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Train carriages washed away

The K165 train from Xi’an to Kunming dropped two carriages into a river in Sichuan. No one died.

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Some problems with train tickets and the Ministry of Railways

A blogger tries to return to Beijing by train but discovers he has to buy a ticket for several stations beyond the city.

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A bridge collapse and a train crash

A bridge collapsed in Tieli, Heilongjiang Province, and two trains collided in Chenzhou, Hunan Province.

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Wen Jiabao takes a phantom train

State media reported that Wen Jiabao took the nonexistent D18 train back to Beijing.

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How to get a ticket home for the holidays

A bit of advice on how to score a seat on a crowded Spring Festival train.

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Subway trains to shelter Sichuan homeless

An ingenious use of decommissioned subway cars provides an immediate solution for a few of the thousands left homeless by the devastating earthquake in Sichuan.

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Speed to blame in the Shandong train crash

The Beijing News (新京报) reported the April 28 railway accident today on its front page today

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Visions of the Qinghai-Tibet railway

Han Song (韩松) on the new ‘ladder to the sky’ – an excerpt of a story called ‘The Special Train Ticket’ (特别火车票) aka ‘The Guilty Train Ticket’ (罪恶火车票), as well as his comments on the opening ceremony for the Qinghai-Tibet railroad.

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