China by the Rails – Greener and Faster Across the Middle Kingdom
The Chinese railways have announced a substantial change to their timetables, to take effect on 10 April 2019. It is likely there will be further fine-tuning to come in the summer, in advance of...
The Chinese WeChat and rail communities are talking about a massive expansion of Ji’nan West (济南西; Ji’nanxi) Railway Station — which, admittedly, can appear to be too much Zukunftsmusik during one of the station’s quieter...
At present, the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity is the nation’s sole “all-350 km/h (217 mph)” High Speed line (with the exception of maybe a few CRH Harmony Express using the route to northeastern China). CR Revival...
The city of Shijiazhuang (石家庄) has only been of more recent importance, as it was relatively unknown until the start of the 20th century, when it became where a west-east railway out from Taiyuan...
The Central Chinese province of He’nan (河南) is well known as a major rail hub. Zhengzhou (郑州), in particular, is known as the heart and hub of the railways, both locally, and also nationwide....
Less than a month after Chunyun 2018 draws to a close, there are already visible improvements readied for the Beijing-Shanghai HSR, which features the world’s fastest conventional HSR train at 350 km/h (217 mph)....
The new Chongqing-Wanzhou HSR has opened, adding a new HSR link heading due northeast in the Chengdu-Chongqing area. Train times for the new lines are as follows: Short-Term Train Times (valid as of 28...
Official information from Shanghai Rail reveals that the Shanghai-Kunming HSR, which is slated to open in full on 29 December 2016, as per the latest plans, will be part of the new national railway...
This update incorporates content from Hohhot Rail. Hohhot Rail mostly manage railways in northern and northeastern China centred on Inner Mongolia. The city of Baotou is rather large city (although dimensions-wise, it’s not even...
This update incorporates content from peoplerail.com. This is the official national railway Web news and information portal for China. As if the recent opening of the Zhengzhou-Xuzhou HSR and the Qingdao-Rongcheng Intercity Railway weren’t...
If you were with us all the way from the very, very beginnings in 2012, you might have discovered that we decided to bring back the “HSR train-in-a-network map” icon, something that even some...
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