News / Rail freight round-up: Le Shuttle traffic falls; a loco lack in Russia; China-to-Europe rates rise

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Europe and Russia may be struggling, as far as rail freight goes, but there are signs that for China, things can only get better, according to The Loadstar’s latest weekly rail round-up.

GetLink’s half-year results show its LeShuttle Freight services recorded a 4% drop in traffic for the six months to June, with just shy of 602,000 trucks using the service, compared with 624,435 in the period last year.

The operator claimed it had been “penalised ...