Saturday marked the primary anniversary of the worldwide passenger service of the China-Laos Railway, dealing with 700,000 passenger journeys in a 12 months, the China State Railway Group, the corporate which oversees the service’s operation, mentioned on Saturday.
Amongst them, about 180,000 passenger journeys from 87 international locations and areas took the cross-border service.
Over the 12 months, all worldwide trains departed on time and the on-time arrival price was 99 p.c, guaranteeing protected, clean and orderly transportation, the corporate mentioned.
The 1,035-kilometer China-Laos Railway, a landmark challenge of the Belt and Street Initiative, started operation in December 2021. It has turned Laos from a landlocked nation right into a land-linked hub within the Indo-China Peninsula.
Worldwide passenger practice service between Kunming, the capital of Southwest China’s Yunnan province, to Vientiane, capital of Laos, started on April 13, final 12 months. The service minimize journey time between the 2 cities to about 9 hours and half-hour.
