Passenger travel on Laos-China Railway reaches record heights

A crowd of people disembark from a train on the Laos-China Railway. - Vientiane Times/ANN

VIENTIANE: The Laos-China Railway has operated more than 10,000 passenger trains since the start of this year, carrying a record number of passengers.

According to statistics from the Kunming branch of the Laos-China Railway Company, from January 1 to May 31, the railway ran 10,642 passenger trains carrying 8,723,000 passengers.