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May 13, 2026 | Metros

China’s metros reach record length

Total network length exceeded 10,000km at the end of 2025.

March 12, 2026 | Asia

Beijing - Pyongyang passenger services resume

Cross-border trains complete the journey in approximately 24 hours.

January 26, 2026 | Asia

China introduces new timetable

Over 400 new freight and passenger services will run from January 26.

December 24, 2025 | Metros

Flurry of Chinese metro openings planned

More than a dozen new metro lines and extensions are set to open in cities across China at the end of the year. AJ Benton rounds up the major additions.

December 3, 2025 | High-speed

High-speed projects make progress in China

Panzhou - Xingyi line opens as testing starts on other projects.

August 8, 2025 | High-speed

400km/h - The new frontier in high-speed operation

China Railway has set itself an ambitious task: introduce 400km/h commercial operation on key high-speed lines. Kevin Smith reflects on how China reached this milestone and reports from the 12th UIC World Congress on High-Speed Rail held in Beijing on July 8-11, where progress with these plans, the next great paradigm shift in high-speed rail, were revealed.

March 10, 2025 | Metros

Chinese metro networks grow at pace

Over the last 20 years China has been a prolific builder of new metro networks. Hans-Ulrich Riedel, who has researched the topic extensively, gives IRJ readers exclusive access to some of the data he has compiled and summarises recent and future metro developments in some of the cities with the largest networks.

December 17, 2024 | Metros

Three metro projects completed in Beijing

Opening of two new lines and one extension adds 43km to metro network.

February 15, 2023 | Passenger

IRJ News in brief - Transit

Civil engineering contracts awarded in Toulouse, Manila, São Paulo, and Toronto, EIB loan for Pune metro and new lines open in Beijing and Taipei.

November 23, 2021 | High-speed

Testing starts at Beijing Fengtai two-level station

The rebuilt station will have 12 tracks for high-speed and 20 tracks for conventional trains.

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