Xi’an Metro provides better services for passengers

Xi’an Metro Line 4 has been offering a “different temperatures on the same train” special service since Aug 19. Passengers can choose carriages with a suitable temperature for them to take. Xi’an Metro launches a service allowing passengers to pick a metro train’s carriage by its temperature. On the same metro train, the strong cold…

Railway bridge for Beijing-Xiongan high-speed train rotated

Aerial photo taken on Aug 27, 2019 shows a swivel railway bridge of Beijing-Xiongan intercity high-speed railway after being rotated to its targeted position across the Tianjin-Baoding high-speed railway in Xiongan New Area, North China’s Hebei province. [Photo/Xinhua] A railway bridge weighing 8,900 metric tons and measuring 78 meters long was rotated to its targeted…

Underwater tunnel innovation platform established in China

An academic exchange and technology innovation platform for underwater tunnel construction is launched on Aug 24, 2019. [Photo/Chinanews.com] BEIJING — China has established an academic exchange and technology innovation platform for underwater tunnel construction, according to Science and Technology Daily on Monday. The country’s underwater tunnel engineering construction has made continuous progress in the amount…

HK railway gets injunction against interference

Protesters face the riot police during a protest at the Yuen Long MTR station in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The protesters vandalized the station and paralyzed traffic.  The Mass Transit Railway Corp of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region announced on Friday night that it has obtained an interim injunction from the High Court banning…

China to have first 5G-covered railway

A high-speed train runs on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link after departing from Shenzhen North Railway Station in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province, on May 11, 2018. [Photo/IC] The 141-kilometer Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link will become the first high-speed railway in China to have full 5G network coverage along its entire line, Xinhua…

Beijing-Caofeidian bullet trains starts operation

Summary:Aerial photo taken on Aug. 21, 2019 shows the D6622 train leaves Caofeidian East Railway Station for Beijing Sou… Aerial photo taken on Aug. 21, 2019 shows the D6622 train leaves Caofeidian East Railway Station for Beijing South Railway Station in Tangshan City, north China’s Hebei Province. Bullet trains running between Beijing and Caofeidian, with…

Chongqing facilitates QR code tickets for metro and light rail

CHONGQING – Passengers no longer have to pay cash for a ticket when taking the light rail in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, as the city has been promoting QR code tickets since this year, according to local authorities. Chongqing City Transportation Development and Investment Group Co., Ltd. said the mountainous city, known for its hot…

New airport train ticket prices set

Staff members monitor the new subway line on a test run to Beijing Daxing International Airport on the second floor underground of the terminal hall. [Photo by Zhang Wenfang/chinadaily.com.cn] Tickets for the subway connecting downtown Beijing with the newly built Daxing International Airport will be priced 10 yuan ($1.42) – 35 yuan depending on travel…