Train from Moscow descending Badaling Pass towards Beijing in 1987.[Photo by Bruce Connolly/Provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Experiencing the opening of China’s very first high-speed railway in 2008 The year of 2008, a special period in time for China. Beijing would host the 2008 Olympics while the country would launch its initial high-speed rail line. A project that…
A crane loads containers at Erenhot Port in North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region on April 11, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] HOHHOT — The border port of Erenhot in North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region has handled over 200,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) via China-Europe freight trains since 2014, the local railway operator said Wednesday. Since initiating…
President underscores importance of project to development of western region President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to advance the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway project with high quality, saying that it has great relevance to promoting socioeconomic development in the country’s western region. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of…
The freight train service between China and Europe is helping boost cross-border cargo capacity during China’s Singles Day shopping spree period this month. [Photo/Xinhua] The freight train service between China and Europe is helping boost cross-border cargo capacity during China’s Singles Day shopping spree period this month, providing strong logistics support for European customers to…
More bullet trains are being used to help improve logistics capacity during China’s 20-day Singles Day shopping spree in response to growing demand. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] Special railway logistics services for online shopping event to last 20 days More bullet trains are being used to help improve logistics capacity during China’s 20-day Singles…
A C919 jet, type 104, makes its maiden flight at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Aug 1, 2019. [Photo/Chinanews.com] SHANGHAI — Construction of the Shanghai Rail Transit Link Airport Express started on a full scale on Wednesday. The new rail will slash the journey time between Shanghai’s Pudong and Hongqiao airports by more than half…
For the first time in Lahore, one of Pakistan’s largest cities, subway trains are bringing residents joy and convenience. On Monday, thousands of people including students and government officials took to the stations for their first train ride. It was not uncommon to see whole families riding from one end of the line to the…
Passengers are going to take a high-speed train to Shanghai at Beijing South Railway Station, Jan 5, 2019. [Photo/Sipa] The high-speed railway between Shanghai and Beijing will adopt a floating ticket price system, Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co Ltd announced on Friday. The new price system will begin on Dec 23 and be adopted only…
A photo captures the new type of high-speed train which is rolled out in Changchun, the capital city of Northeast China’s Jilin province, on Oct 21. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Chinese train maker CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co Ltd rolled out a new type of high-speed train which can run on different rail systems on…
A China-Europe freight train bound for Almaty, Kazakhstan sets out from Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on May 25, 2019. [Photo/xjdaily.com] URUMQI – Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region saw its railway freight volume top 45.8 million tons in the third quarter of 2020, up 10.6 percent year-on-year, railway authorities said Saturday. The volume of…