Yet construction of new lines or new plants tends to stir enormous opposition, industry experts say.
In August, the authorities ordered a safety review of all high-speed trains and suspended the construction of new lines pending safety checks.
The results show how the deferral of the construction of new lines is feasible if additional batteries are attached to certain nodes.
Ministers and industry bosses have planned for this, approving an upgrade to the big Zeebrugge-Bacton pipeline that links Britain to the continent, and the construction of new lines from Norway and Holland.
Several weeks after the Wenzhou crash, the Railway Ministry announced a series of steps in the name of safety: it recalled fifty-four bulletrainsns, to test sensors that could cause trains to stop unnecessarily; it halted construction of new lines; and it ordered trains to slow down from a top speed of 217 m.p.h. to 186 m.p.h.
After meeting Prof Henshaw, he said: "In respect to construction of new lines, National Grid should look carefully at new evidence before going ahead with more". Dr John Swanson, scientific advisor to the National Grid, and advisor on electric and magnetic fields for the Electricity Association said he accepted that Prof Henshaw had shown that power cables affected airborne particles.
Plans have been in place for years that would vastly expand the system's capacity, but the conflict between the Ahmadinejad administration and the city's leadership has slowed the release of funds for the construction of new lines and stations.
The construction of new lines may also be a prerequisite for reaching regions with a high wind resource.
Although the moving block signaling system is relatively advanced, we suggest that moving block signaling system be applied to the modification of the existing lines and the construction of new lines gradually.
A separate issue, as Metro begins to consolidate the design and construction of new lines in-house, is the general restraint of the new template.
