Robust growth of China-Europe freight train services in July – Xinhua English.news.cn

BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — China-Europe freight train services saw strong growth in July amid safe and smooth operation, China State Railway Group Co said Tuesday. ., Ltd..

The number of China-Europe freight train trips rose 11 percent year on year to a record 1,517 last month.

Freight trains carried 149,000 units equivalent to twenty feet of freight, up 12% from a year ago.

In the first seven months, the number of China-Europe freight train trips rose 3 percent year on year to 8,990. The trains carried a total of 869,000 units equivalent to twenty feet of freight, an increase of 4% over the previous year. End

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