Across China: Green-painted trains provide cost-effective rides for rural vendors

KUNMING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- With a wooden pole resting on her shoulder to help carry two wicker baskets of vegetables, rural vendor Zhao Shuying boards the No.5652 train with its old-fashioned green livery, heading for a nearby city to sell her fresh produce.

Unlike the sleek, silver-white bullet trains commonly seen on China's railways, the retro-looking No.5652 train operates at a lower speed, and departs fro