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Andrew Benton

May 5, 2022 | Financial

Passenger numbers in China up 18.5% year-on-year

The figures were released by the National Railway Administration at the end of April.

March 4, 2022 | Asia

Plans to extend three metro lines in Suzhou approved

Three underground extensions will be constructed, adding 19.5km to the network.

February 4, 2022 | High-speed

China plans to expand high-speed network to 50,000km

The mainline network will also reach 165,000km by 2025.

January 18, 2022 | High-speed

China approves construction of new high-speed lines

The projects will add more than 800km to the national network.

January 6, 2022 | High-speed

Chinese high-speed network passes 40,000km

New line openings at the end of December took the total Chinese railway network to more than 150,000km following a $US 117bn investment in 2021.

December 6, 2021 | Asia

China approves Yuan 248.5bn of new railways

Three new rail projects have been approved in China with all of them planned for operation by the end of the decade.

August 9, 2021 | Asia

Chinese rail expansion set to continue

Numerous rail projects opened in China to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party at the end of June. As Andrew Benton reports, this is by no means the end of Chinese rail expansion.

June 30, 2021 | Metros

New metro lines improve rail connectivity in China’s Yangtse river delta

New metro lines have opened in Shaoxing, Hangzhou, Changzhou, Xuzhou, Suzhou, and Xi'an.

March 29, 2021 | Asia

Luoyang and Ji’nan open metro lines

Luoyang is the 40th mainland Chinese city to open a metro line

March 19, 2021 | Main line

China National Railways’ passenger numbers down in 2020, freight up

CR also reports the size of its fleet and network length.

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