China rail industry news – Page 8
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NewsJade Dragon Snow Mountain railway opens
CHINA: A new railway has been opened to connect the UNESCO World Heritage listed Old Town of Lijiang with the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, offering a less congested and polluting alternative to the existing road. The 20·8 km Lijiang sightseeing railway was designed and ...
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NewsChina starts work on more high speed lines as 'eight by eight' network takes shape
CHINA: Construction has started on three more sections of high speed line totalling 923 km in central China, and on one 310 km line in the Shanghai area which includes a 29 km bridge across the Hangzhou Bay.
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Metro Report InternationalFoshan tram line extended
CHINA: A 4·8 km extension of the Nanhai tram line in Foshan opened on November 29, linking Sanshanxinchengbei with Linyuedong on metro Line 2. There are five stops, including two on a 2 km elevated section of the route. The Nanhai line is now 14·3 km ...
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Metro Report InternationalTwo metro lines open in one day in Shenzhen
CHINA: The 40·5 km long metro Line 12 and a 6·1 km branch of the existing Line 6 have opened in Shenzhen.
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Metro Report InternationalHangzhou to add more metro lines
CHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission has approved the fourth phase of the Hangzhou metro, which envisages construction of another 153 route-km and the addition of 89 stations. The first section to be built under the plans would be a 26 km northwest-southwest Line 12 ...
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NewsChinese panoramic rack train rolled out
CHINA: CRRC Ziyang has unveiled a rack trainset for a 129 km metre-gauge railway being built to link Dujiangyan with a panda reserve and the Mount Siguniang scenic tourist area in Sichuan province. The four-car 1·5 kV DC electric multiple-unit which was rolled out on November ...
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NewsFreight operator looks to grow after the third year of industry crisis
AUSTRIA: Rail Cargo Group has ambitious plans for expansion in 2023 despite the extraordinarily crisis-ridden year the rail freight sector has faced in 2022, according to ÖBB CEO Andreas Matthä.
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NewsRussia – China railway bridges the River Amur
ASIA: The cross-border railway bridge over the River Amur linking Nizhneleninskoye in Russia with Tongjiang in China opened on November 16, with an initial 50-wagon train carrying iron ore from Russia to China. The bridge shortens the route between southeastern Siberia and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast ...
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Metro Report InternationalTianjin metro Line 10 opens
CHINA: The first section of Tianjin metro Line 10 opened for revenue service on November 18, following an inauguration by the city’s Deputy Mayor Yang Bing Running from Yutai in the southwest to Yudongcheng in the northeast, the line is 21·2 km long and serves 21 ...
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Metro Report InternationalApp to make Hong Kong transport more inclusive
CHINA: Hong Kong’s transport operator has launched the MTR·Care app which is designed to make travel more convenient for passengers with special requirements. A ‘simplified and elderly-friendly’ trip planner includes larger text and graphics, voice input, auto-setting of frequently visited stations, easy-to-understand route suggestions and recommended ...
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Metro Report InternationalNantong joins the Chinese metro club
CHINA: The city of Nantong has become the 46th in China to open a metro network, inaugurating its first line on November 10.
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Metro Report InternationalThree rail schemes in Hong Kong plan
CHINA: Plans to undertake three rail projects which were recommended in the Strategic Studies on Railways & Major Roads Beyond 2030 study were announced by Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive John Lee in his first Policy Address on October 19. The priority is the Tseung Kwan ...
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Metro Report InternationalTriple metro opening in Hangzhou
CHINA: Three more sections of metro have been opened in Hangzhou, adding more than 60 km to the network on a single day. The biggest project inaugurated on September 22 was the 55 km fast metro Line 19, known also as the Hangzhou Airport Rail Express. ...
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Metro Report InternationalZhengzhou Metro opens Line 6
CHINA: The initial 16·9 km western section of Zhengzhou metro Line 6 was opened for revenue service on September 30, linking Jiayu and Changzhuang with nine stations. Another station at Jinzhenlu is expected to open later. Line 6 was approved in March 2019 as part of ...
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NewsAfghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China to trial multimodal freight corridor
ASIA: Representatives of the railways of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China have agreed to trial a rail and road ‘economic corridor’ linking the four countries. An agreement for the three-month trial was signed on September 9 at the end of a two-day meeting in Toshkent. Containerised ...
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NewsChangsha – Yiyang high speed line opened
CHINA: The 64·2 km Changsha – Yiyang section of the Chongqing – Xiamen high speed line opened on September 6. Construction began in December 2017. Known as the Changyi section, the 350 km/h alignment includes three stations at Changsha Xi, Ningxiang Xi and Yiyang Nan. The ...
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NewsJinhua’s Jinyi Line suburban railway opens
CHINA: The first suburban railway in the city of Jinhua in Zhejiang province opened on August 30. The 58·4 km Jinyi Line starts at Jinhua’s Xi (west) station and runs south in tunnel to the city centre before turning east on an ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst phase of Fuzhou metro Line 6 opens
CHINA: The first phase of Fuzhou metro Line 6 opened on August 28, running 31·3 km from Pandun to Wanshou with 16 stations. This includes the 6·8 km Doqingzhou Bridge over the River Min, which has metro tracks on the lower deck and a six-lane road ...
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NewsSix policy reforms to strengthen railways in Central Asia
ASIA: An Asian Development Bank assessment of the state of railways in the 11 countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Co-operation Programme has set out six reforms that ADB believes are needed to make rail more efficient and financially sustainable. The CAREC area covers Afghanistan, ...
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Metro Report InternationalSuspended maglev on test in Jiangxi
CHINA: Test running has started on an experimental suspended maglev in southern China, following the formal completion of an 800 m test track on August 9.