China's railway network reached a record of 165,000 kilometers as of the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), with the high-speed rail system surpassing 50,000 kilometers. China has built ...

According to local reports, China’s high-speed railway network surpassed the 50,000-kilometer mark thanks to the launch of the Xi’an-Yan’an link on Friday. The new 299-kilometer (185-mile) line is ...

China is racing to build a new kind of train that does not just rival jetliners, it threatens to redefine what “high speed” even means on land. Engineers are now testing a magnetic levitation system ...

China has set a new benchmark in high-speed rail technology, with a Maglev prototype reaching 800 km/h in just 5.3 seconds, ...

The technology that virtually links locomotives could boost the country's freight capacity by 50 per cent, state broadcaster ...

China will launch a fleet of special “silver trains” specially built for the comfort and safety of elderly people to encourage its rapidly ageing population to travel – and spend – more, as it ...

A bullet train departed Yan’an on Friday, linking the sacred revolutionary heartland to the country’s high-speed rail network ...

China has successfully tested its new ultra-high-speed (UHS) maglev train, which can reach speeds up to 621 mph, making it the fastest train in the world. The demonstration, carried out in Shanxi ...

Researchers at China's National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) have accelerated a one-ton vehicle from a dead stop ...

On 26 December 2025, China reached a major infrastructure milestone, officially surpassing 50,000 kilometers in total ...

With the opening of the Xi'an-Yan'an line on Friday, China's high-speed rail (HSR) network has surpassed 50,000 kilometers in ...

Children from Guangxi experience dumpling-making on train K7041 in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Dec. 30, 2025.