# ![@DavidFengTrains Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1433126217486454785.png) @DavidFengTrains David Feng 🚄 @davidfengtrains.social on Bluesky

David Feng 🚄 @davidfengtrains.social on Bluesky posts on X about china, beijing, switzerland, shanghai the most. They currently have [------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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**Social topic influence**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"In case you had to ask: yes China DOES have high speed double-decker sleeper trains. But in extremely limited supply only. Thing changes routes all the time (used to run from Beijing to Shanghai.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1441720847518076928)  2021-09-25T11:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Unfortunately on the maps this was nowhere to be found. Cue the Malcolm Tucker language"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1613075287830597632)  2023-01-11T07:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"enjoy "my bit of the world" Andy mate and watch out for Wassen and that epic church My morning ride from Monza up into Switzerland Im heading for Erstfeld on the old Gotthard route as there has been some significant changes in the track layout. Please join me and come along for the ride https://t.co/JHFkH32uO3 My morning ride from Monza up into Switzerland Im heading for Erstfeld on the old Gotthard route as there has been some significant changes in the track layout. Please join me and come along for the ride https://t.co/JHFkH32uO3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1631912429016985602)  2023-03-04T07:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Incidentally my return is the very same train I came here on I thought the thing would have escaped during my coffee break 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1638445305699127297)  2023-03-22T07:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Downstairs to the platform and it looks like it is a pretty busy day for the station (Well for a temporary terminus at least there are plans to make this become an intermediate station on a new eastern parallel route from Northern China to Shanghai)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1638445674684633090)  2023-03-22T07:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"May Break [----] in China first major movement of people since basically all Zero Covid rules were dropped checkpoints between provinces still there but nobody stopped. When getting back into Beijing our car just simply breezed through. Just like in the good old days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1654306111946887168)  2023-05-05T02:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@superalbs Are you rolling out Superalbscoin because that is some serious suspect product placement for dogecoin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1659475124565979137)  2023-05-19T08:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Almost similar in China. Beijing East is less than a mile away from the heart of the CBD yet is lost in this minute village where youre seemingly in the middle of nowhere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1674589402352476160)  2023-06-30T01:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I tend to avoid LGW like the plague. To the Continent its St P. Further afield LHR (which is still pretty miserable)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1674610188039626754)  2023-06-30T03:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@NootiNoot02 british indian ocean territory (also cruel and unusual punishment for anyone who can't half spell LIECHTENSTEIN)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1678618244796801024)  2023-07-11T04:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@NootiNoot02 that's for sure. US Minor Outlying Islands I'm less sure of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1678618868150046720)  2023-07-11T04:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Nope not interviewing myself 🤣 Next YouTube video in progress. Just finding it easier & FASTER literally rereading what Ive said in my Trains clips rather than to key it in again by hand. Plus that huge microphone foam cover itself has USE ME PLEASE written all over it 😝"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1678816174862405632)  2023-07-11T17:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's a David Feng Swiss norm that clips on YouTube with spoken content come with subtitles keyed by a human. To wit: I want an American to come in front of the mic smooch the foam cover and say WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Exactly. Chinese station names be like: Huixinxijie Nankou"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1678821772676968449)  2023-07-11T17:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"actually Im not whingeing at the loss of wi-fi. The only digital devices and stuff I trust knowing about my obsession with not just trains but also microphone foam covers on gearsticks are X-manifold devices I have able to tether with one other @We_OwnIt @Chicodallinha Rail nationalised [----] its Gov thats closing ticket offices. And cutting Wi-Fi. And cutting pay. And cutting services. After [--] years of growth investment & accountability from private sector 1997-2020. https://t.co/PHRZSnfubk @We_OwnIt @Chicodallinha Rail nationalised [----] its Gov thats closing ticket offices. And cutting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1685541425558228992)  2023-07-30T06:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"mate thats Western Beijing going underwater"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1687141178507145217)  2023-08-04T06:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"this entire clip was probably or possibly generated by ChatGPT after it went high fucking a microphone foam cover on a gearstick on a rubber gaiter with a couple dozen hundred thousand myriad lakh million crore billion trilliard soft rubber pushy buttons next to it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1688443875881525248)  2023-08-07T06:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"So as someone who actually fucking LIVES IN CHINA over the past two decades a summary of rhetoric Ive seen. Politics: CHINA BAD Religion: CHINA BAD Military: CHINA BAD (_______ BAD for much of the world Global South and elsewhere actually). Economy: CHINA COLLAPSE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1689464458152951808)  2023-08-10T02:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Exploring Tianjin from the West station with @CurtExplores all tweets #latergrams because with the Trains person there is actual in-person knowledge testing 🤣😂🤪 of the northern China rail networks Starting out from the less-used north square of Tianjin West"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1692448086612992201)  2023-08-18T08:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CurtExplores So @CurtExplores and I hopped onboard the 14:04 from Tianjin to Baoji Train T56. First port of call is Beijing Fengtai. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH this then becomes Train T57 leaving Beijing for Central/Western China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1692489525975482739)  2023-08-18T10:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CurtExplores Thats defo @CurtExplores and I making our way down to Platform [--] And yes @crumbsey we did see a #TeamVelaro sailing in via another platform"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1692490083104854423)  2023-08-18T10:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"with no Covid anythings required these days the stations have gone back to Crazy Busy Mode. How intense Beijing South and Taian even BUSINESS CLASS LOUNGES were full of riders. Says something Beijing-Shanghai in Business defo easy (same price as [--] Vegemite Spreads at Coles)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1693209501196034292)  2023-08-20T10:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Was out all day with @CurtExplores exploring bits of Beijing just south of City Limits Guan and Xiongan. And a few stations Guan (Main) Baiyangdian and Baigou. Welcome Curt to your newest province in Mainland China and one I find myself in quite a bit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1695039804482752789)  2023-08-25T11:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"We had no fixed route as most of you following me would be quite familiar with. Just outright drive to the next station taking any combination of routes some decided on the spur of the moment. So we got to see especially Xiongan the way it legit genuine is. Crazy street names"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1695039822199403006)  2023-08-25T11:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@CurtExplores @JaJaWa Entrance to THIS tower seemed to have been much inspired by that of the CITIC supertower (China Zun / The Pinthouse) in Beijing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1695071291395461623)  2023-08-25T13:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@CurtExplores @JaJaWa Its not a tram but this looks eerily like one of these autonomous buses But this one had a driver at the wheel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1695071728542564399)  2023-08-25T13:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Just when you thought I was brainwashing Chinese rail riders INSIDE CHINA. it's now gone uncontrollably global. The Sddeutsche Zeitung has interviewed. well I guess THIS snip says it the best: Feng ist Schweizer er bleibt neutral wie er sagt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1695444579993186401)  2023-08-26T14:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"same with China. I thought no seriously Henan was a dangerous province with pickpockets and getting there by rail a decade back completely turned that stereotype (and a horribly wrong one by the way) on its head The best thing Henan itself is becoming a huge rail hub"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1695761618741669988)  2023-08-27T11:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"So from [--] August [----] theyll completely dump the Covid testing requirements for inbound travel into China. From anywhere in the world. Time for more Trains then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1696084296510161030)  2023-08-28T08:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"evidence our planet is fucked. In the end we are going to have to criminalise climate change denial"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1696393890570613010)  2023-08-29T05:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"PEK/Beijing Capital Terminal [--] remains colossal. In fact so much so its less cramped and depressing compared to Terminal [--] #Unlock350"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1696789454038728990)  2023-08-30T07:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Departure boards today for PEK/Beijing Capital Terminal [--]. A solitary flight to North America today at 16:55. A flight back home to Switzerland (Genve) at a crazy 02:25 (). And also another one to New Zealand at 01:00. None to Down Under or to the US it seems. #Unlock350"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1696790563172078063)  2023-08-30T07:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Right as we near the airport both the High Speed and Express Subway lines dive underground. As early as next year they may well be joined by another national rail line at PKX/Daxing Airport which may well eventually connect to PEK/Capital Airport if all goes to plan #Unlock350"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1696798223120400786)  2023-08-30T08:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I think this sign () might have been used during Zero Covid your place of residence in Beijing (based on district) would collect you then drop you off at the quarantine hotel. (In spite of the fact PKX/Daxing got no international flights then.) #Unlock350"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1696802037240070159)  2023-08-30T08:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TSniedziewski @tianyuf Last but not least the Level [--] Departures Hall at PKX/Beijing Daxing. Huge #Unlock350"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1696816276101030390)  2023-08-30T09:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TSniedziewski @tianyuf Thats basically it More inbound flights but still hit by restrictions due to war in Ukraine. Very few flights to North America; basically none to the US (Decoupling is real) Rail connections which could see more service. China has *just* reopened basically. #Unlock350"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1696816900226084912)  2023-08-30T09:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"that Beijing-Xiongan intercity railway YouTube clip youve been promised True to a real Trains geek we are adding tech stats so itll be ready next Monday. Public service announcement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1697428369485496322)  2023-09-01T01:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fart less Green more. Go there by Train"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1697589865292980494)  2023-09-01T12:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChinaRailways I go through more stations here. including in the more far-flung parts this side of the world. in my full #DavidTrainMic podcast. Don't forget to subscribe I use two microphones; it's a lot of fun especially getting you to subscribe 😛"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1697669959181275464)  2023-09-01T17:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChinaRailways the microphone on my left hand side connects to my iPhone for the [--] min [--] sec Twitter audio the microphone on my right hand side connects to my Mac for the full recording info my podcast my lips are between them and all have huge custom-designed foam covers I live for this 😛"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1697677906674323665)  2023-09-01T18:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"whew. High Speed to Hong Kong and out to resume tomorrow. That was a hell of a hurricane"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1697872921396650465)  2023-09-02T07:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"when Corona was still the name of a beer and locking down expats was not done even in North Korea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1697887150803435861)  2023-09-02T08:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@stilgherrian @sarahplusone bloody shit itself and I thought the bloody colossal spiders Down Under were quite a fright already Boomers terrorising the [--] Mile Straight least of our concerns then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1698485924290519506)  2023-09-03T23:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Taiwan_trails anything involving swabbing rubber stamps on your record is granted to you for everyone else it will be far more painful especially if they think its pointless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1698568859299512718)  2023-09-04T05:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Visibly more folks masking up around Beijing. Of course whether you decide to smooch that microphone foam cover with a trillion masks or none that is your own individual choice. and I would be in the wrong to judge you either way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1698957232808005697)  2023-09-05T07:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A Swiss-German edition of how to ride the rails in China is coming (because Im Swiss) provided the microphone foam covers sorry no the microphone cables are cooperating 🤣🤪😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1700140891803959345)  2023-09-08T13:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The classic pull the two dots to open the window #FensterAuf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1700156856767742436)  2023-09-08T14:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It is a criminal offence to give me French dressing if its not from Switzerland Dear America. Stop putting cheese on salads Thank you Dear America. Stop putting cheese on salads Thank you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1702542583983985074)  2023-09-15T04:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"And so it begins. My first-ever journey on the China-Laos/Laos-China Railway. From Sipsong Panna/Xishuangbanna (Yunnan) to Vientiane. My first-ever journey in [--] years crossing from one fully sovereign nation to another. The 11:24 out to Vientiane. (THIS thread: China part.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1702952101134098550)  2023-09-16T07:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"This being a border station they might have an extra bit for international passengers leaving Laos for China. (I think.) No gates just handheld QR code readers Ticket & ID Check before Security but here just your ticket itself will do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703064365312942285)  2023-09-16T15:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"There is a shop which crazily importantly sells Lao SIM cards Chinese currency taken. CNY [--]. will do well for [--] days data. Wife later said cheaper deals were available but CNY [--]. is just about CHF [--]. and that is a STEAL over eg Swisscom data roaming rates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703064399748247857)  2023-09-16T15:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Na Mor railway station. We are passing through a yes Laos also has Classic Rail the same Green Trains like China parked Classic service. I say parked because I cant find this service which is due to serve this station at 13:47 Laotian time (when our train went through)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703076007576756723)  2023-09-16T15:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Fellow Swiss: does this look you know kinda like more Mittelland for you This is Laos Southeast Asia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703077906937962605)  2023-09-16T16:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Muang Xay railway station for some serious Trains action. A Dongfeng-4 locomotive (which belongs to the Lao-China Railway) hauling freight from China I spot Nanchang Jinan even Hohhot as places where freight might have originated. Meanwhile another parked passenger train"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703080093307007434)  2023-09-16T16:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Vang Vieng station. The Laos-China Railway also owns quite a bit of locomotives obviously made in China and not alien at all as its pretty much whats branded as the Harmony locomotives in China doing Classic Rail"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703088700123705772)  2023-09-16T16:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I am more than a little bit concerned about some of these folks leaving Vang Vieng station. The place is notoriously known for tourists ending up like quite literally shitfaced. In addition to looking like a complete gearstick its also unhealthy disrespectful even Id say"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703089766856860018)  2023-09-16T16:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"There is also of course the hot water machine remember this is staffed by Chinese crew so a China Railways CR logo here is NOT wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703095806507770152)  2023-09-16T17:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Back on the rails Luang Prabang it is today. Off from Vientiane railway station on the 11:00 service Train C82. I find it interesting Chinese-style train numbers are used here in Laos. I mean for Hong Kong which administratively is part of the PRC it makes sense but Laos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703271634168340679)  2023-09-17T04:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The ride from Central Vientiane takes around half an hour. Quite a smooth ride not bumpy at all. I tried to use Loca the local payment app but something went wrong (odd as it worked last night) so hard cash to the rescue LAK 195'000. approximately CHF [----]. What a steal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703271646935896557)  2023-09-17T04:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"On the upper level (which is located outside Security) there is just one restaurant. But inside the station for ticket holders theres a fair bit more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703309619962212425)  2023-09-17T07:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A look at all Lao stations on the Lao-China Railway at Vientiane station"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703325626953023682)  2023-09-17T08:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Customers headed to China use this international waiting area at Vientiane station. Customs & Immigration however wont take place until Boten border station"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703326761596194897)  2023-09-17T08:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Highway from rail station to Central Luang Prabang. Bumpy at times but better than the horror reviews Ive bumped into. Not bad at all seriously"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703424383782736210)  2023-09-17T15:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Some unexpected Swissness halfway around the world a Zurich bread shop. With the umlaut I think thatll be mine Without its yours @casparterhorst #ZurichNL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703425109497950363)  2023-09-17T15:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Again not a Dirty Burger in sight. This isnt like say Wisconsin yall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703426130035065311)  2023-09-17T15:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"For Swiss you do NOT need a visa for Laos if you stay [--] days AND you can also take the China-Laos railway. I tried it out and it works Details of course in Swiss-German. Mit de CH-Pass OHNI VISUM na Laos (max. [--] Tg) DAS ISCH MGLICH Au bere Bahnstrcki China-Laos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703444129701843227)  2023-09-17T16:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"To enter China all foreign nationals must fill in an arrival card. This is not required for Green Card holders but I filled one in anyway. It was actually NOT designed for Green Card holders at all as it asks you when you are leaving we can stay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703664162952634617)  2023-09-18T06:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The wait took quite a while at the International Entrance. [--]. Ticket & ID Check (again). [--]. Railway station security check. [--]. Immigration (were held a while but clearing it was no problem). [--]. Customs & X-ray. Items [--] and [--] did not happen when leaving China different layout"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703690687026532657)  2023-09-18T08:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Stamped out of Laos. They also stamped my ticket. Neat At the immigration counter the officer was actually quite talkative. Confirmed I was on the 2-week visa waiver. Asked where I was in: Vientiane Luang Prabang I splashed praise on the latter. Lots of smiles. Theyre kind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703691176245882954)  2023-09-18T08:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Apparently we were given the VIP treatment coming into China I think those must have been rail executives watching our train coming in from Laos not often this happens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703713535027720436)  2023-09-18T10:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Now arriving into Mohan border station. That seems to be a southbound Laotian locomotive hauling cargo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703713963232657622)  2023-09-18T10:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MABO04190329 Oh so the train line then merely dips into Laos for one stop before going to another country In that case will customers have to pass through Lao border control"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1703735242027327929)  2023-09-18T11:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MABO04190329 I wanted to make CNY 2'000 into LAK. Turns out they only had enough for CNY 1'300 worth of Kip"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1704143304206565608)  2023-09-19T14:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@MABO04190329 @nonstopeurotrip Problem is what happens when two different police interact with the passenger. There is the rail police and then theres the local police"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1704517546089529848)  2023-09-20T15:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"OK Andy mate let me get tix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1704785688129159563)  2023-09-21T09:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"From 16th to 18th Sept [----] I travelled to Laos & back on the China-Laos railway. If youre going to SW China / SE Asia Id highly recommend you try this route. Customs & Immi take place x2 per border crossing (one out one in). Whole trip [--] h one way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1705170523645415915)  2023-09-22T10:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CubAutoRepair I'm happy LAK and VND don't come in USD denominations. Or I could actually make one of my trademark microphone foam covers with that amount of money converted into foam"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1705272357139644925)  2023-09-22T17:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Station platform shelter design thingy looks like Tangshan railway station (redone) in China. but more elegantly. I love these where you get to see as many trains as possible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1705273047081775202)  2023-09-22T17:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AndiP_H2O @nonstopeurotrip @seatsixtyone @AndyBTravels @AsianTrainGuide @_DiningCar @IntercitySimon @midland__london That's for probably *later* I'd say. in China some of the food served by some rail regions are a question of *edible* or not. Southern China was plagued by horrid HS onboard food about a decade back; they've since (thankfully) improved"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1705274010945360205)  2023-09-22T17:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@AsianTrainGuide This is Business Class. Beijing-Shanghai one way approx. THB 10'000 or so on busier services"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1705423778308661443)  2023-09-23T03:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"rest of the world: OMG WE ARE IN LOVE WITH LUZERN 😘😚😙😗😘😍🥰🏔 locals: OK guys when are we getting the underground platforms at the railway station"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1705520478809399348)  2023-09-23T09:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"now preparing to announce station names of the new Guangzhou-Shanwei HSR due to open tomorrow which will once again render outdated my China railways atlases"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1706185878203154639)  2023-09-25T05:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A quick message the China-Laos Railway video is done and I am printing it for YouTube soon. Its [--] minutes long and heavily focused on passengers not politics but also much more station art and grand views"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1706740712476135905)  2023-09-26T18:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Crumbsey What the fuck happened to mutual respect and Eigenverantwortung"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1707441843388944590)  2023-09-28T17:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Beijing-Tianjin: the first-ever High Speed route and basically the worlds first [---] km/h railway line with trains running this fast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1708191548066894196)  2023-09-30T18:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Beijing-Shanghai: the epic wow line thats actually a money printer. Serious. And always full full full of riders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1708192334037369254)  2023-09-30T18:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ThaiTrainGuide Woah That's just like some trains in India"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1708283744220492152)  2023-10-01T00:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"If you like Trains a lot less so concerning swearing or the rather NSFW action of my dick-waving exercises involving the smooching of microphone foam covers on gearsticks go to my Instagram for more Trains bullshit and less Non-Trains bullshit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1708539288244363755)  2023-10-01T17:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"PLEASE NOTE I WILL BE CLEANING HOUSE ON THAT ACCOUNT AND SHIT WHICH IS NON-TRAINS WILL BE RESHIFTED TO PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1708539689471557719)  2023-10-01T17:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: THE NEXT YOUTUBE VIDEO TO COME (about specific rail lines) WILL BE VIDEO [--] OF HSR TO HONG KONG*. * Achtung: Video [--] deals SOLELY with Hong Kong West Kowloon-Mainland China links. For station-by-station clips in Guangdong Video [--] will deal with that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1708549932792328193)  2023-10-01T18:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I officially hate myself for missing this. The fourth express train for Laos has arrived from China. Featuring Business Class Suites So I can smooch my very own microphone foam cover onboard without disturbing others (Except for yall on social media) 🤣😂🤪 @MABO04190329"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1709583071182299388)  2023-10-04T14:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@SteveWeaverTEFL These check for car restrictions compliance. They generally stop trucks and vehicles not from Beijing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1710463414324404348)  2023-10-07T01:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AndyBTravels senk ju fr trwelling wis Japan Bahn have seen sooo many delays youve had to go through"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1710470721904804085)  2023-10-07T01:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"1. I'm #pwning @JRUrbaneNetwork's microphone foam covers. 😛 [--]. The next Line-by-Line clip will be High Speed to Hong Kong (but not the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-HK line "all stations" clip itself). [--]. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is queued for mid-Nov [----] if all goes to plan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1711638662101029336)  2023-10-10T07:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@TorchRN crazy shit happens our world is messed up very big time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1712909309573845122)  2023-10-13T19:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"China has out-developed the US in high speed rail AUTOMATIC RETWEET"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1713018736322736132)  2023-10-14T02:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Same problem in China. A week at PKX/Beijing Daxing Airport is just CNY 700.. A week at a railway station"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1713242096461902231)  2023-10-14T17:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"bloody shit itself @stilgherrian must be having a heart attack. #laidback"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1713420178913157328)  2023-10-15T05:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@stilgherrian this is why Germany gets to run Basel Bad station (and why to me the Swiss station is always Basel Good) 😂🤣🤪"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1713420715805020458)  2023-10-15T05:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"ACHTUNG: #PFLATSCH SIGHTED PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT AUTOMATIC RETWEET"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1713976493620248751)  2023-10-16T17:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Coming later this autumn on my YouTube channel Series of clips on the 'inside skinny' when it comes to ticketing on Chinese railways Overview of the following routes: Beijing-Shanghai HSR Trans-Manchurian (following current HS routing)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1714205940231373063)  2023-10-17T09:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"You wanted a YouTube clip about the Beijing-Shanghai HSR its happening Now only if trains cooperated a little more 🤣😂🤪😛"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1714237626327413171)  2023-10-17T11:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Belt + Road is not 100% hellish (of course its also not 100% angelic) but the way the summit in Beijing has been organised leaves much to be desired for civilians. Overheard 2+h delays for inbound motorists to Beijing at the city border + chaos for traffic in the city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1714559042927116710)  2023-10-18T08:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Swiss Post is losing its shit because of Germany in trouble oh and also CHINA I believe we have a Free Trade Agreement with them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1715557626501579222)  2023-10-21T02:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Todays Swiss elections are concerning from angles of social integration and Green transport. This country can do better than a new normal of looking at aliens funny. And Alexandria in Egypt is your living case study on how wrong one more car lane will fix it can get"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1716168895051252088)  2023-10-22T19:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The new flag of Switzerland. 2019: Nationalists kicked out by Greens 2023: Greens kicked out by nationalists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1716279624089624693)  2023-10-23T02:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The problem when youre staying in a Fucking. Massive. Country Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - July - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec -"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1716280695319068778)  2023-10-23T02:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"is Reddit aware of the existence of @DavidFengTrains here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1716868413560402253)  2023-10-24T17:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"When I heard about even the Central Rail Link (which I seriously didnt expect) I was like whacked down by lightning because it was so out of the blue. Wow. And I was like:-"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1717211219600552035)  2023-10-25T16:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Hong Kong is fucking amazing case closed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1717211509229863308)  2023-10-25T16:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Starting 30.03.2024 I will stop exporting files in Microsoft Word format in the form of .doc files. unless specifically requested. Whew. That was quite a long time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1717499518630117451)  2023-10-26T11:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Xwitter reminded me to Austrias national day yesterday. Bit late I am but chiming in with hat tip to the BB types & Co. Thank you for reviving rail travel across Europe esply with nightjet. Thanks also for taking care of the rails in Liechtenstein (but they use our money)🤪"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1717733318609842660)  2023-10-27T02:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Far more lenient than those at home in Switzerland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1718170580195868840)  2023-10-28T07:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@macastel3 Ma che cazz ci vuole nessuno dalItalia o la Svizzera o o o Liechtenstein"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1727981221052088690)  2023-11-24T09:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CurtExplores it's a (geo-ideological) crime to settle anywhere without mountains nearby my end (which is why I pick Beijing over Shanghai; am amazed how I survived in London for two years)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1728664342089138572)  2023-11-26T06:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@CurtExplores I think I have seen at least one of these in Beijing. @Wankpanzer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1731210256943120394)  2023-12-03T07:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Lest you ask: NOPE this is NOT southwestern Beijing. So to keep the noise level down (I wont even start into my microphone foam cover smooching 🤣) the new intercity line from Tianjin West to Daxing Airport includes a part in Central Yongqing in a tunnel above ground 🍃🚄"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733007023384441158)  2023-12-08T06:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"How new is new Anjiang station in Hebei N.China looks the kind of new you could argue it was built and opened yesterday. (Its actually an early [----] station.) So just imagine how new the NEW new stations Anci and Yongqing East will be when they open soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733007697682084202)  2023-12-08T06:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Smart use of urban space the other one is the transport corridor between Central Beijing and Daxing Airport. Motorway highway express metro High Speed very close to one other (yet not so much in ones way) sometimes sandwiched between layers. Less concrete more Green"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733015136447942738)  2023-12-08T06:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Im split with what to do with the mountains to the northwest of Beijing. Re-Greening it is one thing but keeping it barren makes it in its own league Compromise: *slowly* Green it. Dont do it overnight but dont stop Greening. (Also link Huailai and Shacheng stations)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733016505783382314)  2023-12-08T06:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Switzerland: we are too busy building crazy-neat chocolate which is a billion trillion times better than that artificial equivalent they manufacture over there in Belgium @bjprc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733024412306485587)  2023-12-08T07:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Switzerland. (This could get interesting.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733028211544748238)  2023-12-08T07:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"La Madame who flipped the bird on Auntie Beeb says everything you wanted to know about me about people who still fly between Beijing and Shanghai. End of story"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733048286469365972)  2023-12-08T08:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fair bit of China as in the mainland and of course also Hong Kong and Macau and further afield in the rest of the world Laos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733127653761384797)  2023-12-08T14:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Spotted at Qinghe railway station in Beijing along with a @ChinaRailways ticket machine that can do English I actually do have some cards from Europe so next time will try @seatsixtyone @AndyBTravels PS: it seems like they might it be able to do passports too maybe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733159817504756174)  2023-12-08T16:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Lets see Switzerland has the longest HSR tunnel and one of the most reliable international HSR services China has the longest HSR viaduct and the fastest HSR train Oh I forgot these two have had them BUILT already actually"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733346284894113840)  2023-12-09T04:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ShangguanJiewen interestingly SINGAPORE deployed all this advanced technology during the pandemic physical distancing robodogs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733346808506822989)  2023-12-09T04:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I know two places where more magical things can happen Switzerland a REAL kids playground onboard or just some really good food in the dining car. China crazy fast trains plus your very own world in Business Class Solo Suites. Theres more to life than the Acela 🤣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733348949551890889)  2023-12-09T04:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Switzerland: We can do this we can even arrange for almost-close-as-possible rail-to-boat transfers (Platform [--] Flelen rail station) China: We can do this never mind Weihai North is a tiny 2-platform station its rail-to-local transport hub is out-of-this-world easy to use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733349827755532685)  2023-12-09T04:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"🎤 @CurtExplores LOOK UP when youre on the lower level concourse at Beijing North next time Dunno if they have those arrows to the tube station STUCK ON THE CEILING still there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733431166022410565)  2023-12-09T10:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"SBWY IKEA LINE: At least two Beijing Subway stations are close to places where home furnishing are sold Xihongmen station for Livat and IKEA and Xiaocun for furnishings from local brands. Worry is how DO you carry such ginormous things into the Subway and CAN you indeed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733434435188797529)  2023-12-09T10:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"And so begins the last day of the year 😂 Ah yes in Europe new rail timetables are introduced in early/mid December I still remembered when Switzerland rolled out new times every springusually late May. China New timetables have recently been revealed EVERY QUARTER"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733435886426280416)  2023-12-09T10:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"first right off the bat: Switzerland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733438580008325575)  2023-12-09T10:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The US discovers what Europe (especially Switzerland) and China knew all along #trainsnotplanes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733439303001440272)  2023-12-09T10:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"PKX/Daxing Airport (🎤 @TSniedziewski @AirEVthingTRNSP) is getting a new link to Tianjin West opening soon. .and is itself on a line to Central Beijing. (The Xiongan end is done but most onward links are being built). I've been on the whole line:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733453779792707852)  2023-12-09T11:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The MumbaiAhmedabad HSR is certainly one to keep an eye on in Asia South Asia and elsewhere. Another billion-plus population country is getting High Speed Rail. It was a game-changer for China and in this world where Green mobility is crucial could also be big for India"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733460656119337155)  2023-12-09T12:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"You could get to know when your bus service was due (here for Winterthurs main railway station) #vlive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733468142708367415)  2023-12-09T12:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"coverage wasnt nationwide but covered the major networks in Switzerland including Zrichs sprawling public transport integrated network. It also covered buses in nearby Liechtenstein Pity a familiar name will be no more #vlive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733468164447498526)  2023-12-09T12:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This is a problem in Beijing (Daxing Airport Express) Shenzhen (Line 11) and Hong Kong (East Rail line) and the above three have First/Business even in CITY METRO lines And you pay anyway even if youre not offered a seat there no seating guarantee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733482262308737294)  2023-12-09T13:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Bloody hell Sydney that's quite a sight Big windows and a tonne of Trains departures boards 😊"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733486938848739506)  2023-12-09T14:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Happy New Year 10TH DECEMBER THATS RIGHT Switzerland and a fair lot of European countries launch their new national rail timetables today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733679710411116657)  2023-12-10T02:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Europes best station and my home station in Switzerland. Yes Europes best station (But were sorry the city its in is crazy expensive these days) 😂🤪🤣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733846074153206140)  2023-12-10T13:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT STATION: SUBSTACK I'll be having [--] Substacks at the ready.and first moves already start this Monday. The Trains Despatch Substack is paid; will contain weekly briefings on the rail industry in China. My "Trains 100" is free & more personal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733912850002039108)  2023-12-10T18:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"It is likely I'll start first with my Trains [---] Substack link coming soon. It will be a weekly roundup a very very personal roundup of not just the rail world in Switzerland Europe and China but also my rail journeys. There will be some Effin' Birds language. 😂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733912853240066553)  2023-12-10T18:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"There's going to be a fair bit of snow in Northern China. it is already actually snowing in Central Beijing as we speak. Anything. That. Moves. will be subject to delays. So if your plane/train/rideshare etc is late *puh-leeze* have some patience. and stay safe out there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1733913626313183525)  2023-12-10T18:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The average Swiss travelled by rail for [--] rides over 2'179 km. This past year your not-so-average Swiss abroad David Feng travelled around x10 that much over around x2 as many legs. Including Hong Kong to Beijing by daytime High Speed and Yunnan SW China to Laos and back"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1734225860897739157)  2023-12-11T14:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AshinChina Never knew Switzerland was so cashless and those across the border still very much paper-based"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1734842148384813348)  2023-12-13T07:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"China: Folks so worried about noise that part of the new intercity line from Tianjin to Daxing Airport is put in a suspended tunnel. Switzerland: Citizens go to the polls to vote on how loud cow and church bells can be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1734844621786697903)  2023-12-13T07:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Rain or shine fog or snow Trains dont abandon you. 🤪 PS: of course during *extreme* weather snow can affect traffic but usually trackside/platform crew are getting busy plough in hand. PS 2017: I did Beijing-Shanghai autumn that year. Fog grounded planes. Trains Easy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1734846820579250488)  2023-12-13T08:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ridingtrain0711 @ChinaRailways .nah the reason I say that is once I was waiting in line at the ticket office and the guy in front of me had a ticketing error and couldn't travel. Turns out he used a third-party service. and it just didn't turn out that well. China Rail accepts passports + int'l cards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1735207197825810544)  2023-12-14T07:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"⚠ Service on the Beijing Subway Changping line is suspended between Xierqi and Zhuxinzhuang due to passenger train carriages falling apart. [--] injured no casualties. Reroute via Lines [--] and [--] or [--] and [--]. More services tonight on Lines [--] and [--] for an extra hour"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1735310641139757291)  2023-12-14T14:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"To avoid congestion on Line [--] reroute to Line [--] at Liudaokou from the Changping line then transfer onto Line [--] at Olympic Green and continue your journey on the rest of the Changping line at Zhuxinzhuang. This route is best if your journey involves more of Central Beijing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1735311168632230061)  2023-12-14T14:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Hanois tube is built by China Ho Chi Minh City as I am seeing by Japan Will be an interesting mix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1735723220018585823)  2023-12-15T18:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"More my end soon was onboard the first service (07:58 from Tianjin West). For those coming into China at Daxing Airport this is a great Green link to destinations to NE & C/E China without flying And also [--] new stations: Anci and Yongqing East @AndyBTravels @AsianTrainGuide"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1736659101017669724)  2023-12-18T08:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"China: News headliners feature Chinas first HSR driver Li Dongxiao piloting the worlds fastest train. Switzerland:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1736978547406000284)  2023-12-19T05:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@PaliparanDotCom San Marino/Liechtenstein/Andorra (pick one)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1736978725907087422)  2023-12-19T05:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"tu sais t'avais pas du rester avec Space Karen. There is more to life than what we have here in this part of cyberspace. Trains (sans Space Karen) I'm on YouTube as well: bon allez en train (Note: Most if not all content in Frangl. nope Anglais)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1737312742464483623)  2023-12-20T03:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Ananth_IRAS Reminds me to the Gubrist Tunnel in Switzerland. announced as an improvement to infrastructure that took longer than I thought it would take well to be built"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1737373093507780830)  2023-12-20T07:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Lets recall that a new rail line was opened lately across Northern China the Tianjin West - Daxing Airport intercity railway. Fair bit of tunnels one to avoid heavy duty power lines and the other so it goes across Central Yongqing more quietly. Terminus: PKX/Daxing Airport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1737492340715970931)  2023-12-20T15:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ShangguanJiewen The Tianjin West-Daxing Airport link is especially crucial because so few international carriers fly into any city on the mainland except Beijing and Shanghai. The network there would see direct connections via Tianjin West to NE E and C.China. Or via Beijing West to C/W.China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1737707158328721890)  2023-12-21T05:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Qinghai helvetis if you will. This picture has both elements of Qinghai W.China (wide open spaces full of green by Menyuan) and bits of the Swiss Alps-ish views (although of course MIA is our fabled Matterhorn)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1737708269177872816)  2023-12-21T05:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Been there in summer [----]. Menyuan station was my favourite the scenery went as far northwest as Jiayuguan South so done all of the Great Wall Am hearing new infrastructure developments taking place around this part of China as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1738922856900391057)  2023-12-24T14:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nd vergsse - Don't forget: in a few days' time (who knows maybe even on 31.12.2023 like back in [----] and for sure 2022) Beijing gets Lines [--] & [--] extended aber Vorsicht looks like also Line [--] will be stretched by one more station too. More:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1739514801603350633)  2023-12-26T05:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Today a year back (26.12.2022) the Chinese authorities gazetted the end of Zero Covid with the pathogen classification lowered to Category B to take effect 08.01.2023. [----] was easily the most surreal year for the rails including some very cringe pics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1739543925323612378)  2023-12-26T07:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"For more of this and the Rhaetian Railways in Switzerland follow @calandamountain no really just *follow him* 😊 Poschiavo railway station is a beautiful railway station in the municipality of Poschiavo in the Swiss canton of Graubnden. It is located on the tourist-friendly Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway. The station was opened for traffic in July [----]. #Switzerland #railwaystation https://t.co/q9wZbkeRwh Poschiavo railway station is a beautiful railway station in the municipality of Poschiavo in the Swiss canton of Graubnden. It is located on the tourist-friendly Bernina line of the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1739550406668394971)  2023-12-26T07:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Zrich-Lausanne (2/3rds): [--] trains/day Beijing-Shanghai (almost 4x): [--] *HIGH SPEED* trains/day (not including Classic) Despite being the same distance apart there are x40 as many trains every day between Madrid and Valencia than between San Antonio and Houston. The latter takes [--] hours longer. https://t.co/7hQYYxrHiX Despite being the same distance apart there are x40 as many trains every day between Madrid and Valencia than between San Antonio and Houston. The latter takes [--] hours longer. https://t.co/7hQYYxrHiX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1739656622761533700)  2023-12-26T14:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"NOTE: When I gave details for the Beijing-Shanghai route as in number of trains I gave it in ONE DIRECTION ONLY. It should actually be DOUBLED to read [--] or so as trains run BOTH ways"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1739657189655191622)  2023-12-26T14:39Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Public service announcement: coming around 27-28 Dec [----] is another clip on my YouTube channel Most think China only gives the coolest stations to High Speed and leaves Classic Rail with crappier ones. WRONG and I have proof Guan station"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1739720406247039060)  2023-12-26T18:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This pic is all you need to know about me (for now). Trains and Chinglish. Yes Chinglish included. and the Chinglish-busting too. 😛 #ChinglishAlert #EverydayRailEnglish"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1739956992557666509)  2023-12-27T10:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"you know this is Switzerland when apostrophes are used in the thousands separator Hm 🤔 https://t.co/02H4qbw4RQ Hm 🤔 https://t.co/02H4qbw4RQ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1740570889698353387)  2023-12-29T03:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The line that everyone has been totally dying for Beijing Line [--] North which goes to/from Gongti/Workers Stadium is FINALLY live If you look closely you will even see references to the enigmatic Line [--] Workers Stadium to Future Science City https://youtu.be/FA7GyVn5rjwsi=ZoepOSGdq-lxWjDx https://youtu.be/FA7GyVn5rjwsi=ZoepOSGdq-lxWjDx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1741103314199277714)  2023-12-30T14:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This is one HELL of a line However was a little surprised today to catch virtually no expats onboard. Hey hey hey Zero Covid is over and you dont need an anal test to ride @CurtExplores @solotravelAnna @bjprc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1741103318519501100)  2023-12-30T14:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"apparently the Beijing Subway is now once again the largest tube network in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1741149202888196356)  2023-12-30T17:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@RM_Transit the selection you will find especially on newer lines in Beijing and you will be like:-"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1741152319365062830)  2023-12-30T17:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"My new project The Chinese Rail Briefing includes a new email newsletter (think of a combination of the words "Subway" and "Stack"). details (including the link to the newsletter) are below. Updates come in at 8pm Beijing time (12 noon UTC)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1741526858515234864)  2023-12-31T18:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I will also have my well if you'd like to think of it this way New Year's talk readied. on YouTube. It comes out "by itself" at zero hour UTC 8am Beijing time on [--] January [----]. So don't miss out on my channel. .and Happy [----] everyone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1741531247606915424)  2023-12-31T18:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"My new newsletter ("Stacked Subways Subway Stackers" 😛) on the Chinese railways metro and tram world will be sent later today. before 22:00 Beijing time (15:00 Zrich 14:00 GMT 11:00 US-ET). Climb onboard: and click the corresponding link there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1741789154160382199)  2024-01-01T11:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ShangguanJiewen Lishui also has a High Speed railway station Stuff that makes me happy @TripInChina Snapped any pics there yet 😀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1741837968019685600)  2024-01-01T15:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"More Trains into the New Year I travelled on @ChinaRailways with the family yesterday including the younger generation. A tradition which was unfortunately broken by the Corona pandemic but has from yesterday come back alive and well. Maybe Ill be Indonesia-bound Whoosh 🤪 Happy New Year 2024💓🎉🥳🎊🫶 https://t.co/lAjcGnti9p Happy New Year 2024💓🎉🥳🎊🫶 https://t.co/lAjcGnti9p"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1742000699423306099)  2024-01-02T01:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Trains from Switzerland to Rome Spero che SI Die SBB u. Trenitalia seien daran interessiert ihre Kooperation weiterzufhren . Direktverbindungen nach Rom mit Halten in Bologna und Florenz wren zweifelsohne sehr interessant. #CrossBorderRail #EuropeByRail #Vlive https://t.co/OBZmyIlrJS Die SBB u. Trenitalia seien daran interessiert ihre Kooperation weiterzufhren . Direktverbindungen nach Rom mit Halten in Bologna und Florenz wren zweifelsohne sehr interessant. #CrossBorderRail #EuropeByRail #Vlive https://t.co/OBZmyIlrJS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1742001979793228079)  2024-01-02T01:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"this is the Beijing Subway"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1742068327487586524)  2024-01-02T06:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CurtExplores In my situation Ive seen originals asked for especially me as I dont appear well Western and they think I MUST be a local so apparently they think I wanted to escape citizen detection and Ive heard it a fair bit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1742082654261154034)  2024-01-02T07:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@CurtExplores Managing non-local people has always been a thing from even the days of the Beijing [----] Asian Games. Had a local friend tell me in fact this was when Capital Checkpoints etc or their earlier versions started to happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1742082975628763238)  2024-01-02T07:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Solar wind hydro. China already deploys a lot of the first two; Switzerland is much more about the third. I remember when I was in my teens designing my metropolises on SimCity. Consistently sticking with solar and wind power plants because of course. 🍃🌲☀ Folks get confused about solar. It is perfectly capable of electrifying industry. And new solutions fo storage are forth coming all the time from Energy Vaults to Water Storage to using Photothermal as part of the mix. And no one is saying we will need to rely on solar alone. https://t.co/g7KZCCJUHU Folks get confused about solar. It is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742360532395688103)  2024-01-03T01:41Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"I am pleased to announce that the website is now officially alive kicking and without all those pesky SSL errors. 😄 Learn more about my newsletter and podcast about the rails of the Middle Kingdom there (I dare you to shadow block this Space Karen)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1742498993287090530)  2024-01-03T10:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@BMLoidl @wko_aw jeingentlich schon jetzt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1742559092449874024)  2024-01-03T14:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Major act of railway cruelty: Curtailing HS2. I would have preferred to see Caerdydd/Cardiff London Euston Glasgow Edinburgh. *Developing* countries have up to THREE routings between 20+ city conurbations. So will we get HS2 built before Mauritania has its first HS line And we're back The first Green Signals episode of the year is live. We talk Christmas chaos more cuts on the way and we predict What @RishiSunak's next act of railway cruelty will be. Watch on YouTube here: https://t.co/p60gqESxmL https://t.co/ONIb7Dpjq7 And we're back The first Green Signals episode of the year is live. We"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1742740172780032027)  2024-01-04T02:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"some of these appear not too dissimilar to those in Switzerland (older generation) or even Australia @stilgherrian @rajtoday some old school emu trains for you ❤ https://t.co/uJXbAxr1xI @rajtoday some old school emu trains for you ❤ https://t.co/uJXbAxr1xI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742920028591440304)  2024-01-04T14:44Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@CurtExplores best bad China take is "I love flying domestically" #TrainsNotPlanes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1743109643369680983)  2024-01-05T03:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Question to all: where does Train K106 run to/from (BTW: the new functionality is available for the time being only in the simplified Chinese version of the official China Railways [-----] smartphone app) #CRnews The Railway [-----] mobile app the State-run train ticket booking platform has introduced two new functions: One allows passengers to fill the necessary information in advance; Another one serves as a ticket sale reminder. #ChinaRailway https://t.co/RQ4DxcrQQf #CRnews The Railway [-----] mobile app the State-run train ticket booking platform has introduced two new functions: One allows"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1743181564778004760)  2024-01-05T08:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Alexthetrainboo @CurtExplores Actually the infrastructure supports it (partially). All we need now is a more direct line. A Chengdu-Lanzhou/Xining link is the best as Shanghai-Chengdu is getting a crazy new superexpress line"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1743181966244258021)  2024-01-05T08:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"uncensored from my WeChat pass it on #TrainsNotPlanes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1743275174722769185)  2024-01-05T14:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@msmsaifullah Zhengzhou Air City (for now) jein. Zhengzhou East absolutely. Thing is GINORMOUS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1743563654455599113)  2024-01-06T09:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@CurtExplores LONGEST WALK TO FAR END OF TRAIN Beijing North Beijing Beijing West Beijing South SHORTEST WALK TO FAR END OF TRAIN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1743564017342550229)  2024-01-06T09:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@AirEVthingTRNSP Shanghai Metro Line [--] Phase II on the first day be like:-"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1743617923745259832)  2024-01-06T12:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Alexthetrainboo I think passenger service hasnt resumed yet to Laos Mongolia HK yes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1743656083644977334)  2024-01-06T15:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"there should be an outright ban on Hong Kong-Mainland China flights. For short hops across the border just choose any of the border control points especially those with an MTR connection. For longer-distance hops just choose Hong Kong West Kowloon to the rest of China. NEW: Cathay Pacific to Reduce Flights Through to February to Avoid CNY Chaos https://t.co/SKGTscN08h via @business NEW: Cathay Pacific to Reduce Flights Through to February to Avoid CNY Chaos https://t.co/SKGTscN08h via @business"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1743827132915323283)  2024-01-07T02:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AirEVthingTRNSP We might be a little surprised. if looking at rail capacity. Hong Kong West Kowloon has a fair load of futureproofed platforms which could enter service. Also by speedbumping the rest of the mainland to [---] km/h possible capacity is less an issue with more trains running"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1743828096166552026)  2024-01-07T02:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Switzerland too our Federal Councillors sit in trams and sometimes even on the floor of double-decker commuter trains like the rest of us. This is the best way in fact to see how the infrastructure you build and run actually works in real life. This Swedish lady who is waiting for the train to return home after work and has bought a burger for her dinner is Ylva Johansson the Minister of Labour in Sweden. She has no caravan of cars no line of guards but yes Sweden is one of the most developed nations in the world. https://t.co/mGLekblVKj This Swedish lady who is waiting for the train to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1743858502869844292)  2024-01-07T04:54Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"theyre all over the place in parts of northern China now. Like say some stations on Beijing-Tangshan intercity railway eg Baodi in N.Tianjin Annoying yet not annoying. Obtruding yet not obtruding. Most important thing they keep trains and riders alike safe. Interesting safety feature at Zhengzhou East. Something I haven't seen before. The stanchions also act as a carriage indicator. https://t.co/LK75t3LLtc Interesting safety feature at Zhengzhou East. Something I haven't seen before. The stanchions also act as a carriage indicator. https://t.co/LK75t3LLtc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1743946455893922024)  2024-01-07T10:43Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@JRUrbaneNetwork @JaJaWa Xihu is supposedly Xian Metro rather than national rail"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DavidFengTrains/status/1743956126025290176)  2024-01-07T11:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

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