News / China-Russia rail freight traffic on the increase, but earnings fall

Photo: Russian Railways

China-Russia rail freight volumes have continued to climb since the Nizhneleninskoye-Tongjiang bridge opened a year ago.

Plagued with development issues – the Chinese section was completed more than seven years before the Russian section – since it finally opened for container traffic, some 10,400 tonnes of containerised cargo have crossed it, according to a  Railfreight report.

It also notes that, with a total of 2.5m tonnes of all types of cargo, accounting for 21% of China-Russia ...