Railway workers in China's Jilin dedicated to ensuring smooth train operation during travel rush

STORY: Railway workers in China's Jilin dedicated to ensuring smooth train operation during travel rush SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of trains 2. various of people working 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG CHENG, Railway staff member 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SHI CHENGGANG, Railway staff member STORYLINE: During the Spring Festival, railway workers in Qipan Railway Station, northeast China's Jilin Province, are devoted to ensuring smooth train operation. Qipan Railway Station is one of the largest freight train marshaling stations in Jilin. It receives and dispatches an average of 160 cargo trains and more than 6,000 wagons of materials on a daily basis. Four dispatching teams and 11 dispatchers have to work outdoors around the clock. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG CHENG, Railway staff member "Our main task is to ensure the trains run on the designated tracks, so that they can be dispatched to various

Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail

STORY: Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail DATELINE: June 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. drone footage of Madiun 2. drone footage of Indonesian Railway Polytechnic 3. various of students in class 4. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian): FARIDA MAKHMUDAH, PPI's head of Finance, General Affairs and Cooperation 5. various of EMU test run STORYLINE: Madiun, a small Indonesian city in East Java Province is home to the Indonesian Railway Polytechnic (PPI). Here, the first training courses are underway for the operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR). 173 Indonesians attend the classes taught online by experts in China. The courses started this February, with 3 to 6 months of theoretical training targeting drivers, mechanicians, dispatchers, and emergency response personnel. Trainees will leave Madiun with qualifications before being arranged for practical training on the Jakarta-Bandung HSR. S

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

(230614) -- JAKARTA, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Trainees in the EMU (electric multiple unit) driver class leave a teaching building at the Indonesian Railway Polytechnic in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia, June 7, 2023. Here the first training courses are currently going on for operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), attended by 173 Indonesians and taught online by experts at Chinese railway institutes far away. Classes started at the end of February, with 3-6 month theoretical training courses targeting EMU (electric multiple unit) drivers, EMU mechanicians, operation control center dispatchers, and emergency response personnel. TO GO WITH "Feature: Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail" (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

(230614) -- JAKARTA, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Bahana Putra Perangin Angin (2nd R, front), a trainee in the EMU (electric multiple unit) mechanician class, attends a training at the Indonesian Railway Polytechnic in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia, June 7, 2023. Here the first training courses are currently going on for operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), attended by 173 Indonesians and taught online by experts at Chinese railway institutes far away. Classes started at the end of February, with 3-6 month theoretical training courses targeting EMU (electric multiple unit) drivers, EMU mechanicians, operation control center dispatchers, and emergency response personnel. TO GO WITH "Feature: Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail" (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

(230614) -- JAKARTA, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Farida Makhmudah, head of Finance, General Affairs and Cooperation at the Indonesian Railway Polytechnic, gives an interview to Xinhua in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia, June 7, 2023. Here the first training courses are currently going on for operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), attended by 173 Indonesians and taught online by experts at Chinese railway institutes far away. Classes started at the end of February, with 3-6 month theoretical training courses targeting EMU (electric multiple unit) drivers, EMU mechanicians, operation control center dispatchers, and emergency response personnel. TO GO WITH "Feature: Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail" (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

(230614) -- JAKARTA, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nisrina Azzahra Kurniawan (C) attends a training for emergency response personnel at the Indonesian Railway Polytechnic in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia, June 7, 2023. Here the first training courses are currently going on for operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), attended by 173 Indonesians and taught online by experts at Chinese railway institutes far away. Classes started at the end of February, with 3-6 month theoretical training courses targeting EMU (electric multiple unit) drivers, EMU mechanicians, operation control center dispatchers, and emergency response personnel. TO GO WITH "Feature: Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail" (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

(230614) -- JAKARTA, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows a view of the Indonesian Railway Polytechnic in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia, June 7, 2023. Here the first training courses are currently going on for operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), attended by 173 Indonesians and taught online by experts at Chinese railway institutes far away. Classes started at the end of February, with 3-6 month theoretical training courses targeting EMU (electric multiple unit) drivers, EMU mechanicians, operation control center dispatchers, and emergency response personnel. TO GO WITH "Feature: Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail" (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

(230614) -- JAKARTA, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese employee Liu Shuyuan (C) interprets for trainees during the first training courses for operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway at the Indonesian Railway Polytechnic in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia, March 20, 2023. Here the first training courses are currently going on for operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), attended by 173 Indonesians and taught online by experts at Chinese railway institutes far away. Classes started at the end of February, with 3-6 month theoretical training courses targeting EMU (electric multiple unit) drivers, EMU mechanicians, operation control center dispatchers, and emergency response personnel. TO GO WITH "Feature: Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail" (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

INDONESIA-JAKARTA-BANDUNG HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY-PERSONNEL TRAINING

(230614) -- JAKARTA, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Trainees in the EMU (electric multiple unit) driver class attend a training at the Indonesian Railway Polytechnic in Madiun, East Java, Indonesia, June 7, 2023. Here the first training courses are currently going on for operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), attended by 173 Indonesians and taught online by experts at Chinese railway institutes far away. Classes started at the end of February, with 3-6 month theoretical training courses targeting EMU (electric multiple unit) drivers, EMU mechanicians, operation control center dispatchers, and emergency response personnel. TO GO WITH "Feature: Personnel training underway in Java town for Indonesia's first high-speed rail" (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

Asia's largest passenger railway hub starts operation in Beijing

STORY: Asia's largest passenger railway hub starts operation in Beijing DATELINE: June 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of Beijing Fengtai Railway StationSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI QING, Beijing Fengtai StationSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LU CHANGLIANG, Foreman of High-speed Railway Communication Area of Fengtai Station, Beijing Communication Section STORYLINE: The largest passenger railway hub in Asia was put into operation Monday in Beijing as a four-year reconstruction breathes new life into the Chinese capital's oldest railway station. With a gross floor area of nearly 400,000 square meters, or 56 standard football pitches, Beijing Fengtai Railway Station has 32 rail tracks and 32 platforms and is able to accommodate a maximum of 14,000 passengers per hour. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI QING, Staff member of Beijing Fengtai Station "The command center has streamlined the operations of six units, sending all commands from the center to make the station dispatchers a