Intercity rail along Yangtze gains speed

An aerial view of Jurong Station in Jiangsu province. Construction of an intercity railway project along the river in southern Jiangsu province sees a leap forward as the main building of Jurong Station, a major station along the rail and a future transportation hub for the county-level city, is nearing completion with a “breakthrough” achieved…

China-Laos Railway ships over 1m tons cross-border goods

A China-Laos freight train arrives at the Chengdu international railway port on May 10, 2022. VIENTIANE — The Laos-China Railway Co Ltd (LCRC), a joint venture based in Lao capital Vientiane responsible for the operation of the railway’s Lao section, told Xinhua Wednesday that since its opening last December, the cross-border goods transported by the…

Xingguo to redefine maglev trains

China's first permanent magnet maglev rail transit project completes tests on the line's "red track" on Tuesday in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province. The manufacture of China’s first permanent maglev suspension train Xingguo reached completion on Tuesday in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province. The Xingguo train does not rely on rubber wheels for load-bearing runs. Instead, it uses attraction…

China-Mongolia border port handles 10,000 China-Europe freight trains

Photo taken on Jan 8, 2021 shows freight trains at Erenhot Port in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. HOHHOT — Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, has logged 10,000 China-Europe freight trains since the cross-border railway service via this port was launched in 2013, according to the local railway authorities. The…

CR24 speeds up Jiangxi-Fujian rail

A test train runs on the Qingliu-Quanzhou rail section of the Xingguo-Quanzhou Railway. The project is built to facilitate trips between Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. [Photo by LIN TAO/FOR CHINA DAILY] Passenger and freight railway services between inland Jiangxi province and coastal Fujian province will be more convenient, as the railway between Qingliu station, Jiangxi,…

Interview: Chinese-built modern railway plays key role in promoting Kenya’s economic growth, says official

Philip Jamuhuri Mainga, managing director of state-owned enterprise Kenya Railways Corporation, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Bai Lin) NAIROBI, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — The Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has played an important role in boosting Kenya’s economic growth, a senior Kenyan official told Xinhua…

China-Europe freight train services see a sharp rise in July

BEIJING – China-Europe freight train services saw robust growth in July amid a safe and smooth operation, according to China State Railway Group Co Ltd on Tuesday. The number of China-Europe freight train trips surged by 11 percent year-on-year to hit a record 1,517 last month. The freight trains handled 149,000 20-foot equivalent units of…

Freight volume, transport investment back to normal

The Ministry of Transport said on Thursday that national freight volumes, transport investment and express deliveries returned to normal levels in the first half of this year. According to latest figures from the ministry, commercial freight volume for the first six months totaled 24.3 billion tons, down by 2.2 percent year-on-year. That gap narrowed in…