China’s first self-developed 160 kilometer-an-hour magnetic levitation train, made by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co Ltd, undergoes a test in Hunan province. [Photo by Liang Chao/For China Daily] China is expected to build a comprehensive modern transport system by 2035, according to the country’s transport authority. The transport system will provide strong support for major national…
In celebration of the first anniversary of the “Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong” High Speed Rail (Hong Kong Section) on Sept 23, 2019, Operations Director Mr Adi Lau, Chief of Operating-High Speed Rail & Intercity Ms Cheris Lee and other management representatives of MTR Corporation distribute souvenirs to passengers who pass through Hong Kong West Kowloon Station. [Photo…
Hong Kong’s city view. [Photo/IC] A Hong Kong government spokesman strongly condemned radical protesters’ violent and vandalistic acts in Tuen Mun and other districts on Saturday. Following the conclusion of a procession in Tuen Mun, New Territories, earlier on Saturday, the protesters carriedout violent and vandalistic acts in various places in the district. They blocked…
A bullet train pulls into Shenyang North Railway Station on Dec 29, 2018. [Photo/IC] BEIJING – China’s railway investment maintained generally stable in the first eight months of this year, according to official data. Fixed-asset investment in railways totaled 449.6 billion yuan ($63.6 billion) in the January-August period, basically equal to the same period of…
MTR Corp staff examine rail tracks near Hung Hom Station after a running train derailed on Sept 17, 2019. [Photo/China Daily] HONG KONG – Train services connecting Hong Kong’s Hung Hom with neighboring Shenzhen on the mainland were partially resumed on Wednesday, a day after a train derailment left eight passengers injured. After overnight repair…
People get ready to board train home during the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival on Friday in Beijing. [Photo/IC] BEIJING – Passenger trips on Chinese railways hit a monthly record high in August amid the summer travel rush, official data showed. A total of 370.85 million railway trips were made last month, up 9.8 percent year…
Giraffes walk beside the railway bridge in Nairobi National Park. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] On Sept 10, 2019, a train equipped with various testing instruments set out slowly from the Nairobi Terminal and headed to Suswa, in the heart of the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. As part of the one-month joint debugging test, the…
A passenger boards a bullet train at Nanjing Railway Station in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province, Sept 12, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — A total of 105 million Chinese tourists traveled around the country during this year’s three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday which started Friday, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said Sunday. The figure represented a…
Fifty years ago, the Mexico City Metro’s first journey began with cheers and applause. “A lot of people were too scared to board the metro … It was something they were not used to,” the conductor of that first journey, Juan Cano, told Xinhua. On the morning of Sept. 5, 1969, Cano drove through the…
Construction work on the southern extension of Shenyang Metro Line 2 started in Shenyang, the capital of Northeast China’s Liaoning province, on Aug 28, and is expected to finish in 2024, according to local authorities. The south extension line will start from Quanyun Road and end at Taoxian International Airport’s T3 terminal, stretching 14.2 kilometers.…