The new East Kowloon railway line, expected to be completed by 2033, should target more residents in nearby areas with affordable fares, a lawmaker and a district councillor have said, after Hong Kong authorities revealed further details about the project. In his 2023 policy address, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced the plan to introduce…
A Shenzhen Airlines flight was delayed for two hours after the arm of a member of the cabin crew was bitten when she intervened in a row between two passengers. According to a statement from the airline, the incident unfolded on April 1 when a plane scheduled to fly from Shenzhen in southern China to…
A rare and historically valuable cross-border intercity KTT train being displayed by Hong Kong’s rail operator has had parts removed and damaged just one day after the exhibition opened to the public. The MTR Corporation said on Saturday it discovered the day before that some of the hoods from the train’s reading lamps had been…
A rare and historically valuable cross-border intercity KTT train being displayed by Hong Kong’s rail operator has had parts removed and damaged just one day after the exhibition opened to the public. The MTR Corporation said on Saturday it discovered the day before that some of the hoods from the train’s reading lamps had been…
China’s military has pulled ahead of the rest of the world in terms of its high-speed rail capabilities, which include a network that spans the country and the world’s fastest train, the Shanghai Maglev, which travels 30 kilometers (about 18.6 miles) in 8 minutes. China’s high-speed rail network overshadows Japan, the inventor of ultrafast “bullet…
Passengers will be able to watch ultra-high-definition videos or enjoy online gaming on their smartphones while travelling at 1,000km/h (621mph) on high-speed trains, after Chinese scientists discovered a way to achieve it. Still under development, China’s new generation of high-speed trains can travel at speeds faster than commercial airliners through near-vacuum tubes using magnetic levitation….
The S&P 500 Index has given back more than half of its post-election rally as Friday’s selloff steepens, with sticky inflation and hawkish comments from the Federal Reserve weighing on sentiment. The broad equities benchmark was down 1.4 percent at midway through the session, putting it on track to lose 2.2 percent for the week,…
Difficulty: Explorer (Level 1) How often do you ride the metro? A lot of engineering knowledge is needed to build the trains. China is home to the world’s longest metro systems: Beijing and Shanghai. Beijing’s subway opened in 1971 and is the oldest metro system in China. It carries about 10 million passengers every day….