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CHINA-GUIZHOU-CHONGQING-SLOW TRAIN (CN)

(231017) -- ZUNYI, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager sells vegetables on train No. 5630 linking Zunyi, southwest China's Guizhou Province, to southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 17, 2023. Since the operation in 1993, "Slow Trains" No.5630/5629, operating between Zunyi of Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, have been important means of transportation for villagers in mountainous areas along the line. The train travels about 300 kilometers and takes more than seven hours, stopping at 21 stations along the way. Due to its low fare and convenience, villagers living along the trains' route have been used to taking their agricultural products to the city to sell by this train. Local railway authorities also organize onboard markets sometimes, which allow villagers to sell goods to passengers and meanwhile provide passengers with a special travel experience. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-CHONGQING-SLOW TRAIN (CN)

(231017) -- ZUNYI, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villagers carrying agricultural products walk out of Tongzi railway station in southwest China's Guizhou Province after getting off train No. 5630 linking Zunyi, southwest China's Guizhou Province, to southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 17, 2023. Since the operation in 1993, "Slow Trains" No.5630/5629, operating between Zunyi of Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, have been important means of transportation for villagers in mountainous areas along the line. The train travels about 300 kilometers and takes more than seven hours, stopping at 21 stations along the way. Due to its low fare and convenience, villagers living along the trains' route have been used to taking their agricultural products to the city to sell by this train. Local railway authorities also organize onboard markets sometimes, which allow villagers to sell goods to passengers and meanwhile provide passengers with a special travel experience. (Xinhua/Liu

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-CHONGQING-SLOW TRAIN (CN)

(231017) -- ZUNYI, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A passenger gets on train No. 5630 from Loushanguan railway station in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 17, 2023. Since the operation in 1993, "Slow Trains" No.5630/5629, operating between Zunyi of Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, have been important means of transportation for villagers in mountainous areas along the line. The train travels about 300 kilometers and takes more than seven hours, stopping at 21 stations along the way. Due to its low fare and convenience, villagers living along the trains' route have been used to taking their agricultural products to the city to sell by this train. Local railway authorities also organize onboard markets sometimes, which allow villagers to sell goods to passengers and meanwhile provide passengers with a special travel experience. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-CHONGQING-SLOW TRAIN (CN)

(231017) -- ZUNYI, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A passenger buys ticket on train No. 5630 linking Zunyi, southwest China's Guizhou Province, to southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 17, 2023. Since the operation in 1993, "Slow Trains" No.5630/5629, operating between Zunyi of Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, have been important means of transportation for villagers in mountainous areas along the line. The train travels about 300 kilometers and takes more than seven hours, stopping at 21 stations along the way. Due to its low fare and convenience, villagers living along the trains' route have been used to taking their agricultural products to the city to sell by this train. Local railway authorities also organize onboard markets sometimes, which allow villagers to sell goods to passengers and meanwhile provide passengers with a special travel experience. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-CHONGQING-SLOW TRAIN (CN)

(231017) -- ZUNYI, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The chief conductor talks with a villager on train No. 5630 linking Zunyi, southwest China's Guizhou Province, to southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 17, 2023. Since the operation in 1993, "Slow Trains" No.5630/5629, operating between Zunyi of Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, have been important means of transportation for villagers in mountainous areas along the line. The train travels about 300 kilometers and takes more than seven hours, stopping at 21 stations along the way. Due to its low fare and convenience, villagers living along the trains' route have been used to taking their agricultural products to the city to sell by this train. Local railway authorities also organize onboard markets sometimes, which allow villagers to sell goods to passengers and meanwhile provide passengers with a special travel experience. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-CHONGQING-SLOW TRAIN (CN)

(231017) -- ZUNYI, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A passenger sorts out vegetables on train No. 5630 linking Zunyi, southwest China's Guizhou Province, to southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 17, 2023. Since the operation in 1993, "Slow Trains" No.5630/5629, operating between Zunyi of Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, have been important means of transportation for villagers in mountainous areas along the line. The train travels about 300 kilometers and takes more than seven hours, stopping at 21 stations along the way. Due to its low fare and convenience, villagers living along the trains' route have been used to taking their agricultural products to the city to sell by this train. Local railway authorities also organize onboard markets sometimes, which allow villagers to sell goods to passengers and meanwhile provide passengers with a special travel experience. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-CHONGQING-SLOW TRAIN (CN)

(231017) -- ZUNYI, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager carrying local specialties is about to board train No. 5630 from Loushanguan railway station in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 17, 2023. Since the operation in 1993, "Slow Trains" No.5630/5629, operating between Zunyi of Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, have been important means of transportation for villagers in mountainous areas along the line. The train travels about 300 kilometers and takes more than seven hours, stopping at 21 stations along the way. Due to its low fare and convenience, villagers living along the trains' route have been used to taking their agricultural products to the city to sell by this train. Local railway authorities also organize onboard markets sometimes, which allow villagers to sell goods to passengers and meanwhile provide passengers with a special travel experience. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-CHONGQING-SLOW TRAIN (CN)

(231017) -- ZUNYI, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager carrying local specialties gets off train No. 5630 at Tongzi railway station in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 17, 2023. Since the operation in 1993, "Slow Trains" No.5630/5629, operating between Zunyi of Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, have been important means of transportation for villagers in mountainous areas along the line. The train travels about 300 kilometers and takes more than seven hours, stopping at 21 stations along the way. Due to its low fare and convenience, villagers living along the trains' route have been used to taking their agricultural products to the city to sell by this train. Local railway authorities also organize onboard markets sometimes, which allow villagers to sell goods to passengers and meanwhile provide passengers with a special travel experience. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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KLM begins Fukuoka-Amsterdam flights

FUKUOKA, Japan - A KLM Boeing 777 jet carrying about 300 passengers lands at Fukuoka airport at around 8 a.m. on April 4, 2013, with fire trucks on a taxiway spraying an arch of water to welcome the aircraft. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a direct fight service between Fukuoka and Amsterdam the same day, becoming the first carrier to regularly connect the southwestern Japanese city with Europe.

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KLM begins Fukuoka-Amsterdam flights

FUKUOKA, Japan - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines employees and others pose for photos in front of a KLM Boeing 777 jet after the aircraft carrying about 300 passengers landed at Fukuoka airport on April 4, 2013. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a direct fight service between Fukuoka and Amsterdam the same day, becoming the first carrier to regularly connect the southwestern Japanese city with Europe.

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KLM begins Fukuoka-Amsterdam flights

FUKUOKA, Japan - A KLM Boeing 777 jet carrying about 300 passengers lands at Fukuoka airport at around 8 a.m. on April 4, 2013, with airport officials and others welcoming the aircraft. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a direct fight service between Fukuoka and Amsterdam the same day, becoming the first carrier to regularly connect the southwestern Japanese city with Europe.

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St. Valentine's Day chocolates

MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami.

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S. Korea's top court sentences captain of sunken ferry to life term

South Korea's Supreme Court judges sit to hand down a ruling for the captain of the sunken South Korean ferry Sewol, at the court in Seoul on Nov. 12, 2015. The top court sentenced Lee Jun Seok, who fled his capsizing ship and left about 300 passengers to die in April 2014, to life imprisonment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's top court sentences captain of sunken ferry to life term

Relatives of people who died aboard the South Korean ferry Sewol cry in front of the Supreme Court in Seoul on Nov. 12, 2015, after the top court sentenced Lee Jun Seok, the captain of the ferry who fled his capsizing ship and left about 300 passengers to die in April 2014, to life imprisonment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea sunken ferry captain sentenced to life in prison

Relatives of victims of the Sewol ferry disaster attend a press conference following a court ruling in Gwangju, South Korea, on April 28, 2015. The captain who abandoned the ferry when it sank in April 2014, killing about 300 passengers, was sentenced to life in prison for murder. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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St. Valentine's Day chocolates

MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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St. Valentine's Day chocolates

MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo)