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I saw some comments on the HK stream (& watching some of the saved recordings) that IShowSpeed looked annoyed during his HK tour due to some HK fans being unruly. Comments contrasted how fans in Mainland China seemed much more well behaved. As a HKer, I am a little disappointed.
The KTT is a Joint intercity railway service operated by China Railways and the KCR (Later MTR after merger) between Hong Kong's Hung Hom station and Guangzhou, Foshan and Zhaoqing. MTR used an electric locomotive hulling double deck cars for the service.
The backlash for the removal of Line 7 (repost) was so strong they put it back a few months after unveiling the express lines in 2023 (1st pic). It's good that now Line 8, which still received particularly strong support is also back in play (2nd pic). 
...over the valley floor. Still not the highest metro bridge in the world, that goes to the Caijia Rail Transit Bridge also in Chongqing but for Line 6... 
China has similar issues with the massive proliferation of illegally modified high power e-scooters which occupy a grey area of bike and car. They illegally drive and park everywhere and widely disregard rules. Ruining the walking and cycling experience. 
Could be some frictions in negotiations between Japan and India. India seems to be balking at the cost and vendor lock in of new Shinkansen trains. India claims their new domestic WIP trains cost 13 million INT$/car. Japan's proposed Indian E5 Series was 23 million NT$/car. (2/6) 
Ping'an Li Station is a 3 line interchange station. If you start on Line 6 you get to see some of the ground based wayfinding taking you to the other lines. (2/10) 
... there is a cool cross shaped interchange station (Suzhou South/Fenhu) on the Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou HSL with the under construction Nantong–Suzhou–Jiaxing–Ningbo HSL, Suzhou Express Metro Line 10 and Shanghai Regional Rail... (2/4) 
Let's address the elephant in the room, ignoring most of the HKZM bridge's traffic which is carried on buses. The HKZM "golden bus" shuttles run up to every 2-5min between HK and Macau or Zhuhai. Every time I use the bridge (~once a month) there is an ocean of people and buses. 
Last Monday, Shenyang Metro L3 Phase 1 West section opened. The Phase 1 West Section is mostly elevated, making Shenyang Metro no longer the world's longest fully underground metro system. The fully underground East Section is still in construction. Pics by Jennings-foto. (2/4) 
More pictures of the first phase of Zhengzhou Metro Lines 7 and 8 stations which opened today. (2/4) 
Inside the new CR450 series HSTs unveiled today in Beijing. (2/5) 
The trains on the Shanghai Airport Link Line are 4 car regional trains with wireless charging, luggage racks, 2+2 seating and the works. Overall quite nice. Pics by Akiryo秋凌. (2/6) 
The various stations on the newly opened Xi'an Metro Line 8. Pics by 乐天派zhz. (2/4) 
Profile of the Changtai Yangtze Bridge the tallest bridge in the world. Profile published in "Settlement analysis of the giant open caisson during the construction of the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge" by M.-W. Guo, Xuechao Dong, Zhi Yang in "Frontiers in Earth Science". (2/5) 