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China Railways (CR) is the national railway company of the People's Republic of China, under the Chinese Ministry of Railways. Chinese Ministry of Railways is a member of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China. ...


CR operates rail commuter and freight transport via several smaller companies.


See also

Guangshen Railway or Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway (Simplified Chinese: 广深铁路 or 广深线) is a railway in the Guangdong Province of the Peoples Republic of China, between Guangzhou and Shenzhen. ... For other uses, see KCR (disambiguation). ... Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway (京滬高速鐵路) is one of Chinas ambitious plans for high-speed trains. ... Jingjiu Railway (also known as Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Beijing-Kowloon Line; Simplified Chinese: 京九铁路 or 京九线, Traditional Chinese: 京九鐵路 or 京九線) is a railway in the Peoples Republic of China connecting Beijing West Station in Beijing to Hung Hom Station (Kowloon Station) in Kowloon in the special administrative region of Hong Kong. ...

Reference

  • Chinese Ministry of Railways

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