Shanghai maintenance staff of railways remain at their posts in heat

01:46, August 08, 2018

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  Shanghai maintenance staff of railways remain at their posts in heat

  Workers conduct maintenance work on the rail in Shanghai, east China, Aug. 7, 2018. Maintenance staff of railways here remain at their posts in the heat to ensure the safety of passengers. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)

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  Photos: "Surgeons" on the cliffs

  Staff members climb down a cliff to eliminate potential falling rocks above a tunnel of Houma-Yueshan Railway in central China's Henan Province, Aug. 9, 2018. Railway maintenance workers work on the cliff to clear loose rocks above a rail tunnel here during flood season. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)

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  Perfect ten

  Staff from the Beijing-Tianjin intercity railway make gestures representing the number "10" at Beijing South Station on Wednesday in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the intercity railway operation. The railway link has safely transported 250 million passengers. Since its outset, the number of round trip daily passages has grown from 47 to 108.5, an increase of 130 percent. The