A train runs beside a river in Xinnan village, Henan province. [Photo/www.henan.gov.cn] ZHENGZHOU－Tucked deep in the mountains of Central China’s Henan province, Xinnan village is using a train to nowhere to attract visitors. The locomotive and two green carriages, parked on a section of track beside a river, are popular subjects for camera-toting tourists. Even…
DetailsHiatus in air and sea transport offers sector chance to boost market share While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruptions to the world economy, it has led to the strengthening of rail links between China and Europe. And, say industry experts, the growing rail freight between East and West will help the economic recovery…
DetailsA China-Europe freight train bound for Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, departs from Xi’an, Shaanxi province, on July 24. TANG ZHENJIANG/XINHUA While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption to the world economy, it has also strengthened the rail links between China and Europe, and industry experts believe the growing volume of rail freight between…
DetailsThe map of the to-be-built Ningbo-Zhoushan railway with an undersea tunnel shows the route between Ningbo and Zhoushan. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The technical proposal for the Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway, China’s first high-speed railway line with an undersea segment, has been completed, the Ningbo Evening News reported on Saturday. After two years’ preparation, the core technical…
DetailsAn employee performs maintenance work on a railway line in Chongqing. It is expected to be put into full operation by the end of this year. [Photo/Xinhua] As efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 are paying off, the overwhelming majority of western China achieved positive economic growth in the first half, the latest economic…
DetailsA student of the first group of Laotian trainees for the China-Laos railway takes notes in Chinese and pinyin while learning traffic signs.[Photo/Xinhua] The first group of trainees for the China-Laos railway have been undergoing intensive Chinese language and professional railway theory training since mid-July in the Laotian capital Vientiane. Somphone Inleuangsy from the hilly…
DetailsAn 18.23-km high-speed railway tunnel in East China’s Zhejiang province is bored through on Monday. [Photo/Qianjiang Evening News] BEIJING — An 18.23-km high-speed railway tunnel in East China’s Zhejiang province was bored through on Monday, the China Railway Construction Corporation Ltd said. The completion of Dongming Tunnel, the longest high-speed railway tunnel in east China,…
DetailsTaiyuan Heavy Industry Railway Transit Equipment Co Ltd, located in North China’s Shanxi province, is expecting an export rebound in the fourth quarter after the company saw a sales decline in the overseas market due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to an official. “We have rolled out a series of measures to maintain a…
DetailsA trial train hits 220 kilometers per hour on a section of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Railway during a top-speed test run on May 4. [Photo by Xu Congjun/For China Daily] China’s transport industry saw steady recovery as investment in its infrastructure rose 6 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year to top 1.45 trillion…
DetailsA train loaded with medical equipment, including surgical face masks and protective gowns, departs Yiwu, Zhejiang province, for Madrid, Spain, last month to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. LYU BIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Having departed from Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province, a cargo train loaded with COVID-19 protective equipment and materials arrived in…
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