Rain cuts off Beijing-Baotou rail traffic
(Xinhua) Updated: 2012-07-26 10:15HOHHOT - An overnight rainstorm on Wednesday flooded a section of the railway linking Beijing with Baotou city, northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region, deferring 24 train trips.
The railway authorities in Hohhot, the regional capital, have diverted the trains to three feeder railroads to ensure the safety of passengers, while mobilizing manpower to rush to repair the track.
A spokesman with the railway bureau said about 12,000 passengers were estimated to have been stranded. The bureau is taking measures to send food and drinking water to them.
- China's new draft law redefines 'terrorism', regulates media coverage
- China unveils economic blueprint
- Shanghai sees twelvefold increase in 'green cards'
- Economic outlook brighter for 2016
- Annual policy meeting maps the road ahead
- Study: Consumers on fast track
- Shanghai deputy mayor, 6 others warned
- China implements free legal aid for foreigners
- Expatriates have right to obtain attorney in country
- Rescuers race to find 81 missing in landslide
Highlights
Hot Topics
Full text: Beijing Declaration of the BRICS Media Summit China's two-child policy puts pressure on sperm banks Ground level Rule of law Panda China youths Anti-terror drive Family planning Smog Fox Hunt
