Sichuan-Tibet railway progress picks up steam

The building of the Sichuan-Tibet railway is picking up steam, with construction work on nine new stations on the Lhasa-Nyingchi section in the Tibet autonomous region to begin soon, according to railway authorities. The Office of the Leading Group of Railway Construction and Operation in Lhasa, Tibet’s regional capital, said last week that the nine…

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Chinese railways to see 720 mln passenger trips in summer

A “Fuxing” high-speed train runs on the Beijing-Tianjin interurban railway in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 25, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — Some 720 million passenger trips are expected to be made on Chinese railways during this year’s “summer transport” from Monday to the end of August, according to the China State Railway Group. The figure…

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High-speed railway direct service to link Chongqing, Hong Kong

Passengers wait to take trains at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Station on Feb 6, 2019. The first high-speed railway direct service linking southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality and Hong Kong will be available on July 10, according to Chongqing’s railway authorities Friday. The bullet trains for the service are coded G319/320. The train will depart Chongqing…

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CRSC sets up lab in Belgrade

People visit the stand for China Railway Signal and Communication Co (CRSC) during the second World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin, May 16, 2018. [Photo/IC] Facility to offer train operation control systems for Hungary-Serbia railway China Railway Signal and Communication Co, the world’s largest provider of rail transportation control systems by market share, has established a…

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CRSC sets up lab in Belgrade

Facility to offer train operation control systems for Hungary-Serbia railway China Railway Signal and Communication Co, the world’s largest provider of rail transportation control systems by market share, has established a system laboratory in the Serbian capital of Belgrade to better serve the needs of its foreign clients, said its top executive. The new system…

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China’s railway transport registers stable growth in Jan-May

BEIJING — China’s railway passenger and cargo transport grew steadily in the first five months of this year, data from the national railway operator showed. A total of 1.44 billion rail passenger trips were made in the January-May period, up 118 million year on year, according to the China Railway Corporation (CRC). Cargo transport reached…

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