Two-way freight trains begin running between Yuxi, Vientiane

As central Yunnan’s Yuxi city rolled out its first China-Laos international freight train from the Yanhe Station on August 23, the Yuxi-Vientiane international freight service via China-Laos Railway achieved two-way operation.

A view of the Yanhe Station in central Yunnan’s Yuxi city

The train loaded with 21 refrigerated containers of vegetables will arrive in Vientiane, Laos. From there, the goods will be transported by road to Thailand.

 

The train departs from Yanhe Station. Photo by Shen Yang

Since its inauguration in December 2021, the China-Laos Railway has transported over 64.5 million tonnes of goods by the end of July this year, including more than 14.9 million tonnes of cross-border cargo.

 

A view of the Luliang Station in central Yunnan’s Kunming city. The station rolled out a vegetable train to Laos and Thailand on August 7.  

Reporting by Yang Qian (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Wang Shixue