As a train hums its way into Shigatse railway station in Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region, some passengers on the platform approach the locomotive’s cab with curiosity. “Where is the train’s steering wheel?” “How many drivers are needed to drive such a long train?” Upon hearing their questioning, train driver Sonam Wangdrak cannot help but…
A desert highway in southern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region opened on Thursday, slashing travel time, benefiting locals and boosting regional socioeconomic development, according to its construction company. The 334-kilometer highway, linking Yuli and Qiemo counties in the Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang, is located at the Tarim Basin between the southern slope of the…
CAIRO – Egypt’s first electrified light rail transit (LRT) system jointly built by Chinese and Egyptian companies started its trial run on Sunday. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi took the first ride of the LRT at its inauguration ceremony, which was also attended by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang.…
After more than a year of construction, the 10th of Ramadan railway, which was built with the participation of China Railway No 5 Engineering Group, successfully opened to traffic on July 3. The 10th of Ramadan railway project is the first electrified railway in Egypt using Chinese technology and equipment, and is built to Chinese…
HONG KONG — President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday afternoon by train to attend a meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the…
After four years of reconstruction, Beijing Fengtai Railway Station, the capital’s first railway station with a history dating back to 1885, reopened on June 20, marking a milestone in the city’s traffic network development. The century-old train station covers some 400,000 square meters, about the size of 56 standard football fields, and is capable of…
With recent COVID-19 resurgences coming under better control nationwide, State-owned builders are stepping up efforts in infrastructure, a move outlined in the nation’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), to shore up livelihoods and the economy. With the first box girder of the Wuyi section of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu high-speed railway readied recently, construction of the railway, a…
Laotian Thepmoukda used to travel between Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and Boten, a city that borders China, for business by car. “The trip took several hours. The road was slippery, especially during the monsoon, and some sections were even not built with asphalt, but with mud,” the 27-year-old woman said, adding that she usually…
CHONGQING－With a new section launched on Monday, a high-speed railway line that passes through the area best known for the Three Gorges Reservoir has become fully operational in China. With a total length of 1,068 kilometers, the high-speed railway links Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality and Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province in the north of the…
A freight train loaded with 100 extra-large containers of electronic products, auto parts and general merchandise, departed from Chongqing International Logistics Hub Park on Thursday morning for Duisburg, Germany. It is the 10,000th freight train from Chongqing to carry goods on the Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe International Railway. “I am proud to witness and carry out the mission.…