REPORTS IMPROVED RR SERVICE IN CENTRAL CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600400349-0
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 349
• Publication Date: July 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOGUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD P:O.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCID~~'~~tl'g a ~~~R
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Tre.nsportation - Rs,].
HOW
PUBLISHED uA.ily n??aspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Eankocr; ~:u:nghai
DATE
PUBLISHED 16 Mar , 1 Apr 151
LANGUAGE Cbine~e
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INFORMATION 1951
DATE DIST. ; Jul 1951
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
REPORT:-i.?TII'R!'i+'I:li F9._^ysF,1;CE_~~? iFN'i'ItAL CHINA
REGULAR RR GF.,RVT~'E TO '=Aiv-N _vG - f'I~nkcw. Ch's~g-ct?.s.ng Jib.-p5.o, 16 h?.?..r 51
uankow -- mhu I.-.+.-p:n -- Id.,,_n...,q sa~t,.nn of tt,f d]~?so-Kwangsi Railwsy,
which hae tJP.PR !1rjnPr rl;l~l;trL?.C.ti^n 6i.nCe ^'tD~E:r i0~~, 19 7.CYV completed. A cere-
mony m~.rking c:,moletier, wa=. ;.eld ~n i :March 1951; 5n.d r~gu.lar passenger, ba88e?~, ,
and parcel _e,vi?-e beg~.n ?,l?q=.r ~n 195:L..
Work on the section from I:~,:-cYAc~.i to L,3i-pin, f.in?.sG.ed ome months Ago, was
a reronstructien Jo~? of t`I?1,;.~L~.,,1_I,;I.T? eai=_.t!.ng ling, wt:il? work on the section
from La.++.-Pin tc i~~*_-n_~~g wa!~ n~.K rr,7:5:::'.:Ct~C'.. ,.~ ~,'~tc:r. nes:^ly 100,000 l.aborc_rs,
railway tlF,orkers, an~i ra.ilwav angine~r;ng troops^particapate.d~ Tb.is line supplies
north and. south transportst~.on *'3e1'+.*te6 h:.tL~rto lacking, and will be a great
boon to the r : onomi _. '_iQe of the peopl=_ .I r tt~e soue!?. }sd. so,abwest portions of
ICKangsi
FF ANLI r?ODOR. COMPANY TO G"%!rB JOIN"' SF:R~TI.~ _.. a}v1.ghgi~ It=i.n-aen Jih-Pao, 1 Apr 51
Skfenghsi -- TI~e Sbgng2?~-1 Rs-lway E1Le~?u -nd. the Chen-Chiang--Yang-chou Motor
Trvnsportation CompQ.n;v have sntsrec? into a Joint thr.ougii-service contract whereby
passengers from Shanghsi., Seochew, Wu-hs:~, Ct.~sng-cbcu, Tan-yang, Nanking, and Wu-
huP on the Shanghai-Nanking IcEiilwsy, msy buy one through ticket for +ransportation
between any one of these cit'_es and the city of Yang-chou o51the north side of the
Yangtze River This servic.? will go into effect 6 April 19,
Pesides the railroad Journey, the ticket will incluAie ricksha tra?~el between
the railway station and tlae wheaf, th= crossing of the river by ferry, and travel
by motor bus to points inside t]?Ae city of Yang-chou Similar service will be
available in the reverse direction, 3aggage and parcel service is similarly
handled
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The cost of a ticket, for hard-spat accommodations, betxeen Shangg Thie pBSSen-
Yang~chou; via Chen-Chiang, in either direction, xiel._ey na,Ot~at ~'~t x111 be
-carry free 20 kilogasms of baggage. ~B6a8 a for parcels x111 be
ger may er kilogram; the charg
charged Yor at the rate of 130 vUnn p
150 yuan per kilo?cam.
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