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Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) released it's FY2025 Urban Railway Congestion Survey during the summer of 2026. I wrote a post with some of my thoughts on the results and Japanese train crowding in general. You can read... – at Bhutan
China's prototype locomotive hauled trainsets, the CR220J series was spotted being shipped around Jiangsu. These new trains will be deployed on the upcoming Sichuan-Tibet Line. Some cars will feature double deck capsule style sleeper berths found on later variants of the CRH2E.
Today the rest of Wuhan Metro Line 12 (top half, 25km) opened, completing the 60km long metro loop. In addition, a short 2km 2 station extension of the Yangluo Line also opened. This allows this suburban radial line to run deeper into central Wuhan and connect the ring line....
DevB has released the latest update to the Hung Hom Station redevelopment. The centerpiece landmark tower has been redesigned into two mixed use buildings are 184m and 236m tall with a skygarden. The residential portion of the project and total GFA has been increased. The...
Four residential towers on the east side of the original proposal (old Zone 2) has been removed and replaced with a harbourside promenade, most likely due to complaints from the existing Harbourfront Hotel Block A. The new Zone 2 (old Zone 3) will replace....
When I was in Tibet last month, I saw Mount Everest from the Chinese side. This picture I took standing 20km away from Everest at an altitude of 4,900m above the sea level:
The Korean Chinese collab no one expected. – at Macau
Can confirm. Toronto's "world's slowest trams" get outpaced by Hong Kong's goofy two axle double decker meter gauge trams made of wood. – at Macau
Toronto spent the same amount of money per km to build a a suburban surface tramway as China or France would to build a city center metro... An that same suburban surface tramway doesn't even work half the time. – at Macau
Where will JRUrbane travel too next? Sadly it does not have a vast rail system but it's still pretty cool. – at Macau
While I was in Tibet a few weeks ago, a smattering of Chinese metros opened. Nanjing Metro Line 6 Phase 1 opened on 29 Sept 2026. Line 6 is essentially a northern extension of S1/S7 Line complex the some trains from Line S1/S7 trains thru operating....
into L6. Nanjing Metro Line 6 Phase 1 is 32km long with 19 stations. It is a fully underground city center line supporting 6 car Type B trains and is estimated to cost 290 million 2025 USD/km to build (adjusted for local costs via PPP)...
A smattering of Chinese metros opened when was in Tibet a few weeks ago. The 20km long 17 station urban crosstown Line 5 Phase I opened on 28 Sept 2026. The 15 year old Changchun Metro is now 160km long. L5 is estimated to cost 310 million 2025 USD/km to build, adjusted...
While I was in Tibet a few weeks ago, a smattering of Chinese metros opened. Qingdao Metro Line 8's south extension opened on 22 Sept 2026. The 13km long extension plunges the radial Line 8 deep into one of Qingdao's CBDs. The 10 year old Qingdao Metro is now 360km long....
With the extension Line 8, early morning and night express trains started operating however Line 8 was never designed for express/local services and has limited overtaking infrastructure so the express runs are limited prompted some online ridicule....
