Reports on the growth of Chinese railways in 2004. Background on the profitability of China Rail; Competitive pressures facing the railways; Factors which led to the decline in the market shares of the railway freight serv...
To the right after entering the museum, is the steam locomotives, and on the left are electric & Diesel locomotives and coaches. Some trains run on coal. Some trains run on fuel. Now the high-speed trains use elecric...
For me, my China Story started with and has continued with railways. I feel delighted to have been on the initial high-speed rail, to have watched the system's growth while benefitting from it for regular travel to ...
“He is less afraid of stran-gers, smiles more, and is 8 B , " said Li.Having built eight small trains, Li 9 C to build railways for a place of interest in Li's hometown later. Hanghang now 10 B a train carrying 20 to 30 passengers for the place, making money from the rides...
At their early stage,China's railways were British built.In 1865,British businessmen constructed in Beijing a 500-meter-long track on which a small steam locomotive ran.However,it was more decorative than functional.Eleven years later,a British company constructed the Wusong-Shanghai Railway to tr...
Located in Beijing, China Railway Museum is the only national and specialized museum of the railways. Founded in 1978, the main functions of China Railway Museum are collecting, preserving, studying, and displaying historical relics of China Railway. It contains three branch museums: Zhengyang Gate...
a large amount of manpower and equipment should be invested, ranging from a bridge or a tunnel to a sleeper or a screw. In particular, high-speed railways such as the Beijing Shanghai high-speed railway can only use the limited time in the morning for online inspection, which is tight ...
production of trains, specificallysteam trainswere given priority. In June of 1953, Chengyu Railway (Chengdu – Chonqing) was completed and put into use, and was the first railway built since the founding of new China. After that, Tiancheng, Tianlan, Lanxin railways were accomplished one after ...
old-style steam locomotives kept in extended service on the Jining-Tongliao railway in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 7, 2005 (top, photo taken by Zhang Ling); and bullet trains waiting for maintenance at a train depot in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. ...
The Shao Shan 4 (SS4 improved) electric locomotive is one of the most powerful DC electric locomotives in China. Manufacturing began in the mid 1980's and the locomotives are widely used throughout most of China's electrified railways to this day.