26-05-2025
China rail freight volume grows 3.6% in JanâApr 2025
China's national railways transported approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of cargo in the January–April 2025 period, marking a 3.6 per cent year-on-year increase, according to China State Railway Group Co, Ltd.
China's national railways moved 1.3 billion tonnes of cargo in Janâ€'Apr 2025, up 3.6 per cent YoY, with daily loading averaging 180,000 carriages. Rail-water container volumes rose 19.1 per cent to 5.38 million TEUs. Cross-border freight surged: China-Central Asia trips up 21 per cent, China-Laos volumes rose 7.6 per cent, and China-Europe service remained stable.
The average daily loading volume rose by 4.7 per cent to 180,000 carriages.
Efforts to improve logistics efficiency included the launch of 119 new multimodal services and a 19.1 per cent increase in rail-water container volumes, which reached 5.38 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), as per Chinese media reports.
Cross-border rail freight remained strong. China-Central Asia train trips rose 21 per cent to 4,725, while the China-Laos Railway handled nearly 2 million tonnes of goods, up 7.6 per cent. China-Europe Railway Express operations remained stable.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (HU)
