A special train carrying migrant workers arrived on Wednesday morning at the Qianfeng Farm on the Sanjiang Plain, a major rice growing area in Heilongjiang province. Qiang Ying, who rents 40 hectares of rice farmland, picked up 10 workers from the train and brought them to her farm. “Last year, thanks to the those migrant…
China-Europe freight rail service has hit a monthly record high in April as it plays a bigger role in maintaining the global supply chain amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to the country’s top railway operator on Saturday. Freight trips between China and Europe witnessed a record high last month, said China State Railway Group,…
BEIJING – Millions of travelers jumped on trains Friday, the first day of the five-day May Day holiday in China, for gatherings or sightseeing, the railway operator said Saturday. A total of 7,394 trains were in operation, carrying 7.37 million travelers, a record daily high since the Lunar New Year, according to the China State…
Dear exhibitors, visitors and partners: As we enter April, the outbreak of the novel Corona Virus is widespread throughout the world, with multiple focal points. As a leading international metropolis, Shanghai has a great responsibility to prevent its further spread. The 15th International Rail Transit Exhibition, also known as Rail+Metro China 2020, and the China International…
Urban rail development is expected to be the key to sustaining China’s investment on a long-term basis, as it can integrate elements from both traditional and new infrastructure projects to support the country’s economic growth, industry experts said. Opportunities in the sector have risen sharply after the National Development and Reform Commission, the nation’s top…
The China-Europe Railway Express (Xiamen) saw significant growth in the first quarter of 2020, with 67 trips run by freight trains carrying 6,106 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers, increasing by hitting record highs of 148 percent and 160 percent year-on-year, according to Xiamen Customs. Statistics showed that in March, the China-Europe Railway Express (Xiamen) made 33 trips with 2,958 TEUs, carrying $113 million worth in…
A freight train from China to Europe loaded with 123 automobiles set off from Heilongjiang’s Suifenhe Railway Port and headed toward Belgium on Saturday evening, marking the first automobile transport service to use the port by China Railway Harbin Group. As of Saturday, Suifenhe, Heilongjiang’s largest land border port, has handled 43 China-Europe freight trains…
China is boosting its international freight capacity and stabilizing cross-border logistics amid the novel coronavirus pneumonia pandemic with a slew of measures, a Ministry of Transport official said. The spread of the disease around the world has left China’s international freight sector facing a backlog of international mail deliveries and difficulties transporting daily necessities, production…
Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co Ltd, the operator of the high-speed railway between Beijing and Shanghai, released its first annual report on April 15 after listing, showing growth both in revenue and profit. The operator gained revenue of 32.94 billion yuan ($4.65 billion) in 2019, an increase of 5.72 percent over the previous year, and…
Wuhan, the city hardest-hit by the novel coronavirus on the Chinese mainland, has resumed its transportation in an orderly manner since April 8 when it lifted outbound travel restrictions after nearly 11 weeks of lockdown, according to the local authority. Liu Ziqing, deputy mayor of Wuhan, said on Wednesday at a press conference that as…