Over 8,000 high-speed trains across China to provide quiet car services
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Passengers sit at a quiet car on train No. G54 travelling from Hefei, east China’s Anhui Province to Beijing, capital of China on Feb. 1, 2026. More than 8,000 high-speed trains across China will provide quiet car services starting from Feb. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Du Yu)
Passengers rest at a quiet car on train No. G54 travelling from Hefei, east China’s Anhui Province to Beijing, capital of China on Feb. 1, 2026. More than 8,000 high-speed trains across China will provide quiet car services starting from Feb. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Du Yu)
Passengers rest at a quiet car on train No. G54 travelling from Hefei, east China’s Anhui Province to Beijing, capital of China on Feb. 1, 2026. More than 8,000 high-speed trains across China will provide quiet car services starting from Feb. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Du Yu)
Passengers sit at a quiet car on train No. G54 travelling from Hefei, east China’s Anhui Province to Beijing, capital of China on Feb. 1, 2026. More than 8,000 high-speed trains across China will provide quiet car services starting from Feb. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Du Yu)
A train attendant holds a “Keep Quiet” placard at a quiet car on train No. G12 travelling from east China’s Shanghai to Beijing, capital of China, on Feb. 1, 2026. More than 8,000 high-speed trains across China will provide quiet car services starting from Feb. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)
Passengers sit at a quiet car on train No. G12 travelling from east China’s Shanghai to Beijing, capital of China, on Feb. 1, 2026. More than 8,000 high-speed trains across China will provide quiet car services starting from Feb. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)
The conductor of train No. G12 travelling from east China’s Shanghai to Beijing, capital of China arranges a headrest cover with a “Keep Quiet” sign at a quiet car on Feb. 1, 2026. More than 8,000 high-speed trains across China will provide quiet car services starting from Feb. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)
The conductor of train No. G1373 travelling from east China’s Shanghai to Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, posts a “Quiet Car” sign at a quiet car on Feb. 1, 2026. More than 8,000 high-speed trains across China will provide quiet car services starting from Feb. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)
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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.…
