AAGR

, 142–143

Abramovitz

, 58

Absorption

, 53, 66, 234

AC

, 59, 66–67, 76

Acela

, 29, 37

Action Plan

, 70

ADTranz

, 49, 60–61

Advancement

, 21, 88, 91–92, 144, 234

Aerodynamic

, 71

Affordability

, 8, 43, 47, 134

Affordability

, 43

Agglomeration

, 30, 53, 91, 116–118, 123

Air tightness

, 70

Albalate

, 116–117, 241

Alpes

, 180

Alstom

, 64–65, 68–69

Altitude

, 87, 98

Amtrak

, 37, 199–200, 204–206, 245, 247

Anhui

, 4, 85–86, 114–115, 123, 128

Anhui-Jiangxi

, 4

Annual average growth rate

, 142

APEC

, 110

ARAF

, 183

Architecture

, 87–88

Asian Development Bank

, 82

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

, 111

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

, 110

Association of American Railroads

, 203–204

Atlantique

, 35, 180

Atmospheric pollution

, 137

ATP

, 177

Australia

, 16

Austria

, 82, 96

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

Baiyunebo

, 16

Ballastless

, 97, 99, 139

Baltimore

, 1, 37, 118, 197

Baltimore and Ohio

, 1, 197

Bangladesh

, 111, 242

Bank of China

, 79, 86

Baoji-Chengdu

, 3

Baoji-Zhongwei

, 4

Baorui

, 147

Baoshan

, 2

Baotou

, 16

Barack Obama

, 38

Barcelona

, 36

Batisse

, 180, 185, 241

Bayley

, 116

BBC

, 154

BDI

, 191, 194–195

Beam-slab raft foundations

, 98

Bei Gaotie

, 132

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

Beijing-Shanghai

, 156

Bel

, 116–117, 241

Belgrade

, 106–107

Bengbu

, 75, 115, 123, 128

BEV

, 192–193

Bidding

, 64, 141, 152–153, 222–223

Big four

, 172

Bishop

, 176, 241

Bitzan

, 202, 204, 241

Blue Arrow

, 60–61

Board Union Group

, 152

Bogies

, 66, 152

Bögl slab

, 97

Bohai Economic Rim

, 52, 118, 121

Bombardier

, 64–65, 67–68, 72

Bonnafous

, 117

Boston

, 37, 118

Boston-Washington Corridor

, 37

BOSWASH

, 37

Brady

, 18, 241

Braking

, 66, 70, 140

Brazil

, 16, 33, 106–107, 110, 163

BRB

, 175

Bribes

, 124, 152

BRICS

, 110

Bridge installation

, 97

Britain

, 163

British Rail Board

, 175

British Railway

, 172–174, 178

British Railway Act

, 173

Bröcker

, 122, 241

Brunei

, 111

BST

, 65, 67–68

Budapest

, 106–107

Bundeseisenbahnvermögen

, 192

Bundesverband der deutschen Industrie

, 191

Burchardt

, 228–229, 242

Cambodia

, 111, 163

Canada

, 19, 53, 204

Cao

, 122, 245

Catenary

, 135, 137, 139

CCTV

, 96

Central Budget Fund

, 77–78

Central Liaoning

, 119, 121

Central Plains

, 11

CFP

, 130

CGT

, 185

Changchun

, 49, 52, 59–65, 68–69, 71, 75, 115, 234

Changfeng

, 128

Changjin Li

, 106

Changsha

, 52–53, 75, 91, 103, 115, 119, 121, 159

Cheminots

, 185

Chen

, 18, 38, 62, 242–243

Chengdu

, 3, 11, 47, 52, 75, 89, 119, 121, 129, 147, 151

Chengdu-Chongqing

, 53, 119

Chengdu-Kunming

, 3

Cheshire

, 176

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 Star

, 50

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

Chowdhury

, 228, 242

Chunyun

, 39, 45–46, 47, 124–125, 131, 223, 236

Clapham Junction rail crash

, 177

Class I railroad

, 202

CNR

, 64–66, 68–71, 139

CO₂

, 206

Coal

, 13, 15–16, 78, 92, 144, 147, 202, 211, 213, 215, 219–221, 229

Cohesion

, 118

Cologne

, 20, 29, 184

Communist Party

, 125, 139

Competition Authority

, 183

Compos

, 28, 96

Congestion

, 27, 34, 43, 206, 237

Conrail

, 199–201, 202, 247

Consumer Price Index

, 131

Consumer Protection Act

, 131

Contract relationship

, 183

Converters

, 66

Corail

, 180, 184

Coronado

, 117

Corporate debt financing tool

, 81

Corruptions

, 124, 214

Cost-benefit

, 30, 117

Coto-Millán

, 30

CPC

, 139, 150

CPI

, 131, 218

CPPCC

, 131

Credit rating

, 82, 84

CRSC

, 141

CSX Transportation

, 202

Cultural Revolution

, 3, 40

Culture

, 88, 91–92

Curing agent

, 99

Daban Mountain Tunnel

, 104

Dali

, 147

Dalian

, 50, 74–75, 121, 127–129, 137, 140, 154

Dandong

, 53, 115, 128–129

Daqin

, 13, 52, 82, 151

Dashengguan Bridge

, 99

Datong

, 4, 13, 16, 52, 61–62, 75, 132, 211, 215

Datong-Qinhuangdao

, 4, 52, 211, 215

David Cameron

, 106–107

Dayao Mountain Tunnel

, 104

Dazhun

, 220

DB AG

, 192–195

DB Regio

, 194

DB Schenker

, 194, 197

DCF

, 181

DDJ1

, 49, 61

De Rus

, 28, 30, 116–117

Debugging

, 139

Demonstration

, 126

Deutsche Bahn Aktiengesellschaft

, 192

Deutsche Bundesbahn

, 35, 189

Deutsche Reichsbahn

, 189

Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft

, 189

Diet

, 166

DIHK

, 191, 194–195

Dilemma

, 148

Dilma Rousseff

, 106

Direction de la Circulation Ferroviaire

, 181

Disparity

, 45, 113–118, 123, 126, 235, 237

DJF2

, 50

DJJ1

, 60–61

DJJ2

, 50

Dmitry Medvedev

, 106

Dongche

, 5, 26

Dongfu Lu

, 76, 150

DOT

, 26

Double-track

, 4, 7, 73

DRG

, 189

E2-1000

, 65, 67–68

EBA

, 192–193

EBITDA

, 187–188

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

Elipsos

, 184

Elkins Act

, 199

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

EPIC

, 180–181, 185

Erected sheds

, 99

EU directive

, 25

Eurasian high-speed transport corridor

, 107

Eurostar

, 35, 184

Excavation

, 16, 103

Exchanging market for technology

, 59, 72, 234

Federal Association of German Industries

, 191

Federal Railway Asset

, 192

Federal Railway Authority

, 192, 197

Feng Shui

, 2

Fertilizers

, 14, 219

Figueras

, 182

Figueres

, 36

Financial Times

, 147

First Railway Package

, 191

Five-Year Plan

, 3, 39, 49–50, 52, 89

Fixed-data balises

, 140

Fog flash

, 137

Food

, 14, 219

Foreign loans

, 82

Frankfurt

, 20, 29, 36, 133

French National Railway Corporation

, 35

Fujian

, 53, 114–115, 121, 129

Functionality

, 88, 91

Fürth

, 189, 244

Gansu

, 104, 114–115

Gao

, 55, 243

Gaotie

, 5, 26

Gas turbine

, 92

Geotextile fabric

, 99

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

Givoni

, 36, 243

Gottmann

, 37, 118, 243

Grayrigg derailment

, 179

Great Leap

, 39

Great Leap Forward

, 3

Greenhouse

, 34

GSM-R

, 72

Guangdong

, 16, 53, 70, 103–104, 114–115

Guangxi

, 114–115, 122

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

Guangzhou-Changsha

, 159

Guangzu Sheng

, 141, 154

Guiyang-Kunming

, 3

Guizhou

, 114–115

Gypsum Breccia Layer

, 103

Hagler

, 37, 243

Hangu Gate Tunnel

, 104

Hangzhou

, 50, 52, 69, 71, 75, 89, 93, 115, 126, 140

Hannover

, 36

Harbin

, 6, 11, 50, 52, 71, 74–75, 89, 115, 119, 121, 127–129, 133, 137, 140, 151, 154

Harmony

, 66

Haynes

, 17–18, 242–243

Health and Safety Executive

, 175

Hebei

, 85–86, 93, 114–115, 119, 129

Heilongjiang

, 16, 114–115

Hemming

, 228, 243

Hengyang

, 69, 122

Hepburn Act

, 199

Her Majesty’s Rail Inspectorate

, 175

Hexie Hao

, 66–67

Hideo Shima

, 235

Hinterland

, 12, 45, 47

Hitachi

, 67

HMRI

, 175

Hoeven

, 228

Hokkaido

, 168

Hong Kong

, 4, 110, 151

Houma-Yueshan

, 4

HSE

, 175, 177

Huang River Rail and Road Bridge

, 99

Huang-Huai alluvial plains

, 98

Huawei

, 72

Hungry

, 105–106

Huolinhe

, 16

ICC

, 198–199, 202

ICE

, 35–36, 57–58, 64, 69, 195, 234

ICE-3

, 64

ID

, 125

IDBUS

, 184

IDTGV

, 184

Ile-de-France

, 184

Independent Innovation

, 70

India

, 19, 33, 105–106, 110–111, 163, 204

Industrialization

, 60

Inglada

, 30

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

Inter-bank bond

, 81

Intercités

, 184

Inter-City Express

, 35

Internal clearing relationship

, 183

Interorganizational management

, 170

Interstate Commerce Commission

, 198–199

IPO

, 171

Iran

, 163

Italy

, 69, 96, 184, 194

Itochu

, 67

Ivica Dačić

, 106

Japan National Railway Clearing Group

, 168

Japan National Railway Settlement Corporation

, 171

Japan Railway Cargo Corporation

, 167

Japanese National Railways

, 228

Jiabao Wen

, 141

Jiang

, 42, 243

Jiangsu

, 85–86, 114–115

Jiaotong University

, 63, 234, 244–246

Jicheng Tang

, 127

Jilin

, 52, 75, 114–115

Jinan

, 6, 74, 89, 121, 151, 159, 236

Jingping Xi

, 107

Jiujiang

, 52, 75, 115

JNR

, 166–169, 171

JNRSC

, 171

Joint Venture

, 73

JR East

, 168, 171

JR West

, 168, 171

Ju

, 244

Kahn

, 18, 37, 244, 248

Kansai

, 34

Kaohsiung

, 138

Kawasaki

, 64–65, 67–68

Kazakhstan

, 111

Kazan

, 106–107

KDZ1

, 59, 61

Keeler

, 202, 241

Kenya

, 106

Keolis

, 185, 187

Keqiang Li

, 53, 105, 162

Keynesian

, 172

Knox

, 116

Korea

, 96–97

Krugman

, 31, 116

Kunming

, 12, 17, 53, 75, 89, 105, 115, 121, 151, 209

Kuwait

, 111

Kyushu

, 57, 168

Labor’s Day

, 44

Ladbroke Grove

, 176

Land acquisition

, 79, 124–125, 127–128, 234

Länder

, 191

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

Le Grand

, 228, 244

Leapfrog

, 62, 76, 96, 142, 154, 235

Leshan

, 52, 115, 129

Levinson

, 30

Li

, 4, 77, 86, 105–106, 107, 164, 169, 172, 244

Lianyungang

, 12, 17

Libya

, 163

Lijiang

, 147

Lin

, 210

Lion Ocean Tunnel

, 103–104

Liping Shao

, 152

Liuyang River

, 103

Liuyang River Tunnel

, 104

Liuzhou

, 52, 115, 122, 209

LKD2-T1

, 140–141

Localise

, 53

Localization

, 64, 66

Lodge

, 176, 245

London

, 107, 172, 176, 184, 244–245

Los Angles

, 38

Lotus-Crane Square Kettle

, 93

Low-income

, 134

LTL

, 144

Lunar New Year

, 44–47

Luo

, 122, 245

Lyndon B. Johnson

, 37

Lyon

, 20, 29, 35, 57, 117, 133, 179–180

Macau

, 110

Madrid

, 30, 36, 133

Maglev

, 53, 84, 126

Magnetotellurics

, 103

Malaysia

, 111, 163

Malfunctions

, 135, 137

Management Stability Fund

, 170

Mansoor

, 228, 243

MARC

, 201

Marketization

, 227–230, 232

Marubeni

, 67

Maryland Area Regional Commuter

, 201

Mathieu

, 174, 176

Max Bögl

, 97

Mearsheimer

, 245

Medium-term note

, 81

Meeting of Heads of Government of Central and Eastern European Countries and China

, 105

Megalopolis

, 37, 118

Megaregions

, 30

Meglav

, 26

Melibaeva

, 117

Memorandums of Understanding

, 105

Mengshu Wang

, 147

Metroliner

, 37

Mianyang

, 52, 115, 129

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

Mining

, 3, 16, 147, 220

Ministry of Transport

, 107, 169, 193, 195

Ministry of Transportation

, 22

Mink farm

, 128

Mitsubishi

, 67

Mongolia

, 111

Monopoly

, 153, 178, 186, 198–199, 205, 208, 210, 212–214, 222, 232, 242

Monzón

, 122, 245

Moscow

, 106–107

Motivation

, 21, 42–43, 109, 230

Motors

, 5, 66

MTN

, 81–83, 87, 144–145

Mudanjiang

, 52, 115

Myanmar

, 106, 111, 163

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

Nanning-Kunming

, 4, 75

Nash

, 30

National Assembly

, 167

National Audit Office

, 174, 223, 245

National Day

, 45, 125

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

NDRC

, 217–221

Nepal

, 111

Network control

, 66

Network rail

, 173

New economic geography

, 30, 113, 116–117

New Year’s Day

, 47

New York City

, 37, 118

NIMBY

, 38, 126

Ningbo

, 50, 75, 115, 135, 140, 159–160

Ningxia

, 114–115

Nobel

, 1

Noise harassment

, 126, 129

Nord

, 35, 179–180, 184

Norfolk Southern

, 202

North America

, 105, 210, 247

Northeast

, 10, 34, 37–38, 41, 114, 118, 121, 200–201

Northeast Rail Service Act

, 199, 201

Northeastern

, 119, 121

Northwest

, 11

Not in My Back Yard

, 38

NRA

, 22, 154, 209, 225–227, 232

Nuremberg

, 189

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

Oligopoly

, 210

Ollivier

, 87, 96–97, 246

Oman

, 111

Onboard

, 25, 67, 71, 155, 188, 224

One Road, One Belt

, 111

On-time performance

, 43

Opening up policy

, 4, 39, 72

Opium War

, 2

OPRAF

, 175

Ore

, 13, 16

ORR

, 175

Osaka

, 20, 28–29, 34, 57, 133

Ouigo

, 184

Overbey

, 198

Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund

, 82

P3

, 169

Paddington train crash

, 176

Pakistan

, 111

Panda diplomacy

, 108

Paris

, 18, 20, 29, 35–36, 57, 117, 133, 179–180, 184

Parliament

, 173

Passenger Dedicated Line

, 62, 69, 211

Pearl River Delta

, 50, 52, 70, 118–119, 121

Periphery

, 31

Perl

, 34, 38, 246

Perpignan

, 36, 182

Pesticides

, 14

Peter Cooper

, 197

Philadelphia

, 37, 118

Philippines

, 111

Photovoltaic

, 92

Piled raff foundations

, 98

Ping An

, 85–86

Ping-pong

, 108

Pioneer

, 60–61

Pipeline

, 15, 109

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

Pol

, 116

Poland

, 33, 163, 194

Pollitt

, 172, 246

Ponta

, 105–106

Ports

, 16, 111

Portugal

, 33

Price Act

, 131

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

Puga

, 116

Puwan

, 127, 129

Puzhen

, 49

Qatar

, 111

Qilian Mountain Tunnel

, 104

Qing imperial dynasty

, 2

Qingdao

, 52, 74, 119, 121, 236

Qinghai

, 52, 104, 114–115, 151

Qinglin Jia

, 106

Qinhuangdao

, 13, 62, 75

Qinling

, 102, 104

Qiqihar

, 52

Qitaihe

, 16

Quebec Deposit & Investment Fund

, 187

Qufu

, 122

R&D

, 34, 37, 49, 57, 59–60, 63, 66, 97, 141, 199, 234–235

Rail One

, 97

Rail Passengers Council

, 175

Rail Traffic Control Branch

, 181

Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act

, 199, 201

Railtrack

, 173–174, 177–178, 245

Railway

, 12306, 125

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

Rainstorm

, 21

Regierungskommission Bundesbahn

, 191

Regina

, 65, 67

Regional Rail Reorganization Act

, 199, 201

Regulatory Authority of Railway Activities

, 183

Renminbi

, 110

Rent-seeking

, 152, 210, 213–214, 223, 236

Réseau

, 18, 20, 58

Réseau Ferré National

, 181

RFF

, 181, 183, 185–186, 188–189

Rhin

, 182

Rhône

, 180, 182

Rice for HSR

, 105, 109, 111

Rizhao

, 16

RKB

, 191–192, 195

Robbing Peter to pay Paul

, 145

Robert Fogel

, 1

Robinson

, 228, 244

Roll

, 122, 246

Rolling stocks and locomotives from three leasing companies

, 174

Roman

, 30

Romania

, 105–106, 163, 194

Rong

, 208, 246

ROSCOs

, 174

Ross

, 36, 246

Route alignment

, 97

RPC

, 175

Russia

, 2, 19, 33, 53, 106–107, 109–110, 163, 204, 246

Russian Federation

, 107

San Diego

, 38

San Francisco

, 38

Sanbu

, 126

Sandstorms

, 98

Saudi Arabia

, 33, 163

SCP

, 81, 87, 145

SDA

, 180

Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping

, 125

Serbia

, 105–106

Settlement-controlled composite pile foundations

, 98

Sevilla

, 30

Seville

, 36, 133

Shaanxi

, 98, 114–115

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

Shangri-La

, 122, 147

Shanxi

, 13, 15–16, 98, 104, 114–115, 220

Shaoshan

, 49

Shark

, 60–61

Shenchi

, 220

Shenhua Group

, 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

Shikoku

, 168

Shinkansen

, 18

Short-term financing bond

, 81, 145

Shuguang Zhang

, 67, 152, 235

Sichuan

, 3, 114–115, 129

Sichuan-Guizhou

, 3

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

Sogo Shinji

, 235

Solar

, 92

South China Coast

, 119, 121

South Korea

, 31

Southall

, 176

Southeast Asia

, 105

Southeast coastal

, 50, 160

Southwest

, 3, 11, 34–35, 37, 52–53, 63, 115, 121, 244–245

Southwest Jiaotong University

, 234

Soviet Union

, 4

Special Debt Account

, 180

Speed-Up

, 6, 72

Spillover

, 18, 31, 122, 238

Spring City

, 59–61

Spring Festival

, 44–46, 122, 124

Spring Festival Travel Season

, 45

Sri Lanka

, 111

Staggers Rail Act

, 199

Star of Central China

, 60–61

Star of China

, 60–62

Starsol enbesol piling

, 98

State Council

, 44, 50, 52, 60, 63, 83–85, 140–141, 147, 150, 152, 209, 216, 219, 231, 233

Stemman-Technik

, 67

STFB

, 81–82, 87, 145

Stover

, 198

Stroll

, 126

Students

, 10, 42–43, 45–46, 134, 218

Subgrade settlement

, 98, 138

Sud-Est

, 20, 29, 35, 57–58, 180

Sud-Rail

, 185

Super and short-term commercial paper

, 81, 145

Surcharge preloading

, 98

Surface Transportation Board

, 199, 202

Swedish X2000

, 60

SWOT

, 208, 212–213

System integration

, 7, 66

Sziráczki

, 228

Table tennis

, 108

Taboo

, 185

Taihang

, 102

Taihang Mountain Tunnel

, 104

Taipei

, 138

Taiyuan

, 3, 15–16, 52, 74, 102–104, 121, 132, 137, 151

Taizhou

, 135, 140, 160

Tangshan

, 49, 61, 65–66, 68–70, 235

Tanzania

, 108

Telecommunication

, 72, 150, 173, 222, 229

Temperature

, 87, 98

Temple of Heaven

, 93

Temporary Administrative Investigation Committee

, 167

TER

, 180

TGV

, 20, 29, 35–36, 57–58, 117, 180, 184, 234, 241

TGV Italie

, 184

TGV Lyria

, 184

Thailand

, 33, 53, 105–106, 109, 111, 163

Thalys

, 35, 184

Third Front Movement

, 3

Thirkell

, 228, 246

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

Tianya

, 21, 127, 129

Tibet

, 52, 104, 114–115, 151, 224–225

Tibet 5100

, 224–225

TOC

, 174–175, 212

Todorovich

, 37, 243

Tokaido

, 18, 28, 32, 34, 57, 168, 171

Tokyo

, 20, 28–29, 34, 57, 133

Tom Thumb

, 197

Tomaney

, 116–117

Tongji University

, 234

Tourists

, 10

Track-mounted transponders

, 140

Traction control

, 66

Trade-oriented manufacturing

, 114

Train à Grande Vitesse

, 35

Train operating companies

, 174, 228

Transformers

, 66

Transport Express Régional

, 180

Transportation cost

, 116, 118, 122

Trans-Southeast Asian HSR

, 105, 108

Truckload shipping

, 144

Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)

, 102

Tunnel drilling

, 97

Turbotrain

, 37

Turkey

, 163

Turmoil

, 4, 40

Uhuru Kenyatta

, 106

UIC

, 25, 33

UK

, 1, 19, 35, 42, 106–108, 165, 177, 179, 181, 186, 194, 208, 214, 245

Ulied

, 116

Unbalanced effects

, 118

Unilateral

, 127

Union of Railways

, 25

United States

, 31–32, 37, 163, 165, 198, 242–243, 247

United States Railway Association

, 201

Unsa-Ferroviaire

, 185

Urbanization

, 10, 18, 91, 122

Urena

, 117

Urumqi

, 53, 69, 89, 98, 121, 137, 151

U.S

, 37–38, 55, 118, 197, 199–203, 217, 225, 247

USDOT

, 198

USRA

, 201

Uzbekistan

, 111

Valero

, 64, 69

Venezuela

, 163

Verbeke

, 122, 246

Viaduct

, 96–97, 128, 135

Vickerman

, 116, 122, 247

Vietnam

, 109, 111, 163

Viktor Orbán

, 106

Vineyard

, 128

Voith GmbH

, 140

Voyages-sncf.com

, 184, 187

Wang

, 18, 62, 153–154, 244, 247–248

Wanzhuang

, 128

Washington D.C.

, 37

Washington Post

, 155

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

Whitty

, 228, 247

Woosung

, 2

World Bank

, 34, 82, 87, 96, 242, 244, 246

World HSR Congress

, 223

World War I

, 172, 189

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

Wuhan-Guangzhou

, 18

Würzburg

, 36

Wushaoling Tunnel

, 104

X2000

, 49, 60–61

Xi’an

, 11, 53, 74–75, 89, 95–96, 98, 121, 132, 137, 147

Xiangfan-Chongqing

, 3

Xiangtan

, 53

Xianning

, 149

Xiaoping Deng

, 229

Xing (Julia) Wang

, 153

Xinhua

, 135

Xinjiang

, 53, 98, 104, 114–115

Yangtze River

, 50, 52, 115, 118–119, 121, 210

Yangtze River Bridge

, 4

Yasuhiro Nakasone

, 171

Yellow crane

, 93

Yellow River

, 115

Yimou Zhang

, 223

Yingtan-Xiamen

, 4

Yongfu Sun

, 63

Yongtaiwen

, 135, 140

Yunnan

, 114–115, 147

Yuxin Ding

, 152

Zambia

, 108

Zefiro

, 67–68, 72

Zenkō Suzuki

, 171

Zhabei

, 2

Zhanjiang

, 16

Zhao

, 55, 210–211, 248

Zhaozhou Bridge

, 93

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

Zhengzhou-Xi’an

, 154

Zhihuan Fu

, 62, 208

Zhijun Liu

, 59, 62, 76, 124, 138, 152, 154, 156, 234–235

Zhuzhou

, 49, 53, 59–63, 66, 234

Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Manufacturer

, 60

Zou

, 42, 248

Züblin

, 97