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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.
Wild because 140km of missing metro means Rodney's map of the Chengdu Metro is now off by 2 entire Toronto Subway systems.
October 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Wild because 140km of missing metro means Rodney's map of the Chengdu Metro is now off by 2 entire Toronto Subway systems.
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).
Find out more on Guangzhou Metro's notorious congestion here:
Guangzhou Metro 2024 Openings Part 1: The Story of Line 3
A two parter on my adventures exploring newly opened metro projects in Guangzhou at the end of 2024.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Find out more on Guangzhou Metro's notorious congestion here:
Then two LRVs crashed when testing on Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT, pausing tests on the much delayed project. The 1st segment of Chengdu Metro opened in 2010 while the Crosstown started construction in 2011. How big will the Chengdu Metro grow until the Crosstown finally opens?
Final test of Eglinton Crosstown paused after incident last week, province says | CBC News
Metrolinx has paused a final test of the Eglinton Crosstown light-rail transit line after an incident late last week, Ontario's transportation ministry says.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Then two LRVs crashed when testing on Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT, pausing tests on the much delayed project. The 1st segment of Chengdu Metro opened in 2010 while the Crosstown started construction in 2011. How big will the Chengdu Metro grow until the Crosstown finally opens?
Inshallah I guess.
October 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Inshallah I guess.
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.
Technical requirements require the CR450 to have completed 600,000 kilometers of successful testing before it can be used to carry passengers....
全球最快動車組CR450開展運用考核 明年將在成渝中線全面測試
《央視新聞》報道，被稱作「全球最快高鐵」的CR450動車組，正在滬渝蓉高鐵開展運用考核。「十四五」期間，中國加速織就交通「經緯網」，已擁有世界
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October 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Technical requirements require the CR450 to have completed 600,000 kilometers of successful testing before it can be used to carry passengers....
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....