Work on the China-Laos railway, a strategic project under the Belt and Road Initiative, is progressing steadily with work on Vientiane station commencing on Friday in the Laotian capital, despite COVID-19 challenges. The 14,543-square-meter station is the largest of the 20 newly-built stations under the China-Laos railway project, which seeks to make Laos a land-linked…
China’s rail freight transport volume, an indicator of broad economic activity, rose 3.6 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year, a sign of recovery from the COVID-19 shock, official data showed Saturday. The country’s state-operated railways carried 1.69 billion tonnes of cargo in the first six months, the China State Railway Group Co,…
A container is loaded onto a China-Europe freight train at the Shenyang railway logistics center owned by Liaoning Port Group, a subsidiary of China Merchants Group, in Shenyang, Liaoning province, in July. [Photo by Ning Yong/For China Daily] With China-Europe freight train service witnessing steady growth in the first half of the year, the…
China’s railway passenger trips registered stable growth in June — a sign of recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak amid continuous efforts to contain the epidemic — according to the country’s railway operator. A total of 166 million rail passenger trips were made last month, and average daily passenger trips were 5.53 million, up 9.4 percent…
Move to further boost regional connectivity and high-end equipment manufacturing China will add up to nine magnetic levitation railroads of over 1,000 kilometers in total length into its service network in the long term to boost regional connectivity and high-end equipment manufacturing, local governments said. They will be composed of a tourist railway line in…
Work on the China-Laos railway, a strategic project under the Belt and Road Initiative, is progressing steadily with work on Vientiane station commencing on Friday in the Laotian capital, despite COVID-19 challenges. The 14,543-square-meter station is the largest of the 20 newly-built stations under the China-Laos railway project, which seeks to make Laos a land-linked…
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] China is on track to meet its annual railway investment target, with fixed-asset investment in the sector up 1.2 percent year-on-year to 325.8 billion yuan ($46.1 billion) in…
When passengers boarded a train traveling from Taiyuan, capital city of Shanxi province, to Caijiaya Station in Xingxian county on June 21, they were given a special treat. A performance of the local Lyu Opera by the crew members was put on from one car to the next, growing into a big chorus with passengers…
Span expected to help ease traffic for travelers from Nantong to Shanghai A grand bridge over the Yangtze River serving cars and trains began operations on Wednesday in Nantong, Jiangsu province, and is expected to greatly promote the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and bolster the economy of one of China’s most developed regions,…
A new railway connecting China’s economic hub Shanghai and Nantong in neighboring Jiangsu province is scheduled to start operation on Wednesday, said the country’s railway operator. With a designed speed of 200 kilometers per hour, the rail line will cut travel time between Shanghai and Nantong to about one hour from the current 3.5 hours,…