Ollivier, GeraldSondhi, JitendraZhou, Nanyan2016-11-292016-11-292014-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25483By the end of 2013, China railway had built a network of about 10,000 route-km of high-speed railways (HSR). The network has been built rapidly and at a relatively low unit cost compared with similar projects in other countries. This note takes a look at this expansion, its construction unit costs and some of its key cost components. It also outlines reasons that may explain the comparatively low cost of HSR construction in China.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCELERATIONAIRAIR FARESAIRPORTAIRPORT TERMINALSARCHITECTUREAXLESBEAMSBRIDGEBRIDGE CONSTRUCTIONBRIDGESBUS FARESCAPITAL INVESTMENTCARRIAGESCIVIL WORKSCONSTRUCTION COSTSCONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTCOVERSDESIGN SPEEDEARTHWORKSELECTRIFICATIONEMBANKMENTEMBANKMENTSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSEXPRESS TRAINSFARESFATALITIESFATALITYHIGH DENSITY CORRIDORSHIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMESHIGH-SPEED RAILHIGH-SPEED RAIL NETWORKHIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECTINTERCITY BUSINTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTLAND ACQUISITIONLAND TAKEMIXED USEMOMENTUMMULTIPLE UNIT TRAINSPASSENGERPASSENGERSPEAK HOURSPEAK TRAVELPYLONSRAIL CONSTRUCTIONRAIL LINESRAILWAYRAILWAY CONSTRUCTIONRAILWAY CORPORATIONRAILWAY DEVELOPMENTRAILWAY NETWORKRAILWAY PROJECTRAILWAY PROJECTSRAILWAY STATIONSRAILWAYSRESETTLEMENTRIGHT OF WAYRIVERSROADROLLING STOCKROUTEROUTESSLABSPANSPEEDSPEEDSSPREADINGSTEELTEMPERATURETOPOGRAPHYTRACKTRACKSTRAFFICTRAFFIC DENSITYTRAFFIC ENGINEERINGTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRAINSTRAINS PER HOURTRANSITTRANSPORTTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORTATIONTUNNELTUNNEL CONSTRUCTIONTUNNELSVEHICLEVIADUCTSBriefWorld Bank10.1596/25483