CHENGDU, June 13 (Xinhua) Layi Aga, 76, broke into a smile as she recalled the day she saw a train pull into a railway station for the first time in her life
2021-04-28 09:43 By: Xinhua Though home to the world s most developed high-speed railway network, China still regularly operates 81 slow train services, covering 35 ethnic minority-populated regions, transporting some 12 million people annually at an average cost of no more than 0.06 yuan per km. Slow train service has been operating in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China s Sichuan Province, for over half a century, becoming a lifeline for generations of local people.
by Xinhua writers Cao Bin and Wu Guangyu
CHENGDU, April 27 (Xinhua) In an age of ever-extending high-speed rail networks and a race for efficiency, slow trains with an average speed of less than 40 km per hour are still running in the mountains and deserts in remote corners of China.
Though home to the world s most developed high-speed railway network, China still regularly operates 81 slow train services, covering 35 ethnic minority-populated regions, transporting some 12 million people annually at an average cost of no more than 0.06 yuan per km.
Slow train service has been operating in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China s Sichuan Province, for over half a century, becoming a lifeline for generations of local people.
In an age of ever-extending high-speed rail networks and a race for efficiency, slow trains with an average speed of less than 40 km per hour are still running in the mountains and deserts in remote corners of China.