A major equipment test has been launched on the Jiangxi section of Jiangxi-Shenzhen high-speed railway, which is scheduled to operate by the end of 2021. Engineers tested the operations of its tracks, catenary system, communications and signals of the rail line in east China on Wednesday. Trains are designed to run on the 436 km…
The Alataw Pass and Horgos Port, major rail ports in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, handled more than 8,000 China-Europe freight train trips in the first eight months of 2021, said local railway authorities. Alataw Pass reported a 28.4-percent growth of the trips during the period, while the other port registered a nearly 40-percent…
The China-Europe (Chengdu) Railway Express, departing from Chengdu International Railway Port, has become a major channel to connect Chinese businesses with global markets, and making Chengdu an active player in the modern Silk Road Economic Belt. Starting operation in 2013, China-Europe freight trains on the Chengdu route now outperform many other areas in China in…
New line to significantly cut traveling time between Jakarta and Bandung Company director David So, who is based in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, is looking forward to the bullet train service connecting the city with Bandung, the provincial capital of West Java and the country’s third-largest city. The line is scheduled to be completed next…
The increase in net profits of Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co Ltd more than quadrupled in the first half of this year, The Paper reported on Monday. The operating revenue of the Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co Ltd witnessed a 50.3 percent year-on-year increase, reaching 15.1 billion yuan ($2.33 billion) in the first half of…
Website improves accessibility for seniors wanting to travel by train China’s railway ticket booking system has launched an elderly-friendly version of its internet interface, national railway operator China State Railway Group said recently. Clicking on the “elderly friendly “button on the right side of the landing page for 12306.cn, the official railway ticket booking website,…
A China-Europe Express Train from Jinhua, Zhejiang province, sets off for Budapest, Hungary, on June 7, carrying 100 containers loaded with electronic products and machinery parts. The train arrived in Budapest 18 days later. [Photo/Xinhua] More than 10,000 freight train services operated between China and Europe in the first eight months of this year, ensuring…
A freight train loaded with 100 twenty-foot equipment containers, or TEUs, of cargo left from Qingdao, Shandong province, in early May, headed for Tajikistan. It was the first freight train to leave for the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, from the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area, or SCODA. The cargo included glazed tiles, tires…
Region has witnessed transformations in seven decades since peaceful liberation The vision set out by President Xi Jinping on the governance of the Tibet autonomous region has been instrumental in the region’s phenomenal transformation, and it will continue to chart the course for the region’s ethnic unity, lasting stability and high-quality growth, said observers and…
A China-Europe freight train departs from Xi’an, Shaanxi province, for Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Aug 11. [Photo by Yuan Jingzhi/For China Daily] China-Europe Railway Express freight service providers should leverage more market forces to further enhance industrial ecology in order to make the most out of rapidly growing China-Europe railway freight capacity and contribute more to the…