The Chinese Rail Briefing by Trains Plus – Details, episodes & analysis

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The Chinese Rail Briefing by Trains Plus

David Feng - Trains Plus

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/11d. Total Eps: 8

Learn more about the developments of the national/regional railway, city metro/urban rail, and tram networks in China. Weekly podcasts about the state of the Chinese railways, and more.

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Show 08 (14 Mar 2024) - New Ideas for China's High-Quality Rail Development

Friday, March 15, 2024 • Duration 28:23

In probably the most personal show yet, David Feng shares with listeners about his plans for improving the railways — from his set of 100 suggestions for the railways in 2013 (realised to significant extents) to a new list of 100 suggestions as Beijing focuses on high-quality development. (Being Swiss, this is almost like home turf!)

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Show 07 (04 Mar 2024) - Beijing Subway - It's Still Expanding

Monday, March 4, 2024 • Duration 25:01

The Beijing Subway is now the world's largest urban rail (city metro) network, and it's still expanding! In this show — a genuine smorgasbord of new lines and developments to come. Dongdaqiao station is becoming 4-line interchange — huge, only to be overpowered by a 5-line Lize Business Hub station! Get ready for Line 28, the CBD Line, then hop right on up to the planned Line 101 in City Hall East... as well as other new projects. Did you know Line 1 is getting a branch line, or Line 13 is being split up into two?...
NOTE: Starting from this episode, updates are 10 days apart, but on fixed dates: the 4th, 14, and 24th of every month.

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Show 06 (21 Feb 2024) - Soft Seat, Hard Seat - I'd Like to Return to the Classics

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 • Duration 24:18

In this show, after a quick look at Chunyun (Spring Festival peak travel season) stats, it's all the way back to the Classics — Classic Rail — and its two categories of seated travel, Soft Seat (rare) and Hard Seat (more often seen), as well as the rather rare(-by-now) Premier Class. Although Hard Seat (and High Speed Second Class) remain the most frequently-encountered classes of travel, it's the special, and less seen, travel classes that keep it special. Finally, a brief look at two new rail hubs being made — Hefei West and a new hub in Tongzhou, far eastern Beijing...

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