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This follows the "Action Plan for Reducing Costs, Improving Quality and Efficiency in Transportation and Logistics" published last year by China's NDRC and MoT which calls for further development/innovation in high speed freight, double stack container and multimodal freight rail.
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This follows the "Action Plan for Reducing Costs, Improving Quality and Efficiency in Transportation and Logistics" published last year by China's NDRC and MoT which calls for further development/innovation in high speed freight, double stack container and multimodal freight rail.
Last week a new pilot high speed freight service with trains operating up to 350kph began between Guangzhou and Wuhan. High speed freight services have been running on a trial basis across China with services between Kunming-Chengdu, Zhengzhou-Chongqing, Nanchang-Shenzhen etc.
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Last week a new pilot high speed freight service with trains operating up to 350kph began between Guangzhou and Wuhan. High speed freight services have been running on a trial basis across China with services between Kunming-Chengdu, Zhengzhou-Chongqing, Nanchang-Shenzhen etc.
Shenzhen Metro social media today unveiled pictures of Dongmen Station on the under construction Line 5 West Extension. This extension creates a quadruple track metro corridor with Line 2 under Luohu District, expected to open by the end of this year.
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Shenzhen Metro social media today unveiled pictures of Dongmen Station on the under construction Line 5 West Extension. This extension creates a quadruple track metro corridor with Line 2 under Luohu District, expected to open by the end of this year.
Xingfu Meilin, another station on the Chengdu Metro Line 13 Phase 1 getting ready to open at the end of 2025. It has a plum blossom theme matching the station name. Pictures from the Chengdu Metro social media.
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Xingfu Meilin, another station on the Chengdu Metro Line 13 Phase 1 getting ready to open at the end of 2025. It has a plum blossom theme matching the station name. Pictures from the Chengdu Metro social media.
Chengdu Metro Line 13 Phase 1 Du Fu (yes that poet) Cottage Station getting ready to open at the end of 2025. Line 13 Phase 1 is 29km long with 21 stations. The line is fully underground and uses GoA4 8 car type A trains. Estimated to cost 195 million INT$/km to build. In addition there is...
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Chengdu Metro Line 13 Phase 1 Du Fu (yes that poet) Cottage Station getting ready to open at the end of 2025. Line 13 Phase 1 is 29km long with 21 stations. The line is fully underground and uses GoA4 8 car type A trains. Estimated to cost 195 million INT$/km to build. In addition there is...
I was living in N America in the late 2000s where I mentioned Chongqing, an extremely unknown city at the time, to a non-Chinese friend. The only reaction they gave me was: "Chongching? You got it backwards, you mean Chingchong." Chingchong today:
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I was living in N America in the late 2000s where I mentioned Chongqing, an extremely unknown city at the time, to a non-Chinese friend. The only reaction they gave me was: "Chongching? You got it backwards, you mean Chingchong." Chingchong today:
Great coverage on the very little known Fushun Electric Railway network, an early 1900s electric local urban railway near Shenyang, Liaoning, China. Picture by Bernhard Kußmagk.
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Great coverage on the very little known Fushun Electric Railway network, an early 1900s electric local urban railway near Shenyang, Liaoning, China. Picture by Bernhard Kußmagk.
Wild that Toronto, which is Canada's largest city and has Canada's first subway system, now has the smallest metro system in Canada by quite a margin. I don't think it is the busiest either.
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Wild that Toronto, which is Canada's largest city and has Canada's first subway system, now has the smallest metro system in Canada by quite a margin. I don't think it is the busiest either.
Detailed to-scale plans for each station of Guangzhou Line 5 Phase II extension are just out there for the public to view on a news portal.
news.sina.cn/2018-01-22/d...
news.sina.cn/2018-01-22/d...
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Detailed to-scale plans for each station of Guangzhou Line 5 Phase II extension are just out there for the public to view on a news portal.
news.sina.cn/2018-01-22/d...
news.sina.cn/2018-01-22/d...
Wild that I can find fairly detailed to-scale station plans for Chinese Metro projects. For example, below is a recent Guangzhou Metro extension (Line 5 Phase II) that I attended on opening day...
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Wild that I can find fairly detailed to-scale station plans for Chinese Metro projects. For example, below is a recent Guangzhou Metro extension (Line 5 Phase II) that I attended on opening day...
Also Cathay City is the HQ complex of Cathay Pacific Airways, in classic Hong Kong fashion it is served by a large bus terminal.
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Also Cathay City is the HQ complex of Cathay Pacific Airways, in classic Hong Kong fashion it is served by a large bus terminal.
Every time I drop something off for a friend at Cathay City I pass by this gem:
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Every time I drop something off for a friend at Cathay City I pass by this gem:
I guess this is the future YIMBYs want?
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I guess this is the future YIMBYs want?
These comparative graphs for unit nuclear costs mirror unit subway construction costs too. With the US building at reasonable costs in the 70s. Then costs in the US skyrockets and the US gives up building anything since. While China builds an ungodly amount at stable reasonable prices since the 90s.
November 4, 2025 at 7:11 AM
These comparative graphs for unit nuclear costs mirror unit subway construction costs too. With the US building at reasonable costs in the 70s. Then costs in the US skyrockets and the US gives up building anything since. While China builds an ungodly amount at stable reasonable prices since the 90s.
Since the below repost was published last year, Chengdu Metro added ~140km of new metro lines. The network now is 664km long with 332 stations. The network is growing before our eyes.
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Since the below repost was published last year, Chengdu Metro added ~140km of new metro lines. The network now is 664km long with 332 stations. The network is growing before our eyes.
Nagaragawa Railway runs the Etsumi-Minami Line (Etsumi-South Line), the rest of the Etsumi line exists as JR-W's Etsumi-Hoku Line (Etsumi-North Line). The line was split because JNR could never finish the full Etsumi Line leaving a 15km gap in the middle (red).
October 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Nagaragawa Railway runs the Etsumi-Minami Line (Etsumi-South Line), the rest of the Etsumi line exists as JR-W's Etsumi-Hoku Line (Etsumi-North Line). The line was split because JNR could never finish the full Etsumi Line leaving a 15km gap in the middle (red).
Gifu Prefecture's 3rd-sector Nagaragawa Railway is considering closing due to rising costs and deficits and declining ridership. Nagaragawa Railway is one of Japan's longest "dead end" railways, being 72km long and only connecting to another railway on one end...
October 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Gifu Prefecture's 3rd-sector Nagaragawa Railway is considering closing due to rising costs and deficits and declining ridership. Nagaragawa Railway is one of Japan's longest "dead end" railways, being 72km long and only connecting to another railway on one end...
It is nice of Guangzhou Metro to let you know if you need at least 30 minutes to get into a crowded station. Picture by LuminousJourney.
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
It is nice of Guangzhou Metro to let you know if you need at least 30 minutes to get into a crowded station. Picture by LuminousJourney.
Chongqing Caiyuanba Railway Station complex has now been completely demolished. Work is ongoing to build a massive thru-running urban underground station for regional and high speed trains. See reposted thread for the background on this project. Picture by Azure🌊.
October 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Chongqing Caiyuanba Railway Station complex has now been completely demolished. Work is ongoing to build a massive thru-running urban underground station for regional and high speed trains. See reposted thread for the background on this project. Picture by Azure🌊.
Noah Smith of Noahpinion literally did Place, Japan in an article he wrote this year. Making it look like the typical Japanese lives in an environment that looks like Shibuya. Which I pointed out was wrong. Link in next post.
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Noah Smith of Noahpinion literally did Place, Japan in an article he wrote this year. Making it look like the typical Japanese lives in an environment that looks like Shibuya. Which I pointed out was wrong. Link in next post.
The Chengdu Metro, today the 4th largest metro system in the world with 633km of lines opened its first segment of Metro in 2010. The first phase of Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT started construction a few months later and today is still not open...
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The Chengdu Metro, today the 4th largest metro system in the world with 633km of lines opened its first segment of Metro in 2010. The first phase of Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT started construction a few months later and today is still not open...
Rumour has it that China will attempt a one off conventional rail speed world record with the CR450 on the Chengdu-Chongqing Central HSL. The current record holder was done by a modified French TGV in 2007 where it hit 574.8 kph.
October 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Rumour has it that China will attempt a one off conventional rail speed world record with the CR450 on the Chengdu-Chongqing Central HSL. The current record holder was done by a modified French TGV in 2007 where it hit 574.8 kph.
Video above by ZlUT. The CR450 is designed to accelerate from 0 to 350 kph in 4 mins 40 secs. 100 seconds faster than the CR400. The CR450 has a longer more optimized nose, lower overall profile as well as a full underbody skirt for daily very high speed operations....
October 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Video above by ZlUT. The CR450 is designed to accelerate from 0 to 350 kph in 4 mins 40 secs. 100 seconds faster than the CR400. The CR450 has a longer more optimized nose, lower overall profile as well as a full underbody skirt for daily very high speed operations....
Yesterday it was revealed the world's fastest HST, the CR450 series, is being formally field tested around China. A rep from the China Academy of Rail Sciences (CARS) stated final 400kph revenue service testing will be conducted on the Chengdu-Chongqing Central Line next year....
October 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yesterday it was revealed the world's fastest HST, the CR450 series, is being formally field tested around China. A rep from the China Academy of Rail Sciences (CARS) stated final 400kph revenue service testing will be conducted on the Chengdu-Chongqing Central Line next year....