Photo taken on Dec 23, 2018 shows a construction site on the Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] Most of the tunnels along the Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway have been completed, railway authorities said over the weekend. The Bukamu Tunnel, one of the longest tunnels on…
People get train tickets on machines. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — China’s railway network saw steady growth in passenger trips in July as summer holidays drove up travel demand, data from the China State Railway Group Co Ltd showed. A total of about 356 million railway passenger trips were made last month, up 9.7 percent year on…
The high speed Xi’an-Chengdu rail line and the Sino-Euro Cargo Railway crisscross in Jiangyou, Sichuan province. YANG ANWEN/FOR CHINA DAILY Before accompanying her son 980 kilometers to check out a bar in Chengdu made famous by a hit pop song, Mei Chun thought traveling to the Sichuan capital was like going to another realm. The middle-aged…
The picture shows China-assisted Ring Road upgrading project in Nepal. [Photo/Xinhua] Nepal and China established diplomatic relations on Aug 1, 1955. Ever since, the successive leaderships of the two countries have cultivated bilateral relations for mutual benefit. Nepal and China also share common aspirations for peace, prosperity and development, and enjoy good neighborly relations based…
BEIJING – Tapping the window to surf online, automatic in-cabin temperature control, and real-time information on how crowded the subway line is. MetroTrans 2019 in Beijing, the showcase of next-generation subway cars and technologies, drew together China’s latest innovations such as advanced materials, artificial intelligence and cloud computing, depicting smarter and greener public transport of…
Seventeen major transport projects costing 7.1 billion yuan ($1 billion) are underway this year to further connect the city’s east and west wings, ease downtown traffic, and facilitate pedestrian street crossings. For instance, the main and feeder lines for the Xianghai Bridge between Meihua and Xinfengwei interchanges will open by 2020 and the other sections…
Railway police in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, sort train tickets, cash and computers seized during crackdown on digital scalpers. Provided To China Daily BEIJING – As of Wednesday, Beijing’s railway police have uncovered 60 public security cases and detained 47 people during the “summer transport” season that runs from the start of…
The first train of the Changchun-Tianjin sea-railway combined transportation service departed from the Changchun Xinglong railway port in Changchun, capital of Northeast China’s Jilin province, for Tianjin in North China on July 22. The train will travel more than 1,000 kilometers carrying 100 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) of cargo and is scheduled to arrive at…
A freight train of the Zhengzhou-Europe Express Railway travels across the Mongolian grassland. [Photo/China Daily] Landlocked province has taken advantage of its central location to become a major player in foreign trade via efficient transportation links Editor’s Note: As the People’s Republic of China prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary on Oct 1, China Daily…
A railless train, developed by the CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co Ltd, runs on the world’s first ART (Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit) A1 line in Zhuzhou city, central China’s Hunan province, May 8, 2018. A smart electric vehicle on the Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) system began its first overseas trial run in Qatar on Wednesday,…