Kazakh Xi’an terminal boosts Middle Corridor traffic by 70%
The Kazakh rail terminal in Xi’an, China, has boosted freight traffic on the Middle Corridor by 70 per cent. The terminal opened for operations in…
Davies Turner sets up eastbound UK to China rail service
UK logistics and freight forwarding company Davies Turner has announced the inauguration of a pioneering eastbound consol container service. It marks a significant milestone in…
UK record breaker: from Xi’an to Essex in just two weeks
There’s a new Silk Road express on the rails. Davies Turner, who style themselves as the leading independent UK freight forwarder, have broken their own…
A brand new KTZ terminal to open in Xi’an this year, what to expect?
The national railway company of Kazakhstan, KTZ, is expected to open a new terminal in Xi’an at the end of this year. The new terminal…
More fixed timetable trains: a new trend spurring the Silk Road?
The first fixed timetable eastbound train service will be launched by DB Cargo Eurasia on 27 June, connecting Duisburg and Xi’an. The new service will…
Chinese 5G giant to send equipment to Central Asia by rail
ZTE, the second-largest 5G infrastructure provider after Huawei in China, has dispatched its first batch of containers from Xi’an to Tashkent via rail. The shipment…
Kazakhstan to build its own terminal in Xi’an, China
Kazakhstan Railways will construct a terminal in the Chinese city of Xi’an, the country’s most important hub on the New Silk Road. Xi’an agreed to…
DB Cargo Eurasia launches new regular Xi’an-Budapest service
DB Cargo Eurasia launched a new service between Xi’an and Budapest. The first trip between the two destinations already took place. The train departed from…
New Silk Road record: Xi’an-Duisburg in 10 days with fixed timetable
A record transit time was achieved for a train journey from Xi’an in China to Duisburg in Germany. The distance was covered in ten days,…