Special train bound for safety

CHONGQING: It was the third train carrying the injured to reach Chongqing municipality. But it won't be the last.

The trains carrying quake survivors have united the municipality with its parent province of Sichuan, from which it was carved out a decade ago.

Yong Xiaorong, of Anxian county in Sichuan, could not hold her tears when she heard the words of encouragement from the hundreds of people who had gathered outside Chongqing's north railway station yesterday to welcome the injured. She considered herself fortunate to take the seven-hour journey from Mianyang, one of the worst hit areas.