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January 19, 2021 | Fleet

China Railways awards high-speed maintenance contract to Bombardier JV

CHINA National Railways (CR) has awarded the Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation (BST) joint venture a contract to maintain 32 high-speed trains, consisting of 280 cars.

December 14, 2020 | Infrastructure

China plans 10,000km of new lines in three key regions

CHINA’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has published plans to start construction of 10,000km of new inter-city and urban rail lines in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay areas in the next five years.

November 19, 2020 | Fleet

China Railways to receive new high-speed trains

CHINA National Railways (CR) will receive a new fleet of 14 eight-car high-speed trains from Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation (BST) by January 2021, under a Yuan 1.6 billion ($US 248m) contract agreed in 2018.

October 13, 2020 | High-speed

China increases services with new timetable

CHINA National Railways (CR) launched its fourth-quarter timetable on October 11, which includes the operation of 9800 daily passenger services and 20,163 freight services, in line with the opening of the Urumqi - Xi'an high-speed line.

September 2, 2020 | Financial

Covid-19 results in first-half loss for China National Railway

CHINA National Railway (CR) recorded revenue of Yuan 403.9bn ($US 59.1bn) in the first half of 2020, down Yuan 124.2bn year-on-year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This resulted in a net loss of Yuan 95.5bn for the period, including a net loss of Yuan 34.2bn in the second quarter.

August 17, 2020 | High-speed

Pandemic fails to slow China’s high-speed network expansion

China is continuing the development of the world’s most extensive high-speed network at a breakneck pace. David Burroughs looks at the lines that have opened as the country begins to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, and the sections nearing completion.

August 14, 2020 | High-speed

China outlines ambitious long-term expansion plans

CHINA National Railways (CR) has outlined its long-term ambitions with a goal of increasing the network to 200,000km, including around 70,000km of high-speed rail, by 2035.

July 13, 2020 | Main line

Passenger numbers drop, but freight traffic up as China recovers from Covid-19

CHINA National Railways (CR) recorded a 53.9% drop in passenger numbers in the first half of 2020, due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, volumes of freight transported by the national operator increased slightly.

July 6, 2020 | Infrastructure

China invests Yuan 325.8bn in rail in first half of 2020

CHINA is on track to exceed its rail asset investment targets this year despite the impact of coronavirus, after investing Yuan 325.8bn ($US 46.3bn) in the first half of 2020, up Yuan 3.8bn (1.2%) on the same period last year.

July 3, 2020 | High-speed

China continues high-speed network expansion

CHINA opened a number of new high-speed lines around July 1, coinciding with the introduction of the summer timetable.

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