{"id":269263,"date":"2025-08-19T18:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=65165"},"modified":"2025-08-19T18:14:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:14:02","slug":"china-railway-reports-23-2-increase-in-central-asian-traffic-europe-operations-stable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=269263","title":{"rendered":"China Railway reports 23.2% increase in Central Asian traffic, Europe operations \u201cstable\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

China Railway, the Chinese national rail operator, has come out with numbers for the first seven months of 2025. The company reports positive numbers all across the board, but leaves much to be guessed about China-Europe figures.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The rail operator welcomes the 23.2% increase in traffic to Central Asia. Between January and July 2025, a total of 8,526 freight trains made their way into the neighbouring region. In the south, the new China-Laos Railway helped move 3,441 million tonnes of freight. That is an increase of 6.4%.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Chinese media write that China-Europe freight trains \u201cmaintained stable operation.\u201d China Railway does not have publicly available data on the development of freight traffic on that route, so the picture remains somewhat unclear.<\/p>\n

However, the lack of numbers suggests that China-Europe traffic has disappointed compared to other directions. Earlier, the Eurasian Rail Alliance reported that rail container transportation was down by 22% in H1 2025 compared to H1 2024. In total, 160,600 TEU moved across Eurasia between January and June 2025.<\/p>\n

It is likely that the decline in rail traffic is a direct result of lower maritime shipping rates, meaning that shippers are more likely to opt for ships rather than trains.<\/p>\n