Railway construction and aluminum requirements in China

The railway track is the main artery for economic development.The optimum material for railway vehicle body is aluminum alloy.The construction status and development prospects of high speed railway,urban railway train and magnetic suspension railway in China have been introduced.Since 1997,Chinese railroad speed has been increased by great extent for 6 times separately.The total mileage of high speed railway has been exceeded 1.3×104 km till 2011.China now is the country whose railway track grows most rapidly in the world and already has a set of independent intellectual property from material,design,manufacture and operation for aluminum alloy railway vehicle.It expects that the demand of aluminum alloy railway vehicle can be up to 25,000 in the market from 2010 to 2020.The only magnetic suspension railway has been built up in city Shanghai that is Pudong airport line.It expects that China will set out a great upsurge in construction medium-low speed magnetic suspension railway.