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Tag Archives: China Railways
Smoko time for Chinese train passengers
As the world’s largest consumer and producer of tobacco, China is a country where smoking is still prevalent and enforcement of smoking bans is almost non existent. You’ll find Chinese people smoking anywhere and everywhere – even sneaking in a 30 second cigarette breaks when travelling by train.
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Tagged China, China Railway High-speed, China Railways, CRH, smoking, trains
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Three years of changes to Hong Kong transport
It has been three years since my last visit to Hong Kong, and in that time there has been a number of changes to local transport.
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Tagged China Railways, construction, CRH, Hong Kong, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, railway, trains
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China Railways 25Z class carriages
Here is another follow up to my quick guide to Chinese railway carriages: this time on the ’25Z’ class. These carriages are used on shorter distance trains in China, such as the Hong Kong – Guangzhou service, which takes around … Continue reading
China Railways 25T class carriages
Yesterday I posted a quick guide to Chinese railway carriages, today is a post about a specific class of carriage: the ’25T’ class. These carriages are used on longer distance trains in China, such as the overnight trains from Hong … Continue reading
A quick guide to Chinese railway carriages
In my recent post about Hong Kong’s intercity through trains I mentioned the use of locomotive hauled carriages: here is a quick guide to identifying them…