Chinese Cargo Rail: A Whole New Game Starting Today
Most of us here are passengers — we do have bags but probably not the quantity that can fill up an entire carriage. Still, if you’re a rail-addicted expat moving from Beijing to Shanghai...
Author: David Feng
New Ürümqi – Ji’nan Service Starting Early July 2013
That’s 3,134 km. About the same as going from St Petersburg, Russia, all the way to Avignon, France. Except for this time, you go through about six or seven provinces of China rather than...
Taiyuan-Xi’an HSR Ready By Mid-2014
News coming in from the official 7 o’clock news here in China: Rail tracks are being laid on the Taiyuan-Xi’an HSR, which is a part of the larger Datong-Xi’an HSR. The entire Taiyuan-Xi’an HSR...
Xi’an Continues to Be a Popular Rail Getaway
The Dragon Boat (Duanwu) Festival three-day break turned out to be a good time to travel, and in China’s ancient capital where it all began — Xi’an (西安) — over 820,000 took to the...
Nanjing-Hangzhou HSR: Don’t Get Your Station Names Wrong, Changxing and Deqing!
HSR services will soon be commencing for several new cities and counties in Eastern China, including Changxing and Deqing in the province of Zhejiang. However, the arrival of the new fast trains also means...
Valid Chinese ID Will Double as HSR E-Ticket on Beijing-Zhengzhou HSR Beginning 01 June 2013
For passport-toting foreigners, this will be less than spectacular news for you (although less folks in line picking up their ticket can’t certainly be bad news!), but feel free to tell your Chinese friends...
Beijing Subway Line 14 Now Open from Xiju to Zhangguozhuang
Just today, the part of Subway Line 14 between Xiju and Zhangguozhang stations opened. This part isn’t exactly in central Beijing; you had to ride Line 10 out to Xiju, in western urban Beijing,...
Beijing Line 14 (West) to Open in Early May 2013
Just in time for the Beijing Garden Expo, which is to be held from 18 May 2013 through to 18 November 2013, Beijing will open the western part of Subway Line 14. The opening...
China Railway Corporation Established by Government Session
The Chinese State Council has just authorised the creation of the China Railway Corporation as a state-owned central enterprise funded by the Chinese central government. It is now under the supervision of both the...
Tickets Now Reserved for Travellers with Injuries or Disabilities
Passengers who are severely or permanently disabled (and can provide qualifying China-issued identification documents that observe their disability) can now travel assured, knowing that the railways have reserved tickets for them on trains. This...
