Guangzhou Railway Station

New Guangzhou film brings you inside a police station as the city copes with annual LNY exodus

7 Feb 2013

Documentary film director shows the happy travelers Guangzhou train station police deal with as hundreds of thousands head home.

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'World's workshop' boasts a rich history

29 Mar 2010

Guangzhou - formerly known in the West as Canton - is the capital and commercial hub of Guangdong province, and a major port at the apex of the Pearl River Delta, about 120km northwest of Hong...

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Five trains to Guangzhou cancelled

27 Oct 2009

Five MTR through trains were cancelled yesterday afternoon after a train broke down on its way to Guangzhou. Passengers were allowed to switch to other trains or have their tickets refunded.

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Stranded travellers see light at end of the tunnel

1 Feb 2008

Guangzhou-Beijing services resume after five days but weather still threatens

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Tempers fray as number stuck in Guangzhou nears 800,000

31 Jan 2008

The number of rail passengers stranded in Guangzhou because of atrocious weather swelled to nearly 800,000 yesterday - and tempers became increasingly frayed as the wait for trains dragged on....

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Stranded fear they will miss holiday

28 Jan 2008

Chen Yong's dream of going home for the Lunar New Year may be ruined by the bad weather that has caused a power failure on the Beijing-Guangzhou railway in Hunan province for more than two days...

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Guangzhou deploys more trains to ease Lunar New Year's rush

Guangzhou Railway Group will add more than 100 extra trains today to cope with an expected peak in the annual rush by migrant workers to go home for the Lunar New Year.

6:13PM

Heavy weather adds twist to Lunar New Year exodus

About 50,000 passengers, mostly migrant workers, have been stranded in Guangzhou over the past few days by bad weather in northern provinces.

6:05PM

Slow start for Guangdong's bullet train debut

Guangdong unveiled its next generation of high-speed trains amid chaos and confusion yesterday, with many parts of the rail link still under construction.

4:47PM

Weekly paper to appear in English

An English-language newspaper is to be launched by the Guangzhou Daily on July 1. It will be China's third newspaper in English.

11:14PM

Death bid revives rail fears

THE explosion outside Guangzhou railway station yesterday has revived fears about safety on China's trains.

5:28AM

High-speed maiden trip off to hasty start

THE launch of the new high-speed through-train from Guangzhou turned into a public relations debacle yesterday when senior cadres put sticking to the timetable before the comfort of their guests...

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