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Tag Archives: high speed trains
Hong Kong high speed rail and the People’s Liberation Army
In 2016 an interesting conspiracy theory emerged in Hong Kong – would the new high speed rail link to Mainland China be used by the People’s Liberation Army to invade the Special Administrative Region? The People’s Liberation Army Hong Kong […]
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Tagged China, China Railway High-speed, high speed trains, Hong Kong, mainland, military, People's Liberation Army
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Shek Kong stabling sidings and emergency rescue station
On Sunday 23 September 2018 the Express Rail Link into Hong Kong opened to passengers, connecting the city to the high-speed rail network of China. The railway runs through a 26 kilometre long tunnel from the China border at Mai […]
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Tagged China, China Railway High-speed, depots, high speed trains, Hong Kong, mainland, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, New Territories, rail operations, railway
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Changing tracks on the Shanghai Maglev
There has been plenty written about the Shanghai Maglev train and the magnetic levitation technology which allows to reach a maximum speed of 431 km/h on the journey from Pudong International Airport. But none of it covers the operational details […]
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Tagged China, high speed trains, maglev, Pudong International Airport, Shanghai, Shanghai Maglev Train, trains
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MTR Through Trains and the Express Rail Link
September 2018 saw first high-speed train service travel between between Hong Kong and Mainland China, following the opening of the the new Express Rail Link and the new West Kowloon Terminus. So what has happened to the locomotive hauled Intercity […]
Mixing conventional and high speed trains in China
China’s high speed rail network is the biggest in the world, but not all of it is dedicated to high speed trains – on some routes conventional trains also share the tracks. Combined traffic Shanghai Railway Station was the first […]
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Tagged Beijing, China, China Railway High-speed, high speed trains, Shanghai, Xian
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