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Let’s See: How Expensive Are China’s Trains?

When you do the maths, the Eurostar actually turns out quite a bit more “on top”… service, likely, but look at that price tag…

5 min readMay 15, 2024

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Let’s See: How Expensive Are China’s Trains?

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Kids, Train Doors, Safety, and Usability

The point where you access a train constitute a potential safety risk if you’re travelling with the younger of the younger generation…

4 min readMay 14, 2024

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Kids, Train Doors, Safety, and Usability

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Sustainable Mileage

Dealing with Rail Capacity Bottlenecks — Swiss and Chinese-Style

Both Swiss and Chinese railways are immensely popular — victim of their own success, they’ve had to get creative about how to carry more…

3 min readMay 12, 2024

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Dealing with Rail Capacity Bottlenecks — Swiss and Chinese-Style

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Sustainable Mileage

Underground Rail Platforms: The Swiss Success Story

Starting in Zürich, the addition of underground platforms seem to have made a beneficial impact for rail in the city and in the region —…

3 min readMay 11, 2024

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Underground Rail Platforms: The Swiss Success Story

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Switzerland Wants to Run a Long-Distance Train Every 15 Minutes. The Rest of the World is Stunned.

I’ve been talking to everyone about this development from the heart of Europe. This was the jaw-dropper announcement that startled…

3 min readMay 8, 2024

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Switzerland Wants to Run a Long-Distance Train Every 15 Minutes. The Rest of the World is Stunned.

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Designing Beijing South Railway Station May Have Been A Very Difficult Challenge

China was experimenting with a new, and massive mass way (if you will), of transporting people at high speeds. It had to design something…

5 min readMay 8, 2024

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Designing Beijing South Railway Station May Have Been A Very Difficult Challenge

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Sustainable Mileage

The World’s Longest + Fastest High Speed Railway is Reality on 15 June 2024

The Wuhan-Guangzhou part of the Beijing-Guangzhou HSR will run trains at up to 350 km/h (217 mph) on 15 June 2024, connecting it with the…

5 min readMay 7, 2024

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The World’s Longest + Fastest High Speed Railway is Reality on 15 June 2024

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Rescuing Subway Line 13 Train Pictures — Returning to Medium

Some pictures of Trains are too good to lose…

2 min readMay 6, 2024

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Rescuing Subway Line 13 Train Pictures — Returning to Medium

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China, Please Keep Your Rail Station Legacy Intact

Too often have existing stations been demolished in the name of renewal…

3 min readApr 18, 2024

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China, Please Keep Your Rail Station Legacy Intact

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Billions and Billions Served (Sorry, McDonald’s, I’m Talking About China Railways)

Ten-figure digit patronage in not even the first 100 days of 2024. The busy China Railways we know is back.

3 min readApr 16, 2024

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A picture of a busy exit passagway at Beijing West railway station

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David Feng

David Feng

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Beijing born, Zürich Swiss. Ex-Londoner (HA1). I like trains. HSR / Rail & Metro specialist. Media, podcasts, rail documentaries. Author. TEDx speaker.

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