Slow trains bear witness to changes in SW China

STORY: Slow trains bear witness to changes in SW China DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:25 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the slow train, passengers and Liu Wei 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU WEI, Conductor of Train 5633/5634 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU WEI, Conductor of Train 5633/5634 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU WEI, Conductor of Train 5633/5634 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LIU WEI, Conductor of Train 5633/5634 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): LIU WEI, Conductor of Train 5633/5634 STORYLINE: This is a slow train traversing in a mountainous region of Sichuan, China. In an age of ever-extending high-speed rail networks, slow trains are still running in remote areas of the country, carrying the hope of local people. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU WEI, Conductor of Train 5633/5634 "The lowest fare on this train is 2 yuan (about 0.3 USD). The highest is 26.5 yuan (about 3.96 USD). It hasn't changed for over 30 years." "To Xichang and Xide, this way." "This way to Xide." "Take

CHINA-SICHUAN-LIANGSHAN-BULLET TRAIN-LAUNCH (CN)

CHINA-SICHUAN-LIANGSHAN-BULLET TRAIN-LAUNCH (CN)

(220110) -- CHENGDU, Jan. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students from Xide County who used to take the "slow train" for school pose for a group photo in front of D843 "Fuxing" bullet train at Xichang West Railway station in Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 10, 2022. A "Fuxing" high-speed Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) left Xichang City in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, for Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Monday. It marked the departure of the first "Fuxing" bullet train from the prefecture in the remote Daliang Mountain, one of China's most recent areas to shake off abject poverty. The high-speed train operates at a speed of 160 km per hour on the new Chengdu-Kunming railway, which runs almost parallel to an existing railway between the two cities. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)