37 stations to pilot name-based train ticket system

2010-01-12 08:46:23 GMT China Daily The Chinese railway authorities will try out a name-based train ticket system at 37 stations managed by Chengdu Railway Bureau and Guangzhou Railway Group during the Spring Festival this year, the Beijing News reported Friday.

China pilots name-based train ticket sales during Spring Festival traffic rush

2010-01-11 16:36:45 GMT Xinhua English GUANGZHOU, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's railway authorities are gearing up for a real-name ticket selling system to stop ticket scalping during the upcoming Spring Festival traffic rush.

China to start pilot system of name-based train ticket

2010-01-09 08:20:38 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- China will pilot a system requiring train travelers to buy tickets with their own personal IDs to crack down on hoarding by scaplers during the annual transportation peak.

China's Vice Premier underscores safety of railway transport

2010-01-07 15:29:05 GMT Xinhua English BEIJING, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang urged the country's railway departments to make efforts to promote safe railway transport and build quality railway projects to better serve socio-economic development.

Railway passengers reach peak as New Year holidays end

2010-01-04 00:27:04 GMT Xinhua English Passengers walk on the platform after their arrival in Hefei railway station in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 3, 2010. The railway service in Hefei railway station faced passenger peak as the new year holiday came to an end.

East China builds 105 bln yuan railway network

2009-12-31 08:14:21 GMT Xinhua English FUZHOU, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A ceremony was held Thursday to mark the start of construction on seven railway projects and operation of another three high-speed railroads, linking Fujian Province with other east China provinces.

China to launch high-speed railway from central to south China

2009-12-09 11:47:34 GMT Xinhua English WUHAN, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A railway linking Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province and Guangdong's capital Guangzhou city was set for trial run on Wednesday.

Magnificent Wuhan Railway Station

2009-12-10 14:23:40 GMT Xinhua English The main building of Wuhan Railway Station lights up for test, Dec. 9, 2009. Wuhan Railway Station locates in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, and has 11 platforms ,a total of 20 track. The station costing more than 14 billion RMB yuan (2.4 billion U.S. dollars) is scheduled to be put into use on Dec. 20. It is the first station built for the Wuhan-Guangzhou high speed railway passenger special line.