15.01.2019
Artikel Nummer: 25943
Japanese group runs Eurasian trial train
The Japanese service provider, Nippon Express, is testing the use of an exclusive blocktrain running from Xian (China) to Duisburg (Germany). The 16 – 17 day trial consists of a single freight train that is expected to arrive in Duisburg within the next few days. Nippon Express wants to begin regular blocktrain operations in or after March 2019.
The trial run is being conducted in connection with the FY2018 "Business feasibility study project for overseas development of high-quality infrastructure (Study on improving hard and soft infrastructure to promote the utilization of the China land bridge)" that Nippon Express is carrying out at the request of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. (ben)