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China-Europe rail freight

May 28, 2026 | Freight

Russia and China increase cross-border capacity

Second track to be laid between Zabaikalsk in Russia and Manzhouli in China.

January 22, 2026 | Asia

What future for the Middle Corridor?

Backed by Chinese finance, Kazakhstan is playing a key role in developing the Middle Corridor that connects China with Europe. But as Sophia Burna-Asefi reports, its long-term viability as a transit route will depend on resolving structural deficiencies.

December 1, 2025 | Freight

New timetable for China - Europe freight services

Seven new routes added to bring total train movements to over 1000 a year.

July 4, 2024 | Asia

China launches daily Trans-Caspian European freight service

China Railway service runs via Kazakhstan to Baku in Azerbaijan.

May 28, 2024 | Freight

China starts on Jiamusi - Tongjiang upgrade

Project will increase freight capacity to Russian border to 37 million tonnes a year.

August 23, 2023 | Freight

China-Europe rail freight traffic up 27% in first seven months of 2023

The 10,000th China-Europe freight train this year departed from Yiwu West at 10.18 on July 29, a milestone reached 22 days earlier than in 2022.

November 11, 2022 | Freight

China-Europe Express train reaches Germany in 10 days

The 50-wagon train followed a fixed timetable.

July 29, 2022 | Financial

European funding boost for Kazakhstan Railways

€102.8m bond to develop freight route from China to EU.

July 13, 2022 | Freight

Freight traffic in China up 5.5% in first half

Total of 1.95 billion tonnes carried between January and June.

May 11, 2022 | Freight

New China - Caspian Sea - Europe rail freight service launched

The new service avoids passing through Russia and Ukraine or Belarus.

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