Over 3,000 container trains from China to Europe have run via Kazakhstan in 2019. This is 5 per cent more than in the previous year. KTZ Express, an intermodal subsidiary of Kazakhstan Railways, expects further...Read more
Chinese rail freight trains carried 4.02 billion tonnes of goods in 2018. Volumes grew by 9.1 per cent compared to the previous year. By 2020, China Railway plans to increase this figure up to 4.79...Read more
Freight trains between China and Europe have made more than 6,200 trips since this vital West-East trading corridor opened in 2011.
The New Silk Road’s international cross-border rail network has connected 35 Chinese cities with 34...Read more
The relentless activity in China’s rail freight sector shows no sign of slowing, with another steady month of growth recorded in October, according to state carrier the China Railway Corporation. Railways carried 255 million tonnes...Read more
A new joint working group involving seven countries aims to pave the way for improved rail freight services between Europe and the Far East. The multilateral agreement by China, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Germany and...Read more
History was made today when the first direct freight train from China to the UK arrived in London. Hailed by some as the symbol of a new era of post-Brexit trade between Britain and the...Read more
A new era of rail cargo services between Europe and China has been further underlined with the departure of the first London-bound train from China, and the promise of extra services to the Far East...Read more
