铁道部部长刘志军在今年全国铁路工作会议上说,2007年中国铁路基本建设投资预计将达到2560亿元,新线铺轨2099公里,复线铺轨2347公里,电气化铁路投产2019公里。2006年铁路建设完成投资1553亿元,同比增长76%,完成新线铺轨1040公里、复线铺轨997公里,投产新线1605公里、复线705公 At a national railway meeting this year, Liu Zhijun, minister of the Ministry of Railways, said that in 2007 China’s railway infrastructure investment is expected to reach 256 billion yuan, with 2,099 kilometers of new lines laid, 2,347 kilometers of double lines laid, and 2019 kilometers of electrified railway put into operation. In 2006, the railroad construction completed an investment of 153.3 billion yuan, an increase of 76% over the same period of the previous year, completing 1,040 kilometers of laying a new track, laying 997 kilometers of double-track railways, putting into operation a new line of 1,060 kilometers and a double-line of 705 kilometers