On the 4th, it was learned from China Railway Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as "China Railway Group") that more than 20,000 China-Europe freight trains will operate in 2025.
The working conference of China Railway Group was held in Beijing on the same day. It was pointed out at the meeting that in 2025, the State Railway Group will pragmatically promote key overseas projects. The China Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Railway will be launched in full, and the Serbia section of the Hungary Serbia Railway will be put into operation in full. The passenger and freight traffic volume of the Boten Wanzhou section of the China Laos Railway will increase by 2.3% and 15% respectively year on year. The Ya'an-Wan'an High speed Railway has completed its second anniversary of safe and stable operation, and has sent more than 13 million passengers in total.
In 2025, China Railway Group will build an international railway logistics brand, with 34,000 China-Europe (Asia) trains and 3.17 million TEUs shipped, representing year-on-year growth of 9.8% and 7.6% respectively; The Western Land-Sea New Channel trains sent 1.42 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 47.5%.
The meeting pointed out that in 2026, China Railway Group will show greater achievements in serving to build a new development pattern and jointly building the "Belt and Road" with high quality, such as promoting the construction of international transport corridors across the Caspian Sea, and running high-quality China-Europe scheduled trains; Give full play to the backbone role of railways in the Western Land-Sea New Corridor, strengthen the transportation support capabilities of the East, Central, and West corridors, expand the coverage of trains in the Western Land-Sea New Corridor, and promote the increase and quality of train transportation.
In addition, China Railway Group will promote the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway with high standards and high quality; Maintain the smooth operation of the Serbia section of the Hungary-Serbia Railway and promote high-quality operation of the entire line; Give full play to the driving role of landmark projects, pragmatically promote "small but beautiful" livelihood projects, and better benefit the people along the route.