Facebook Twitter 新浪微博 腾讯微博 Wednesday 3 June 2015
Search
Archive
English
English>>People's Daily Online Exclusives

Century old rail with 1,000mm-wide gauge still in use

(People's Daily Online)    08:24, March 24, 2015
Email|Print
The construction of Yunnan section of the railway from Yunnan to Vietnam began in October 1903 and it opened to traffic in January 1910. Only small amount of goods are transported on the rail today. It is the oldest railway with 1,000mm-wide track gauge in China. Now most of the lines in the world are standard gauge, 1,435 millimeters wide.(CNS Photo)

【1】【2】【3】【4】【5】【6】

(For the latest China news, Please follow People's Daily on Twitter and Facebook)
(Editor:Liang Jun,Huang Jin)

Add your comment

Most Viewed

Day|Week

Hot News

We Recommend

Photos

prev next