VIENTIANE, Nov 3 (NNN-KPL) – With Muangxay Station starting freight service, all the seven freight stations along the Lao section of the China-Laos Railway have been put into operation.
The progress is laying a solid foundation to increase next year’s freight volume of the railway, which was officially opened in Dec, 2021.
According to the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in Lao capital, Vientiane, responsible for the operation of the railway’s Lao section, the freight management and operation personnel were in place, and loading and unloading equipment, weighing instruments, refuelling facilities and other operations were ready for the freight business at the Muangxay Station.
The newly-opened station, mainly handles container business, and in the early stage of operation, it will deliver agricultural products and ores, LCRC said, yesterday.
As of Oct 31, 2022, the Lao section of the China-Laos Railway has shipped a total of over 1.7 million tonnes of goods, with an average monthly growth rate of 17.09 percent.– NNN-KPL
