Makhalino - Hunchun cross-border railway upgraded

A demonstration train ran on the modernised Makhalino - Hunchun line in August 2013 (Photo: RZD).

ASIA: The first revenue train carried coal over the reopened cross-border line between Makhalino in Russia and Hunchun in China on December 17. The line opened in 1999 but services were suspended in 2004.

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