Beijing-Zhangjiakou line to bring direct benefits to impoverished rural residents The opening of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway is expected to help with poverty alleviation among impoverished rural residents and counties in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, bringing more opportunities to local industries, particularly with the 2022 Winter Olympics approaching. Zhangjiakou, about 200 kilometers northwest of Beijing and…
Beijing-Zhangjiakou route set to bring direct benefits to impoverished areas The opening of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway is expected to help with poverty alleviation among rural residents and counties in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, bringing more opportunities to boost local industries, particularly with the 2022 Winter Olympics approaching. Zhangjiakou, about 200 kilometers northwest of Beijing and…
New high speed rail links have brought China’s northern regions to within a couple of hours’ travel from the nation’s capital, and there is plenty for tourists to see along the way, Yang Feiyue reports. The recent launch of a high-speed rail service has stirred up the wanderlust of Chinese travellers looking for seasonal thrills.…
GUANGZHOU – The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Thursday unveiled a 15-year development plan to build a multi-layer urban rail network, according to local authorities. The plan was approved by the standing committee of Guangzhou’s municipal committee of the Communist Party of China in December 2019, and aims at increasing rail’s share of public…
BEIJING – Cities on the Chinese mainland built a record 968.77 km of urban rails in 2019, according to a report from the China Association of Metros. At the end of last year, 40 cities had urban rail transit systems in operation, with a total length of 6,730.27 km. Subways continued to be dominant among…
The first high-speed rail in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, linking its capital city, Yinchuan to Wuzhong and Zhongwei city, was put into operation on Dec 29. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] At least 20 high-speed railways are expected to start operation in 2020, according to Economic View’s calculation. The Yinchuan-Xi’an high-speed railway is expected to open…