text

The Railway Legacy

05:28 From 35 km/h to 350 km/h – this is development at "China speed." Zhong Lingyu, 38, drives China's most advanced train, the "Rejuvenation." His family has a long h

text

Shanghai's first self-driving metro line starts trial run

Shanghai'sfirstfullyautomaticmetrolinestartedtrialoperationonFriday,usingarollerrailsystem.ThePujiangLineis6.68kilometerslongwithsixstations,whichstartsatHuizhe

text

Passenger train derails in Indian capital

ApassengertrainderailedintheIndiancapitallateThursdaynight,railwayofficialssaidFriday.However,therehavebeennoreportsofanycasualtyinthemishapasthetrainwastravell

text

Opinion: Understanding China’s railway diplomacy

IthasbeenrecentlyreportedthatChina'shigh-speedrailwaytechnologyhasreachednewheights.Thehigh-speedlinkbetweenBeijingandShanghaihasjustgotfasterthankstotheintrodu

text

Chinese firm to deliver Nigeria's metro by December

PhaseoneofarailtransitprojectinNigeria'sAbujawillbecommissionedbyDecember,ChinaCivilEngineeringConstructionCorporation(CCECC)saidTuesday.Therailtransit,whichcos

text

China signs $1.24b rail deal with Egypt

AunitofChinaRailwayGroupLtdsaiditwillbeganpreliminaryworkona$1.24billion-worthlightrailprojectinEgyptwithintwotothreemonths,markingChina'sdebutrailprojectinthec

text

US startup moves closer to world's first near-supersonic rail

USstartupHyperloopOneannouncedWednesdaythefirstsuccessfulfull-systemstestofitsnear-supersonicrailtransitsystem.ThetesttookplaceinMayatthecompany'sdevelopmenttra

text

China Focus: New high-speed rail opens along ancient silk road

AnewhighspeedrailwaylinkingBaojicityinnorthwestChina'sShaanxiProvincewithLanzhou,capitalofneighboringGansuProvince,startedoperationSunday.Thankstothenewroute,no

text

First high-speed rail in Inner Mongolia starts test run

The first high-speed railway in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region started test runs on Sunday to prepare for the beginning of regular use by the end of July.

text

CRC on track for new management models

China Railway Corp, the world's biggest railway operator by rail length, will carry out a mixed ownership reform this year to explore new management models featuring capital use rather than basic operation, a leading executive said.

text

Pakistan train crash kills at least 19

​Police said there were fears of a higher casualty toll as bodies still remained trapped in some of the rail cars

text

China's railway exhibitors charm Berlin's InnoTrans fair

​About 150 Chinese exhibitors have gathered at the Berlin railway industry fair InnoTrans, the world' s leading trade fair, to showcase their locomotives, wagons, other railway vehicles, as well as their latest rail and traffic technology.

text

China unveils plan to boost rail network

The top economic planner issued China's latest national railway plan Wednesday, with the target to operate a 175,000 km rail network by 2025.

text

Kuala Lumpur to Singapore in 90 minutes by bullet-train

Malaysia and Singapore signed an agreement Tuesday to build an ambitious high-speed rail link touted as a first for Southeast Asia that will knit the historically fractious neighbours more closely together.

text

Myanmar's Yangon railway station project to be launched next year

Myanmar's Yangon 2.2 billion U.S. dollars' Central Railway Station comprehensive development project is expected to be launched in May 2017, official media reported Monday.

text

Australia close to comitting to landmark high-speed rail network: PM

​Australia is a step closer to having its own high-speed rail network, after the Turnbull government hinted at a new funding approach for a "nation building" projects.

text

Jokowi backs high-speed rail

The Indonesian government will go ahead with its plan to develop the country’s first high-speed railway despite lack of permits and opposition from lawmakers.