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 China will spend 800 billion yuan ($120 billion) as part of an ambitious plan to double its high-speed rail network by 2012, the Ministry of Railways said on Wednesday. |
The Yichang-Yiwan Railway, totalling 377 km in length, runs from the Yiwan District in southwest China's Chongqing municipality to Yichang city of Hubei province. |
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Shanghai-Nanjing intercity railway starts operation A new high-speed rail service intended to boost development in one of China's major economic zones opened to passengers Thursday. The new service, with trains running at up to 350 km an hour, more than halves the traveling time between Shanghai and Nanjing, capital of neighboring Jiangsu Province. |
China to add 20,000 km of rail in west regions China plans to add 20,000 kilometers of operational railways to the network in the western regions in the next 10 years, involving a total investment of 1.5 trillion yuan ($221.51 billion), the China Business News reported Friday. |
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Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed rail starts operation The 505-km Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed railway, the first of its kind in central and western China, cut the travel time between the two cities from former more than six hours to less than two hours, said local railway authorities Saturday. High-speed railways in S China to exceed 5,000km |
Tibet railway extension under construction China on Sunday began construction on an extension to the world's highest rail link, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The construction will connect the Tibetan capital of Lhasa to Xigaze, Tibet's second largest city. Tibet plans huge investment in highway construction |
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The first inter-provincial subway project in China, which will connect Shanghai and Kunshan, Jiangsu province, has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission. |
Beijing - China is set to relax its airspace restrictions in the coming decade to boost the development of the general aviation industry. |
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First subway line for ancient China capital to open next year XI'AN - Major construction of the first subway traversing the ancient Chinese city of Xi'an, home of the "terra-cotta warriors," was completed Friday. |
Low-altitude airspace flights ready to take off Chinese stocks related to aerospace and military industries rallied strongly on Friday after reports that the Chinese government has put the opening of tightly controlled low-altitude airspace on its agenda. |
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Beijing subway's Changping Line in trial operation BEIJING - Beijing subway's Changping Line was put into trial operation Sunday and is scheduled to go into official operation by the end of 2010, said subway constructors. The Changping line, together with four other lines scheduled for operation by the end of the year, will extend the length of Beijing's subway to 300 km, according to subway constructors. New subway starts trial run in Shanghai |
China's rich fly high in 200 jets despite ban Nearly 200 private planes are owned by China's billionaires even though the country's low-altitude airspace is not open and most private flying is deemed illegal, Guangzhou Daily reported Tuesday.
Sichuan magnate keen on private aircraft |
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 Subway line set to open in Northeast China |
 New subway starts trial run in Shanghai |
 China's first amphibious plane starts test flight |
 Airspace access props Cirrus |