Railway authorities will offer discounts as deep as 45 percent off ticket prices for more than 200 train services on 25 intercity railways starting Wednesday, the China State Railway Group said on Monday. The move is to meet the rising demand of commuting after work resumption and encourage spring excursions to nearby destinations, it said.…
DetailsCHANGSHA－As the hum of machinery fills the air, bullet trains, maglev trains and subways are being assembled, tested and delivered to the rest of the world from Central China’s manufacturing hub of rail transit equipment. Since the extended Spring Festival holiday, Hunan, as the country’s rising manufacturing powerhouse, has seen factories and machines roaring to…
DetailsThe China-Laos Railway has seen decisive progress in its construction, as a tunnel was drilled through on Friday in Yuxi, Southwest China’s Yunan province. The new Wanhe tunnel, 17.44 kilometers long, is an important part of the Yuxi – Boten section, which is a difficult section of construction with 93 tunnels and 136 bridges. Construction…
DetailsBEIJING — China’s top economic planner has pledged more efforts to steadily promote railway construction, stressing prioritizing the progress of key projects. Efforts will be made to speed up the construction of major projects including the Sichuan-Tibet Railway and the high-speed railway along the Yangtze River, the National Development and Reform Commission said Tuesday in…
DetailsTIANJIN-With engines roaring and the smell of diesel in the air, Gao Lu, clad in blue and hammer in hand, crammed his body into the narrow gap in the locomotive to check for any trouble. He placed his hammer on top of one cylinder, then put the bottom of the handle close to his ear,…
DetailsSEOUL－Asia reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including the first US soldiers to be infected in South Korea. The US Forces Korea said in a statement that the 23 year-old soldier is stationed at Camp Carroll, north of Daegu, the city that is the epicenter of the outbreak in the South, adding that…
DetailsOn Jan 8, the staff of the Xiluoqi maintenance team in Tahe county, Heilongjiang province, carried out work at the 497 kilometer junction of the Nenjiang-Greater Khingan Forest Railway. Affiliated to China Raiway Harbin Group’s Jiagedaqi construction section, the Xiluoqi team is responsible for some of the toughest maintenance work deep inside the most frigid…
DetailsBeijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co Ltd, the operator of the high-speed railway linking the two most developed cities of China, saw its shares rising by 43.24 percent to 6.99 yuan ($1.02) on debut before closing at 6.77 yuan on Thursday, up 38.73 percent from its initial public offer price of 4.88 yuan. The strong debut…
DetailsChina Daily :Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway Co Ltd, the operator of the country’s most lucrative rail route, said in a file on Tuesday evening that company shares will be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Thursday. The company submitted its prospectus on Oct 22. Twenty-three days later, on Nov 14, it received IPO approval from…
DetailsVisible only by moonlight and the odd stray light along the way, the street was mostly empty – little traffic and just an occasional pedestrian. The roar of a motorcycle and cheerful music from a portable speaker suddenly broke the silence. Pan Chunguo, 27-year-old migrant worker, left his dormitory at an electronic factory in Zhaoqing,…
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