Lao rail operator adds new stations as passenger numbers surge

Passengers board a train on the Laos-China Railway. - VT

VIENTIANE: Starting on March 10, the Laos-China Railway Company Limited has opened two new stations on the cross-border service, namely Xay station on the Lao side of the border and Yuxi station in China.

The C88/7 cross-border service now stops at five stations in Laos - Vientiane, Vangvieng, Luang Prabang, Boten and Xay Station – and carries passengers travelling to work and places of study and heading for tourist destinations etc.