▲Emergency services inspect the site, following the derailment of the ScotRail train which cost the lives of three people, near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Britain August 13, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] British railways operator Network Rail has admitted that severe weather caused by climate change is becoming an increasing challenge when maintaining the country’s transport infrastructure, after…
The Shenyang railway logistics center bustles with activity as containers are loaded onto X8059－a transcontinental freight train shortly departing for Moscow, Russia. Since early July, the frequency of China-Europe freight trains heading out from Shenyang has increased from one train every two days to one train every day, local officials said. It is key work…
Rail builders work on tracks of the Fuzhou-Pingtan railway at Fuzhou South Railway Station in Fuzhou, Fujian province, on Wednesday. HU PENG/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s first cross-sea bridge accommodating both vehicles and railway traffic-the longest of its type in the country-has started its static load tests and is expected to open to traffic by the…
People are seen at Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, on May 21, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] China Eastern Airlines and China State Railway Group on Tuesday launched a new service that allows passengers to buy airplane and train tickets through either of their booking platforms. According to Li Yangmin, president of China Eastern, this collaboration between the…
The China-Europe freight train in Xiamen, Fujian province, has become a vital logistics channel for ensuring Sino-European trade exchange and cooperation in the transportation of epidemic prevention materials. On April 18, the train, with 50 containers full of shoes and clothing, electronic products, and anti-epidemic supplies, departed from the Haicang Free Trade Park to Hamburg,…
A train loaded with medical equipment, including surgical face masks and protective gowns, departs Yiwu, Zhejiang province, for Madrid, Spain, to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. [Photo by Lyu Bin/For China Daily] BEIJING – The number of China-Europe freight trains hit record highs for five consecutive months on increasing demand for Chinese…
The last section of track for the Beijing-Xiong’an Intercity Railway is laid on Monday. The high-speed railway is set to start operating all the way to the Xiong’an New Area in Hebei province by year’s end. It is expected to shorten the travel time to one hour from the current two hours, according to China…
Zhang Yadong is an engineering freshman from Zhoukou, a city in Central China’s Henan province. During the last semester, as he had to stay at home for online classes, he bought the necessary materials and parts to build a miniature railway in the yard of his home. As a report by China Central Television shows,…
China Communications Construction employees undertake construction work at port city Colombo in Sri Lanka in June. [Photo/XINHUA] Companies using livestreaming and other solutions for tangible progress in global ventures As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact travel agencies, airlines and shipping companies, centrally administrated State-owned enterprises have begun to announce progress on their overseas construction…
The MSCI logo. [Photo/Agencies] Postal Savings Bank of China, Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway and Russia’s search engine Yandex will be the three largest additions to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index measured by full company market capitalization, according to global index provider MSCI on Wednesday. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is designed to represent performance of the…