Chinese operator expects big increase in Europe-bound trains

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By Alexander Whiteman

14/02/2018

Freight train services between China and Europe are expected to increase by some 30% this year, at least for one carrier. Rail Freight reports Wuhan Han’ou International Logistics’ claim that some 500 trains will traverse its tracks from Wuhan to the likes of Moscow, Hamburg, Duisburg, Lyon, Gorzow and Pardubice. Alongside this east-west axis, the company is also looking to open routes from the central Chinese province to Iran, Turkey and Ukraine.

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