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  • Feature: China-sponsored training program empowers young drivers in Ethiopia

    Dejen Gezu, one of the first licensed drivers for electrified trains in Ethiopia, is tasked with dual responsibilities of safely chauffeuring the Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway and training aspiring young people.

    July18,2023


  • GLOBALink | Construction of new railway begins in Brazil

    A groundbreaking ceremony was held in the Brazilian state of Bahia on Monday to kick-start the construction of a section of a west-east railway in the country.

    July05,2023


  • China-imported coaches to help increase revenue of Pakistan Railways: PM

    Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday that the newly imported train coaches from China will help Pakistan Railways to attract passengers and increase revenue.

    January28,2023


  • Feature: Advanced, high-tech Chinese coaches to enhance Pakistan Railways' operation

    Muhammad Naeem was busy checking brand new train coaches with Chinese engineer Lei Song in Pakistan's east Lahore province on a chilly winter evening, ahead of their formal induction in Pakistan Railways for commercial use.

    January11,2023


  • GLOBALink | Malaysia's railway sector gets boost from cooperation with China

    Malaysia's railway sector is rapidly advancing due to close cooperation with China on a number of projects in the railway sector, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said.

    January03,2023


  • New intermodal China-Europe freight train route links SW.China's Chongqing with Uzbekistan

    A China-Europe freight train loaded with more than 120 tonnes of Chinese tea left southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Thursday, heading for Uzbekistan, reported Chinanews.com on Thursday.

    October21,2022


  • Xinjiang sees surging railway freight volume in Jan.-Aug.

    Benefiting from the expansion of the main coal transportation route and the improved efficiency of train use, the railway freight volume in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has increased significantly.

    September02,2022


  • GLOBALink | Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi SGR helps increase environmental awareness

    The construction of the Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), which has just celebrated its fifth anniversary of safe operation, has shown that infrastructure construction could be environmentally friendly.

    August03,2022


  • Over 2,000 km of new railway put into service across China in H1

    A total of 2,043.5 km of new railway lines were put into operation across China in the first half of 2022 (H1), according to the country's railway operator.

    August01,2022


  • Track-laying begins on China's first sea-crossing high-speed railway

    A pair of 500-meter steel rails was successfully laid on a concrete bed at Putian railway station Thursday in east China's Fujian Province, marking the beginning of track-laying work on the country's first sea-crossing high-speed railway.

    March17,2022


  • China rail consortium wins contract to build Philippines railway

    A Chinese rail consortium has been awarded a contract from the Philippines to build a railway in the country, according to an announcement from China Railway Group Limited (CREC) filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

    January26,2022


  • UTLC ERA, green change along the rail Silk Road

    Railway operator UTLC ERA wants to decarbonize container transport concerning the Eurasian corridor by developing a CO2 detector able to calculate power consumption and dioxide carbon emissions produced by a significant logistics chain along the longest section of the New Silk Road.

    November08,2021


  • China's railway operator sees stable recovery in H1

    China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway) has seen a stable recovery from the pandemic in the first half of the year, data from China Railway showed.

    September06,2021


  • Nigeria flags off full commercial operation of China-assisted railway

    Nigeria on Thursday officially started the full commercial operation of a China-assisted railway linking the southwestern cities of Lagos and Ibadan, to ease public transportation and fuel goods movement in the west African country.

    June11,2021


  • China sees 117 mln holiday railway passenger trips

    Passenger trips on Chinese railways hit 117 million during an eight-day travel rush from April 29 to May 6, official data showed.

    May08,2021


  • Railway passenger trips surge 57.8 pct in China's Yangtze River Delta in Q1

    The railway passenger trips in the Yangtze River Delta region, one of China's most economically active regions, surged 57.8 percent to 118.643 million in the first quarter of 2021, according to the Shanghai railway authorities.

    April02,2021


  • Sichuan Railway Investment Group sees rising profits in 2020

    Sichuan Railway Investment Group Co,.Ltd (SRIG) earned 1.7 billion yuan (about 264.5 million U.S. dollars) of profits in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 75 percent, according to the group on Monday.

    February01,2021


  • Sichuan Railway Investment Group sees rising profits in 2020

    Sichuan Railway Investment Group Co,.Ltd (SRIG) earned 1.7 billion yuan (about 264.5 million U.S. dollars) of profits in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 75 percent, according to the group on Monday.

    February01,2021


  • China's railway operator unveils 2021 annual development plan

    China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (CHINA RAILWAY), China's railway operator unveiled its 2021 annual development plan on Monday, reported the Economic Information Daily Tuesday.

    January05,2021


  • China's railways to grow by 3,700 km in 2021

    China's railways will expand by about 3,700 kilometers in 2021, the railway operator said on Monday.

    January05,2021


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