Train design for 2022 Games goes public

CHANGCHUN - The design of the trains that will run on a new high-speed rail line linking Beijing and Zhangjiakou, co-hosts of the 2022 Winter Olympics, was unveiled in Beijing on Tuesday.

The Olympic trains will be even "smarter and greener" than the Fuxing bullet trains that were put into service on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail line in September, according to the Chinese maker of the rail cars, CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicle Co.

The company said the new trains were designed specifically for the Winter Olympics and feature a media carriage with Wi-Fi service and TV screens for live broadcasting, an athlete drug-testing area and a storage area for winter sports equipment.