National rail operator’s name change complete

The China State Railway Group’s new moniker part of marketing vision China’s national railway operator finalized its restructuring and name change on Tuesday, an effort expected to make it more market-oriented. The China Railway Corporation has been renamed China State Railway Group Co Ltd, a wholly State-owned enterprise with registered capital of over 1.73 trillion…

First railway line constructed after founding of PRC

Photo taken on June 14, 2019 shows Chongqing South Railway Station in Southwest China’s Chongqing. Connecting Chengdu of Southwest China’s Sichuan province and Chongqing municipality, the 505-km Chengdu-Chongqing railway is the first railway line contructed after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It was designed by China and built with domestic materials. The…

First high-speed railway to link Tianjin, Hong Kong

The first high-speed railway linking Tianjin and Hong Kong will be put into use on July 10, according to Tianjin’s railway authorities. The bullet train, G305, will depart Tianjin West Railway Station at 10:58 am and arrive at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station at 9:02 pm. The second-class seat for the 10-hour ride will cost…

New subway line for Beijing by 2022

A new subway line in Beijing connecting the Yizhuang economic development zone in Daxing district and Future Science City in Changping district will be in operation by the end of 2022. The line will ease traffic congestion in the capital’s northern residential area, local officials said on Monday. The construction of the new line 17,…

Building of bridge over bay for high-speed rail begins

Construction of a high-speed railway bridge set to shorten the travel time between Shanghai and Zhejiang’s coastal city Ningbo started recently, authorities said. The 25-kilometer Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea Railway Bridge is an important section of the high-speed railway connecting Jiaxing and Ningbo in Zhejiang province, an integral part of the one-hour traffic network in the…

Shenyang Railway Bureau launches tourist train to Xinjiang

A special train carrying 600 tourists arrived in Tarbagatay prefecture in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on May 30. The arrival of the train marked the beginning of this year’s “Support Xinjiang” tourism service. The special train service is the Shenyang Railway Bureau’s attempt at boosting economic and cultural cooperation between Northeast and Northwest…

Argentina celebrates railway line revamp

Argentine President Mauricio Macri highlighted Friday the benefit to the country brought by the modernization of the Belgrano Cargas train line, an initiative that has the support from China. Macri directed the inauguration ceremony of the first 700 km of renewed railway tracks of the Belgrano Cargas train in the town of Joaquin V. Gonzalez…

Last beam of longest bridge along China-Laos railway erected

The last T-shaped beam was laid between two piers of the Nam Khone super major bridge, the longest bridge along the China-Laos railway, on Saturday in Lao capital Vientiane, marking the completion of the beam erection stage of the bridge construction. China Railway No. 2 Engineering Group (CREC-2), the Chinese engineering company in charge of…

Shenyang’s Metro Line 9 starts trial operations

Passengers take the metro in Shenyang, in Northeast China’s Liaoning province, on May 25. The first stage of the new Shenyang Metro Line 9 started trial operations that day. Residents using the Shenyang Metro Line 9 give the thumbs up on May 25. The first stage of Line 9 starts from Nujiang Park Station to…