Flexible tickets introduced on Shenzhen-HK trains

Passengers at Futian Railway Station in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A flexible cross-border travel program, jointly launched by China Railway Guangzhou Group and its counterpart in Hong Kong, will soon take effect, aiming to further boost connectivity between the special administrative region and the Chinese mainland. Under the program, which will begin…

China’s rail-sea intermodal trains to make over 9,000 trips in 2023

This aerial photo taken on May 11, 2023 shows an automatic container terminal of Qinzhou Port and a railway container distribution center in Qinzhou City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin) NANNING, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — China’s rail-sea intermodal trains are expected to make over 9,000 trips along the New International Land-Sea Trade…

Xiangyang company develops technology to support high-speed rails

A model of Kunlun, one of the world’s only two mobile bridge building machines that are able to both transport and erect 40-meter box girders, is displayed at the equipment factory of Hanjiang Heavy Industry in Xiangyang, Hubei province on last Tuesday. [Photo by Wang Qingyun/chinadaily.com.cn] The rapid development of China’s high speed railway industry…

Regional high-speed railway celebrates 15 years

An attendant distributes commemorative brochures to passengers on the Beijing-Tianjin intercity high-speed railway, which celebrated its 15th anniversary on Tuesday. TONG YU/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Bullet train driver Zhang Yan has witnessed not only the evolution of the Beijing-Tianjin High-Speed Railway over the past decade and a half, but also the country’s rapid development. “Fifteen years ago,…

Growing transport channels raise city’s trade profile

An international freight train departs from the Chengdu International Railway Port. [Photo provided to China Daily] Thousands of years ago, specialties from the Sichuan region such as Shu brocade, lacquerware and tea were sold along the ancient Silk Road to Central Asia, Western Asia and Europe. Today, via the “modern Silk Road” — a transportation…

Desert rail loop brings tourists, prosperity

A group of students and their teacher go on a study trip by train along the Hotan-Ruoqiang railway in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in May. [Photo/Xinhua] Transport mode, key infrastructure propel Xinjiang onto accelerated development track URUMQI — As student Abdulrehim Abduleli traveled toward the hometown of his childhood role model, he was…