CHONGQING — China’s Chongqing and Chengdu together handled over 5,300 China-Europe freight train trips in 2023, according to Yuxinou (Chongqing) Logistics Co Ltd. More than 430,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of cargo were transported by China-Europe freight trains from these two cities last year, the company added. The China-Europe freight train services handled by the…
Alstom delivers Coradia trains. Alstom, a leading company in the field of intelligent and sustainable mobility, is supplying 18 modern electric Coradia Max trains with multiple units to DB Regio AG. The order comprises nine three-car trains and nine five-car trains, which will initially start operating on the popular RE1 regional express line between Hamburg…
This contract is valued at 50 million EUR and covers the tramway between Le Piagge station and Campi Bisenzio, which will serve 24 stops. Alstom will be responsible for the track, catenary, substations and lighting system across this section (Line 4.2). Alstom will provide the track, catenary, substations and lighting for over 11 kilometres of…
The 17th Shanghai lnternational Exhibition for lntercity and Urban Mass Transit (hereinafter referred to as Rail+Metro China 2024) is scheduled from June 5th to 7th, 2024, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Launched in 2002, the exhibition is organized by the efforts of the Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shanghai, Shanghai…
A delegation of envoys visits the dispatch center at Nairobi railway station of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Nairobi, Kenya, in October. WANG GUANSEN/XINHUA NAIROBI — Dennis Ogeto’s humble upbringing in a rural hamlet in western Kenya could not stop him from dreaming big. Now, this dream of a better life is coming true thanks…
Rail Baltic Estonia signed with AS TREV-2 Grupp and AllSpark OÜ a contract for the construction of Rail Baltica first section in Estonia. The construction section, starting from the east side of Ülemiste station, is 4.8 km long and extends to the intersection with Lagedi Road in Soodevahes, Rae Parish. The construction section also includes…
A high-speed train departs from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Tuesday morning, heading east for the coastal city of Shanwei. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] China’s high-speed railway network has extended up to 45,000 kilometers by the end of last year, with the nation’s overall railway system reaching 159,000 km, according to China State Railway Group on…
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. BEIJING – China Development Bank said Thursday it had issued 105.5 billion yuan (about $14.9 billion) in loans in 2023 to finance the construction of railway infrastructure. The funds…
BEIJING, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — China’s railways saw robust growth in passenger trips in October, data from the National Railway Administration showed on Monday. Last month, the railways operated 351.69 million passenger trips, surging 195.6 percent year on year, according to the data. In the first 10 months of this year, the number of rail…
Ethiopian Filmon Teklehaimanot Teklemariam experienced a homecoming of sorts when he returned to Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College recently to participate in a special training program to study high-speed rail technologies. He couldn’t help expressing his appreciation to his Chinese teachers for advancing his skills — for the second time. As the director of…