The volume of passenger and freight traffic on the Laos-China Railway has exceeded targets, indicating the greater-than-expected benefits delivered by the railway, the developer and operator of the mega project has said.
Having been in operation for just two and a half years since December 3, 2021, the annual volume of passenger and freight traffic is already approaching the annual target set for after the first 10 years following the inauguration of the railway. These figures have been set at 3.6 million passengers and 5,000,050 tonnes of freight.
In 2023, Laos’ section of the railway alone carried as many as 2.594 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 85.8 percent, the General Manager of the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd., Liu Hong, told ASEAN and Chinese media personnel recently.
In addition, Laos-China cross-border trains carried 111,000 passengers last year.
This year, as of June 19, trains had transported 1.69 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 41.3 percent, while cross-border trains carried 56,000 passengers.
Freight transport has also increased significantly. In 2023, the Lao section of the railway transported 4.089 million tonnes of freight, a year-on-year increase of 83.1 percent.
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