liu Tao quickly changed his clothes and went out.

The first stop for the inspection was Beijing West Station.

The station was still under construction. It was also the starting station of the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway". It was located in the FT District of Beijing and was a special station of the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway". Once completed, it will be one of the largest modern railway passenger stations in the country.

Beijing West Railway Station is located near Lianhuachi East Road and West Third Ring Road in Beijing FT District, covering an area of ​​700,000 square meters and a total construction area of ​​960,000 square meters, including 700,000 square meters of station buildings. The station has 14 platforms (26 platforms) and 28 tracks.

Among the stations along the entire "Beijing-Kowloon Railway", only Beijing West Railway Station and Pengcheng Station are special stations, and their scales are the same.

The leaders greeted the workers. Even during the Spring Festival, these workers only took a day off and spent the New Year directly on the construction site.

It can be said that these workers sacrificed themselves to build the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway"!

Half an hour after arriving at Beijing West Railway Station, they left on the "Fuxing" EMU. The second stop was to Hengshui Station, which is a first-class station and an important transportation hub in Hebei Province. In another half a year, Hengshui Station can be built.

The railway stations along the entire "Beijing-Kowloon Railway" are divided into special stations, first-class stations, second-class stations, third-class stations, fourth-class stations, and fifth-class stations. This is divided according to importance. The more important the station, the larger the area it occupies. For example, the first-class station is an important hub station in a province. The only special stations are Beijing West Station and Pengcheng Station.

In order to build these modern stations, the Ministry of Railways and various provinces have invested a total of 40 billion yuan!

After visiting the workers, the "Fuxing" EMU continued to go south and arrived at Mulan Station in Zhongyuan Province. This is also the condition for the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway" to be opened to traffic. The total mileage of the railway is 718.3 kilometers.

Then they changed to off-road vehicles, all of which were produced by China Automobile Group. After half an hour, they came to the field, where a tunnel was being drilled.

Although this tunnel is not very long, because it was not constructed with a shield machine, the tunnel project has not been completed yet.

With a shield machine, working 24 hours a day, it can advance 21 meters to 35 meters; without a shield machine, it can only advance one meter a day, even if it works 24 hours a day, it can only advance three meters at most.

Moreover, bridge and tunnel construction are the most dangerous!

Most of the construction casualties occurred in bridge and tunnel construction.

A few days passed quickly, and on the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, Liu Tao came to the Ministry of Railways.

This time he came to attend the construction deployment meeting of the "Beijing-Shanghai Railway".

Although all the construction drawings of the entire "Beijing-Shanghai Railway" have not been completed, it does not prevent the start of construction.

As the "Beijing-Kowloon Railway" is gradually completed, railway workers can be transferred to build the "Beijing-Shanghai Railway".

After all, even if it is a double-track, the construction will not be so urgent, and the construction workers will not be needed so many, and other railway workers will gradually be transferred to the "Beijing-Shanghai Railway"!

The biggest construction difficulty of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway is also the bridge and tunnel, of which there are 21 tunnels with a total length of 15.8 kilometers. It crosses many rivers of the four major water systems of Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River many times, including 16 V-level waterways. The Zhenjiang Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Bridge is a (90+180+90)-meter continuous beam-arch composite structure with a maximum continuous span of 180 meters. The Jinan Yellow River Bridge is 5143.4 meters long, and the main bridge is a (113+3×168+113)-meter four-line rigid beam flexible arch steel truss with a main span of 3×168 meters. The Jinling Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge across the Yangtze River is 9.273 kilometers long, with a main bridge of six lines and a design speed of 300 kilometers per hour. The main bridge is a six-span continuous steel truss arch with a main span of 2×336 meters.

According to the construction schedule, the double track will be built in three years, and the conditions for full operation will be met. Another three years will be spent on the double track, and the entire Beijing-Shanghai Railway will be completed in 1992.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Beijing-Shanghai Railway is also a century-level project.

Moreover, all seven major stations along the line are special stations. It is precisely because of the higher standards that the investment in the Beijing-Shanghai Railway is much higher than at the beginning.

In terms of construction arrangements, the total construction period is first set, and then it is dismembered on the basis of the total construction period, and the construction period of specific sections is clarified. For important node projects such as bridges and tunnels, the construction period is also clarified.

This kind of large project is like marching and fighting. The preliminary arrangements must be arranged, and then the construction and completion are carried out according to the arrangements. Similarly, cement, sandstone, steel, etc. will be supplied according to the arranged construction period.

The steel for the entire Beijing-Shanghai Railway is mainly provided by three steel mills, including Baosteel in Shanghai.

The construction of high-speed railways like this requires huge amounts of steel and cement.

This can be seen from the construction of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway.

Requesting monthly tickets, it's the end of the month, only 200 tickets left!