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Zhengzhou-Xuzhou HSR Sees Finalized Plans for Dangshan South Station
In brief:Planning and works continue on the Zhengzhou-Xuzhou HSR with a midway station, Dangshan South, finalized. HSR Works The route of the 362.39 km-long Zhengzhou-Xuzhou HSR is being finalized as...
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Tracking China Now Has A Logo!
Just wanted the fine folks visiting us in Beta to take a look at our new logo here at Tracking China. It is an abstract amalgamation between the head of a high speed train at the platform and a Metro...
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Tianjin Metro Line 3 Ready for Chinese National Day Opening
In brief:Tianjin’s Metro Line 3 will open on 01 October 2012, in time for the Chinese National Day. Tianjin Metro logo The Tianjin city planning and construction government bodies have affirmed that...
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From Today, Lost Personal Train Tickets Will Be Replaced
In brief:Beginning, if you lose your personal train ticket in China, you can get it replaced — once. Railway tickets The day has come — it is now perfectly OK to lose a train ticket in China and have...
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Timetable Changes for Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou HSR Trains as of 15 May 2012
In brief:HSR trains running between Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou will see timetable changes beginning 15 May 2012. A station on the Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity High Speed Railway The Shanghai Railway...
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Tianjin Metro Finalizes Networked Fares
In brief:The Tianjin Metro has finalized new fares to enter effect on 01 July 2012. Tianjin Metro logo The Tianjin Metro will either be cheaper or more expensive (or most likely remain much the same)...
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Sudden Tweets of Chinese Train Knowledge (16 May 2012)
We are adding this new bit to Tracking China as we’re also tweeting on Twitter (@TrackingCN — some guy took away @TrackingChina so we’re in ID limbo…). Once a day, we’ll summarize the best we’ve...
View ArticleA Few Words From David
In bullet form so it’s quick… As of late this site has been working hard on improving its Metro / Subway info for the city of Beijing. The merger between Beijingology and this site has been moved to...
View ArticleTracking China: Testing 2.0…
Situations beyond our control precipitated in the early but temporary closure of the web site from 05 October 2012, but we are happy that all issues have been dealt with so that we are now back and...
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Test Drive: The CRH380CL
About some time back, I got news from both a Zhenjiang-based rail fan and from crew at Beijing Rail that the new CRH380CL high speed train was going to be put into service on a trial basis. So who was...
View ArticleValid Chinese ID Will Double as HSR E-Ticket on Beijing-Zhengzhou HSR...
For passport-toting foreigners, this will be less than spectacular news for you (although less folks in line picking up their ticket can’t certainly be bad news!), but feel free to tell your Chinese...
View ArticleNanjing-Hangzhou HSR: Don’t Get Your Station Names Wrong, Changxing and Deqing!
HSR services will soon be commencing for several new cities and counties in Eastern China, including Changxing and Deqing in the province of Zhejiang. However, the arrival of the new fast trains also...
View ArticleXi’an Continues to Be a Popular Rail Getaway
The Dragon Boat (Duanwu) Festival three-day break turned out to be a good time to travel, and in China’s ancient capital where it all began — Xi’an (西安) — over 820,000 took to the rails, according to...
View ArticleTaiyuan-Xi’an HSR Ready By Mid-2014
News coming in from the official 7 o’clock news here in China: Rail tracks are being laid on the Taiyuan-Xi’an HSR, which is a part of the larger Datong-Xi’an HSR. The entire Taiyuan-Xi’an HSR opens by...
View ArticleNew Ürümqi – Ji’nan Service Starting Early July 2013
That’s 3,134 km. About the same as going from St Petersburg, Russia, all the way to Avignon, France. Except for this time, you go through about six or seven provinces of China rather than six or seven...
View ArticleChinese Cargo Rail: A Whole New Game Starting Today
Most of us here are passengers — we do have bags but probably not the quantity that can fill up an entire carriage. Still, if you’re a rail-addicted expat moving from Beijing to Shanghai (as an example...
View ArticleBeijing-Ürümqi T Train Schedules (01 July 2013–) Released
Ever wanted to visit the mythical northwest in Xinjiang? There are two trains serving the capital and Ürümqi every day. These are:— Train T69 to Ürumqi (T70 back to Beijing) departing Beijing West...
View ArticleBeijing-Shanghai HSR Gets Minor Changes
The partial revisions to the national railway schedules, which take effect from 01 July 2013, will mean that new stops are to be introduced for some express HSR services to Shanghai Hongqiao. This is...
View ArticleJi’nan West: Major Timetable Changes Beginning 01 July 2013
Ji’nan, the capital of the province of Shandong, is home to its still-new West Railway Station, which is the city’s HSR hub. The station is set to be home to a dizzying array of new trains come 01 July...
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