Canadian rail networks prepare for shut down
NewsAs Canada heads towards a nationwide rail strike CN and CPKC have stopped accepting certain cargo types as they prepare their Canadian networks for a full shutdown.
China-UK on the rails
On 18 January, London became the 15th European city to be linked by trans-Asia rail intermodal landbridge services with China. The latest Sino-Europe service, and the first for the UK, is operated by Swiss-based Inter-Rail Group, on behalf of China Railways’ affiliate CRIMT. It left Yiwu station with 34 x 45ft high cube containers, loaded with clothing and other ‘high street’ goods, on 2 January and arrived 16 days and 12,000 km later.
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