China Railway


China State Railway Group Company, Ltd., doing business as China Railway or CR, is a state-owned sole proprietorship enterprise that undertakes railway passenger and cargo transportation services in the People's Republic of China and is a state-owned industrial enterprise established under the "Law of the People's Republic of China on All-Ownership Industrial Enterprises." The Ministry of Finance acts on behalf of the State Council to perform the duties of shareholders. It used to be part of the now defunct Ministry of Railways. China Railway operates passenger and freight transport via 21 subsidiaries.
China Railway previously had its own railway police force, prosecutors office and court system. The police department of the railway is still under the control of the company. The status of the police is civil service of Ministry of Public Security, but they are still paid and managed by the company.

History

On June 18, 2019, China Railway Corporation is reorganized as China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. under China's Corporate Law, instead of Industrial Enterprises Owned by the Whole People Law. It means the Ministry of Finance would act as an investor on behalf of the state and the company would be led by a board and managed by board-chosen executives.

Logo

The China Railway logo was designed by Chen Yuchang , officially adopted on 22 January 1950. The whole logo represents the front of a locomotive. The upper part of the logo represents the Chinese character 人, while the lower part represents the transversal surface of a rail. The logo means that China's railway belongs to the people.
The "CR" logo is used on the Fuxing along with the China Railway logo.

Companies

There are 21 primary subsidiary companies under China Railway. As of 2008, approximately 2 million people work in China Railway.

Second tier subsidiaries

International operations

International passenger trains

China Railway operates the passenger trains from China to Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, North Korea and Vietnam.

Services to Europe (New Silk Route)

China Railway ran goods services to 15 European cities, including routes to Madrid and Hamburg and the experimental East Wind service to London to test demand. The Chinese government refers to the two-week route, starting at Yiwu and with trains to London traversing Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France, as the Belt and Road Initiative. Containers must be transferred several times, as different, incompatible, rail gauges are used in different regions, and the same rolling stock cannot be used throughout.

Africa

China has been investing in and helping to rebuild railways in Africa. Below is an incomplete list of rail projects.
NameLocationConstructedCompanyCostComments & Ref
High Plateau line, AlgeriaRelizane, Saida, Tiaret, Tissemsilt, Boughezoul to M'Sila, Algeria2009-2013China Railway Group & China Civil Engineering Construction CorporationUS$2.8bn
Benguela RailwayLobito to Luau, Angola2006-2014China Railway Construction Corporation LimitedUS$1.83bnRailway was rebuilt following civil war
Chad RailwayNgaoundéré, Cameroon to Nyala, Sudan via Moundou, N’Djamena and Abéché in Chad2012-ongoingChina Civil Engineering Construction CorporationUS$5.6bnConstruction over three phases
Addis Ababa–Djibouti RailwayAddis Ababa, Ethiopia to Djibouti City, Djibouti2011-2016China Railway Group & China Civil Engineering Construction CorporationUS$4bnElectric
Mombasa-Nairobi RailwayMombasa to Nairobi, Kenya US$5.42bn
Mali-Guinea RailwayBamako, Mali to Conakry, Guinea2016-ongoingChina Railway Construction Corporation LimitedUS$8bn
Mali-Senegal RailwayBamako, Mali to Dakar, Senegal2016-ongoingChina Railway Construction Corporation LimitedUS$2.7bn
Nigeria Coastal RailwayLagos to Calabar, Nigeria2014-ongoingChina Civil Engineering Construction CorporationUS$11.1bn
Lagos-Kano RailwayLagos to Kano, Nigeria2011-ongoing, Abuja to Kajuna completed in 2016China Civil Engineering Construction CorporationUS$8.3bn
Sudan RailwayKhartoum to Port Sudan, Sudan2007–2012, 2014 openedChina Railway Engineering CorporationUS$1.5bn
TAZARA RailwayDar es Salaam, Tanzania to Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia1970-1975Railway Engineering Corps, Ministry of Railways US$500mCurrently in need of reinvestment
Uganda RailwayMalaba, Kampala, Kasese, Uganda to Rwanda and South Sudan2015-ongoingChina Harbour Engineering US$8bn

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