China has established the world's most extensive high-speed railway network in just two decades. Since the first line launched in 2008, the network has grown to roughly 25,000 miles, more than ...

Since China's very first high-speed railway came into operation in 2008, the scale of China's high-speed rail network has exploded to cover 42,000 kilometers, accounting for more than 70 percent ...

China aims to accelerate research and development of key core technologies and application-oriented technological innovations this year, with a focus on developing a faster bullet train capable of ...

Under the plan, China will construct about 200,000km (125,000 miles) of railways by 2035, a milestone year in which the nation is set to achieve President Xi Jinping’s vision for a “modern ...

China has unveiled a new high-speed bullet train designed for extremely cold climates. The CR400AF-G train can operate at speeds of up to 350 kilometers per hour in temperatures as low as -40 ...

The train system is one of the biggest public works in history, and it’s becoming a giant money pit. ... China Is Building 30,000 Miles of High-Speed Rail—That It Might Not Need ...

The majority of China’s high-speed rail is reliant on debt financing, which led to CRC’s debt increasing almost tenfold from $70.70bn in 2005 to $4.72tn in 2016. This is part of a wider fiscal in ...

China’s railway operator is laying track for a record-breaking 2025, with the country’s total high-speed railway mileage projected to reach over 50,000km and transport revenue set to surpass 1 ...

China's military has pulled ahead of the rest of the world in terms of its high-speed rail capabilities, which include a network that spans the country and the world's fastest train, the Shanghai ...

From 2016 to last year, the annual number of China-Europe freight train services surged from 1,702 to over 17,000, a tenfold increase with an average annual growth rate of 39.5 per cent.