Laos-China Railway handles over 30 million passenger trips; daily trips have even over 100,000 passengers


Image from Lao News Agency

VIENTIANE/KUNMING (Xinhua): As last week, the China-Laos Railway had handled a total of 30.2 million passenger trips since its launch in December 2021, data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. showed on Thursday.

The China section of the railway saw its average daily number of passenger trains increase from 35 in the initial period to 51, with daily passenger trips soaring from 20,000 to a peak of 103,000.

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