High-speed railway direct service to link Chongqing, Hong Kong

Passengers wait to take trains at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Station on Feb 6, 2019. The first high-speed railway direct service linking southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality and Hong Kong will be available on July 10, according to Chongqing’s railway authorities Friday. The bullet trains for the service are coded G319/320. The train will depart Chongqing…

CRSC sets up lab in Belgrade

People visit the stand for China Railway Signal and Communication Co (CRSC) during the second World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin, May 16, 2018. [Photo/IC] Facility to offer train operation control systems for Hungary-Serbia railway China Railway Signal and Communication Co, the world’s largest provider of rail transportation control systems by market share, has established a…

CRSC sets up lab in Belgrade

Facility to offer train operation control systems for Hungary-Serbia railway China Railway Signal and Communication Co, the world’s largest provider of rail transportation control systems by market share, has established a system laboratory in the Serbian capital of Belgrade to better serve the needs of its foreign clients, said its top executive. The new system…

China’s railway transport registers stable growth in Jan-May

BEIJING — China’s railway passenger and cargo transport grew steadily in the first five months of this year, data from the national railway operator showed. A total of 1.44 billion rail passenger trips were made in the January-May period, up 118 million year on year, according to the China Railway Corporation (CRC). Cargo transport reached…

China State Railway Group inaugurated

Passengers wait to board a train at Zhengzhou East station in Central China’s Henan province, May 4, 2019. State Council has approved the restructuring of China Railway Corporation and renamed it the China State Railway Group Co Ltd in an effort to make the company more market-oriented. With a registered capital of nearly 1.74 trillion…

Hainan to study potential for maglev line

Hainan has started to select professional institutions to study the prefeasibility of high-speed rail transit systems linking Haikou with Sanya, both cities in South China’s Hainan, according to the Hainan Provincial Development and Reform Commission. The prefeasibility study for the north-south rail transit projects will focus on planning for a high-speed train line with a…

National rail operator’s name change complete

The China State Railway Group’s new moniker part of marketing vision China’s national railway operator finalized its restructuring and name change on Tuesday, an effort expected to make it more market-oriented. The China Railway Corporation has been renamed China State Railway Group Co Ltd, a wholly State-owned enterprise with registered capital of over 1.73 trillion…

First railway line constructed after founding of PRC

Photo taken on June 14, 2019 shows Chongqing South Railway Station in Southwest China’s Chongqing. Connecting Chengdu of Southwest China’s Sichuan province and Chongqing municipality, the 505-km Chengdu-Chongqing railway is the first railway line contructed after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It was designed by China and built with domestic materials. The…