China’s Spring Festival travel season to kick off Thursday

Passengers wait for trains at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in Shanghai on Jan 3, 2021. YIN LIQIN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE   BEIJING — China’s 2021 Spring Festival travel season will start on Thursday with lowered expectations of passenger flows as the country tightens measures to curb the COVID-19 resurgence. The 40-day travel peak is expected to…

Train carries anti-virus supplies to Poland

A China-Europe freight train loaded with anti-epidemic supplies departs from Yiwu, Zhejiang province, for Malaszewicze, Poland, on Monday, marking this year’s first service carrying protective materials from China to Europe. GONG XIANMING/FOR CHINA DAILY A China-Europe freight train loaded with anti-epidemic supplies that left Yiwu, Zhejiang province, for Malaszewicze in Poland on Monday is this…

Line sweepers keep northwest railways on track

Maintenance workers for the China Railway Lanzhou Group on the Dunhuang Railway line in Gansu province on Jan 12. DU ZHEYU/XINHUA   LANZHOU-While most people are still asleep, 24-year-old Song Weiying has already begun his work day as a “sand fighter” in the Kumtag Desert in Northwest China. Also dubbed a “terracotta warrior” or “scavenger,”…

Guangdong to speed up intercity rail development

An aerial photo taken on Aug 13, 2020, shows a view of Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province. [Photo/Xinhua] Guangdong province, an economic powerhouse in South China, will accelerate development of the intercity railway network in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to help boost the local economy, Governor Ma Xingrui said. “We will begin construction…

Xi underlines high-speed rail as a success of China’s independent innovation

President Xi Jinping inspects the Taizicheng rail station close to the competition venues and athletes’ village of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Zhangjiakou, North China’s Hebei province, Jan 19, 2021. Xi on Tuesday arrived in Zhangjiakou by taking the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail. He inspected the Taizicheng rail station, the National Ski…

Beijing subway stations standardize English translations

Passengers get off at Hujialou Subway Station in Beijing, April 2, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] Beijing has adopted a new set of English translation methods for the capital’s rail transit stations, Beijing Daily reported. The English translations have been used in the new Beijing rail transit lines map released in late 2020, and will gradually be put…

Railway group to offer free train ticket cancellation

A bullet train is seen in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, March 20, 2018. [Photo/VCG] Passengers who bought train tickets before Thursday can get their tickets refunded for free – that’s the latest policy announced by the China State Railway Group to help people cancel their trips amid escalating epidemic control pressure. Starting Thursday, passengers can get…

Number of China-Europe freight trains increases 50% in 2020

The China-Europe freight train waiting for departure at Xiangtang railway port in Nanchang, East China’s Jiangxi province, on Feb 17, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] A total of 12,400 freight trains ran between China and Europe in 2020, transporting 1.14 million standard containers, up 50 and 56 percent year-on-year respectively, China Central Television reported on Tuesday, sourcing China…

Railways set service goals for new year

A high-speed train enters Yinchuan station in Ningxia Hui autonomous region during trial on Dec 25, 2020. [Photo by Ding Bannong/for chinadaily.com.cn] National operator looking forward to big year-on-year rise in passenger trips Handling more passengers and cargo and opening new railways are among goals set by China’s national railway operator for this year that…