An attendant distributes commemorative brochures to passengers on the Beijing-Tianjin intercity high-speed railway, which celebrated its 15th anniversary on Tuesday. TONG YU/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Bullet train driver Zhang Yan has witnessed not only the evolution of the Beijing-Tianjin High-Speed Railway over the past decade and a half, but also the country’s rapid development. “Fifteen years ago,…
A train attendant interacts with passengers aboard the train D887 on July 16, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] With half the summer season over, more than 400 million passenger trips have been made across China’s railway network, according to the national railway operator China State Railway Group. The 2023 summer season started on July 1 and will end on…
A freight train departs from Yiwu West Railway Station in Yiwu, East China’s Zhejiang province, March 9, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] HANGZHOU — A China-Europe freight train departed from the city of Yiwu in East China’s Zhejiang province on last Saturday morning for Madrid, Spain, marking the 10,000th trip of China-Europe freight trains this year. Loaded with…
An international freight train departs from the Chengdu International Railway Port. [Photo provided to China Daily] Thousands of years ago, specialties from the Sichuan region such as Shu brocade, lacquerware and tea were sold along the ancient Silk Road to Central Asia, Western Asia and Europe. Today, via the “modern Silk Road” — a transportation…
A group of students and their teacher go on a study trip by train along the Hotan-Ruoqiang railway in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in May. [Photo/Xinhua] Transport mode, key infrastructure propel Xinjiang onto accelerated development track URUMQI — As student Abdulrehim Abduleli traveled toward the hometown of his childhood role model, he was…
Passenger travel via railways with the China Railway Guangzhou Group increased dramatically in the first 10 days of the summer travel rush. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Passenger travel via railways with the China Railway Guangzhou Group increased dramatically in the first 10 days of the summer travel rush, according to the railway operator. More than…
A photo taken by a drone shows the construction site of two railway bridges on the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu High-speed Railway in Jingmen, Hubei province, in May. The HSR is being partly built by China Railway 24th Bureau Group Corp Ltd. [ZHU JUNBO/FOR CHINA DAILY] Integrated regional development is expected to reach a higher level, as infrastructure…
A Fuxing (Rejuvenation) bullet train runs on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway in Beijing. LUO CHUNXIAO/FOR CHINA DAILY Though several years have passed, Zhu Yan still feels a thrill when recalling moments from helping to develop the Fuxing (Rejuvenation) bullet trains for the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway, a route that linked the two host cities of the…
A train runs on the China-Laos Railway. [Photo by Pu Hongsi/For chinadaily.com.cn] KUNMING — The China-Laos Railway that started cross-border passenger services in April had transported 41,735 passengers as of last Saturday, when it marked the 100th day of operation. On this railway, a train departing from Kunming, capital of Southwest China’s Yunnan province, travels…
Construction workers lay rails for the Hangzhou-Wenzhou High-speed Railway, which is being partly built by China Railway 24th Bureau Group Corp, in Taizhou, on July 3. WANG HUABIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Construction of Zhejiang regional line sees rapid progress toward completion Buoyed by the nation’s efforts to upgrade infrastructure and the participation of State contractors, a…