Tag Archives: China Railways

Smoko time for Chinese train passengers

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Marcus Wong

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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Three years of changes to Hong Kong transport

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Marcus Wong

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.

New 'C-Train' EMU in service on the MTR Kwun Tong line Continue reading →

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China Railways 25Z class carriages

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Marcus Wong

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 →

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China Railways 25T class carriages

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Marcus Wong

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 →

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A quick guide to Chinese railway carriages

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Marcus Wong

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…

China Railways carriage RZ25T 110841 Continue reading →

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