China’s railroad freight traffic volume up 3.6 percent in Jan-Apr

Monday, 26 May 2025 09:45:21 (GMT+3)   |   Shanghai

In the January-April period this year, the national railroad freight traffic volume reached 1.299 billion mt, up 3.6 percent year on year.

In particular, deliveries of coal by the national railways amounted to 672 million mt.

As previously reported by SteelOrbis on May 15, the total fixed asset investments (FAI) in China’s railways in the January-April period this year amounted to RMB 194.7 billion ($27.0 billion), up 5.3 percent year on year.

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