Chinese Rail Transport Appreciation & News

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On the last day of the May Day holiday, a peak in return trips was observed nationwide. China's railway network handled approximately 112 million passenger trips during the May Day holiday travel rush, which kicked off on April 29.



Passengers arrive at Beijing South Railway Station, May 5, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Jia Tianyong)



Passengers pass through the self check-in gates at Beijing South Railway Station, May 5, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Jia Tianyong)



Passengers walk on the platform at Nanjing Railway Station, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 5, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)



Passengers walk on the platform at Nanjing Railway Station, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 5, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)



Passengers walk on the platform at Nanjing Railway Station, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 5, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)

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Railway staff wait for the departure inside the high-speed test train in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 9, 2025. With the departure of the high-speed test train from Chongqing East Railway Station, the joint debugging and test of Chongqing section of the newly-built Chongqing-Xiamen high-speed railway were successfully completed and started its test operation on Friday. (All photos by Xinhua/Tang Yi)



Railway staff prepare to board the high-speed test train in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 9, 2025.



An aerial drone photo shows the high-speed test train departing from Chongqing East Railway Station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 9, 2025.




The high-speed test train parks at Chongqing East Railway Station waiting for the departure in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 9, 2025.



The high-speed test train departs from Chongqing East Railway Station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 9, 2025.

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A drone photo shows an exterior view of Yunnan Railway Museum in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 14, 2025. Housed in Kunming North Railway Station, the Yunnan Railway Museum takes the century-long development history of Yunnan railway as the leading story line to narrate the frog-leaping evolution railway gauge standards from meter gauge to inch gauge, and standard gauge, as well as railway technologies from steam locomotives to high-speed rails. (Photo by Yang Zixuan/Xinhua)



Samples of different railway tracks are pictured at Yunnan Railway Museum in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)




People visit Yunnan Railway Museum in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 16, 2025. (Photos by Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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People visit Yunnan Railway Museum in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 14, 2025. Housed in Kunming North Railway Station, the Yunnan Railway Museum takes the century-long development history of Yunnan railway as the leading story line to narrate the frog-leaping evolution railway gauge standards from meter gauge to inch gauge, and standard gauge, as well as railway technologies from steam locomotives to high-speed rails. (Photos by Chen Xinbo/Yang Zixuan/Xinhua)