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  • First freight-train service launched between Greater Bay Area, ASEAN

    The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area launched its first freight-train route to ASEAN countries on Tuesday.

    May26,2021


  • Chinese provinces call for high-quality China-Europe freight train service

     Running companies of China-Europe freight train service in four provinces and a municipality released a consensus on the weekend to promote the high-quality and sustainable development of the service.

    August26,2019


  • China-Europe freight train boosts foreign trade of NW China's Shaanxi

    The increasing trips of the Chang'an China-Europe freight train has greatly sped up the foreign trade development of Shaanxi Province in northwest China.

    May21,2019


  • Freight train noise: Germany's Deutsche Bahn testing smaller barriers

    The German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) is testing new ways to protect against the noise made by freight trains.

    April26,2019


  • Xi'an-Ningbo sea-rail freight service starts

    The sea-rail freight train from Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, arrived in the Ningbo Zhoushan Port in eastern China's Zhejiang Province on Thursday morning.

    March29,2019


  • China's Henan to resume Xinxiang-Japan-ROK railway-seaway freight service in April

    Xinxiang city in central China's Henan Province is expected to resume the Xinxiang-Japan-ROK railway-seaway freight service in early April this year, gradually achieving the frequency of one trip a week.

    March26,2019


  • China-Europe freight trains make 14,000 trips

    The China-Europe freight rail service network, a crucial part of the Belt and Road Initiative, has expanded rapidly, reaching 14,000 trips by the end of February, according to China's top economic planner.

    March18,2019


  • Freight train departs Chongqing for ASEAN countries

    Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality launched a new freight train on Tuesday to better serve transportation along the land-sea trade corridor.

    March13,2019


  • China's rail freight volume sees steady growth in January

    China's rail freight volume, an indicator of broad economic activity, registered stable expansion in January, official data showed.

    March05,2019


  • Xinjiang's Horgos sees record passage of freight trains

    Horgos, a major land pass in China's Xinjiang autonomous region bordering Kazakhstan, saw a robust increase of international freight trains last year, pushed by the Belt and Road Initiative.

    January25,2019


  • Freight train carrying oranges launched from central China to Hanoi

    The first special freight train carrying oranges left Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, for Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday.

    December28,2018


  • China-Vietnam meter-gage freight trains make 1,000 trips in one yr

    China-Vietnam meter-gage freight trains connecting China's Yunan province and Vietnam's Hai Phong port has made a total of 1,000 trips on December 18 since its operation one year ago, with goods delivery totaling 406,400 tonnes...

    December20,2018


  • Double-stack container train put into service in China port

    A double-stack freight train carrying 56 standard containers of goods left Ningbo-Zhoushan Port for Shaoxing City in east China's Zhejiang Province Tuesday, marking the official operation of the first such train service in China.

    December19,2018


  • Update: China's Zhengzhou launches freight train service to Vietnam

    Central China's transport hub Zhengzhou on Friday added a Southeast Asian route to its China-Europe freight train service.

    December10,2018


  • China's Zhengzhou launches freight train service to Vietnam

    Central China's transport hub Zhengzhou on Friday added a Southeast Asian route to its China-Europe freight train service.

    December10,2018


  • China, Belgium launch new cargo train route

    Belgium and China Wednesday launched a new cargo train route linking the Belgian city of Liege, some 100 km southeast of Brussels, to Zhengzhou, the capital city of China's Henan province.

    October25,2018


  • New freight route links China, Pakistan

    A new rail and road cargo service was launched Tuesday, linking Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, with Islamabad in Pakistan.

    October24,2018


  • Yinchuan-Tehran international freight trains make 113 trips since Sept. 2017

    The Yinchuan-Tehran international freight trains have made 113 trips since its opening in September 2017, achieving transportation of over 200,000 tonnes of goods valuing 150 million U.S. dollars.

    October12,2018


  • China's Yichang opens Yichang-Qinzhou-Pasir Gudang (Malaysia) rail-sea route

    A freight train carrying some 300,000 U.S. dollars worth of chemical goods departed from Yichang east station in central China's Hubei province on Thursday, and it will arrive at Pasir Gudang port in Malaysia by sea via Qinzhou port in south China.

    September30,2018


  • C China's Henan welcomes first freight train specially for imported grain

    Zhengzhou, capital city of central China's Henan Province, welcomed its first freight train specially for imported grains on Wednesday.

    September28,2018


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