Tag Archives: Shanghai

Standard metro trains of China

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Marcus Wong

With the past 20 years having seen an explosion in new metro systems being built in cities across China, a number of standards have developed for the trains that run their tracks. Here is a quick summary of the different […]

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Shanghai to Beijing by high speed train

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Marcus Wong

Continuing my recent theme of travels across mainland China, today we’re retracing my journey from Shanghai to Beijing by high speed train. Getting to the station I made my way from my hotel across Shanghai by metro. Arriving at Hongqiao […]

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Railfan’s guide to Shanghai, China

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Marcus Wong

My 2013 visit to Shanghai was only for a few days, so I didn’t get much time to look around the city. None the less, here are a few suggested places for a railfan to visit. The obvious The Shanghai […]

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Cable hauled trains under Shanghai’s Huangpu River

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Marcus Wong

Shanghai seems to be the China’s home of gadgetbahns – modes of public transportation that are unnecessary complicated. The Shanghai Maglev and the Zhangjiang Tram are two examples, but Shanghai has a third – the cable hauled trains that run […]

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Exploring the Shanghai Metro

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Marcus Wong

It’s time for another leg of my journey into ‘Mainland’ China – a tour of the Shanghai Metro. The first line opened in 1993, and is now the largest metro network by route length, as well as one of the […]

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