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Chinese railway company signs contract for Guinea’s Morebaya-Simandou Railway Project

China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation Limited (CRSC) and Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) signed an EPC contract on the motor, power battery and electronic control system (EIC system) of Guinea’s Morebaya-Simandou Railway project on April 1, with a contract worth 1.245 billion yuan.

April09,2024

China to roll out new railway operating plan

China is set to implement a new railway operating plan starting from Jan. 10, 2024, aimed at improving passenger and cargo transport capacity, the national railway operator said on Monday.

January09,2024

Southern Chinese city bordering Vietnam connected to rail network

Dongxing, a city on the China-Vietnam border in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was linked to China's national railway network on Wednesday with the opening of a new rail line.

December27,2023

(BRF2023) Kazakhstan to build 1,300 km of railway in synergy with Belt and Road Initiative, says president

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said here Wednesday that Kazakhstan plans to build 1,300 km of new railways in the next three years in synergy with the Belt and Road Initiative.

October18,2023

China puts over 1,400 km of railways into operation in first three quarters

A total of 1,402 kilometers of new railway lines were put into use across China in the first three quarters of 2023, data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. showed.

October16,2023

Feature: Chinese-built modern railway unleashing hope, upward mobility for Kenyan youth

While growing up in the picturesque central Kenyan countryside, Lawrence Pius Murithi was at ease juggling school work and tending to his parents' farm, instilling in him the virtues of hard work, fortitude and service.

August08,2023

Chinese railways report 406 mln passenger trips in July

The nation's railways recorded 406 million passenger trips from July 1 to 31, according to data revealed on Tuesday by China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country's railway operator.

August02,2023

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