New nationwide train schedule takes effect in China
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Passengers board train No. G340 at the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, on Jan. 26, 2026. A new nationwide train schedule has taken effect in China from Jan. 26, 2026 with improved passenger and freight transport capacity and efficiency. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
The conductor of train No. G340 prepares to close the train doors at the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, on Jan. 26, 2026. A new nationwide train schedule has taken effect in China from Jan. 26, 2026 with improved passenger and freight transport capacity and efficiency. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
A train departs the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, on Jan. 26, 2026. A new nationwide train schedule has taken effect in China from Jan. 26, 2026 with improved passenger and freight transport capacity and efficiency. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Passengers board train No. G340 at the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, on Jan. 26, 2026. A new nationwide train schedule has taken effect in China from Jan. 26, 2026 with improved passenger and freight transport capacity and efficiency. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2026 shows a train pulling into the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. A new nationwide train schedule has taken effect in China from Jan. 26, 2026 with improved passenger and freight transport capacity and efficiency. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2026 shows a train departing the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. A new nationwide train schedule has taken effect in China from Jan. 26, 2026 with improved passenger and freight transport capacity and efficiency. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
A train attendant checks fire extinguisher condition in a carriage of train No. G340 before departure at the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, on Jan. 26, 2026. A new nationwide train schedule has taken effect in China from Jan. 26, 2026 with improved passenger and freight transport capacity and efficiency. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
The conductor of train No. G340 prepares for departure at the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, on Jan. 26, 2026. A new nationwide train schedule has taken effect in China from Jan. 26, 2026 with improved passenger and freight transport capacity and efficiency. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2026 shows a train departing the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. A new nationwide train schedule has taken effect in China from Jan. 26, 2026 with improved passenger and freight transport capacity and efficiency.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
