New railways give Yangtze region a push

A trial train hits 220 kilometers per hour on a section of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Railway during a top-speed test run on May 4. [XU CONGJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY] Lines connecting Shanghai, neighbor provinces to make travel easier in area The Yangtze River Delta region, one of China’s most economically active, open and innovative areas, is gaining…

New bullet train section connecting Hefei and Huzhou opens tomorrow

New bullet train section connecting Hefei and Huzhou opens tomorrow By Wang Keju | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-06-27 15:51 The new section of high-speed railway route linking Hefei, capital of East China’s Anhui province, and Huzhou in East China’s Zhejiang province will be put into operation on Sunday. [Photo/fzggw.ah.gov.cn] By Wang Keju | chinadaily.com.cn

New railway operating plan to launch on July 1

A new railway operating plan will be implemented starting July 1, which will boost China’s passenger transport capacity, according to China’s railway operator on Thursday. Under the new plan, a few rail lines will be put into operation to further optimize the country’s railway network and significantly enhance regional transportation capacity, said China State Railway…

Korean Peninsula peace process suffers setback

The demolition of the joint liaison office for inter-Korean talks by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Tuesday is a severe setback to the Korean Peninsula peace process. The DPRK claimed the demolition of the office was in response to defectors spreading anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the border through balloons. But it appears the…

Expert: Beijing’s outbreak controlled

Few passengers wait at the Beijing Railway Station on Thursday. Since the new outbreak in the city started on June 11, virus control measures have been implemented that include community access restrictions, requiring people to take nucleic acid tests and enacting new travel curbs and rules. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY   The recent outbreak of COVID-19…

Mumbai starts railway operations for state employees providing essential services

Migrants arrive at a railway station in a bus to board a train to their home state of Uttar Pradesh during an extended lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, May 20, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] MUMBAI – Mumbai has commenced limited railway operations within the city, after over two months…