A farmer carries a basket of vegetables as he boards Train 6433 on Aug. 24, 2023. He and most of the others will take the same train (number changed to 6434) home in the afternoon. [Photo by Chen Boyuan/China.org.cn]
Each morning at 7:03 a.m., a local train departs from the Xinglong Railway Station in the rural area of Chengde in northern China's Hebei province and heads for downtown Chengde.