All Eurasian freight articles – Page 5

  • Marmaray freight train
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    Transit freight train runs through the Marmaray tunnel

    2019-11-07T13:40:00Z

    TURKEY: A freight service passed through the Marmaray tunnel under the Bosporus between Asia and Europe in Istanbul at 03.30 on the morning of November 7, carrying 42 TEU of electronic goods in transit from China to the Czech Republic. The service organised by ...

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    Kyrgyzstan to plug Silk Route gap

    2000-08-01T10:00:00Z

    Completion last December of China’s 1446 km South Xinjiang Railway to Kashi leaves a gap of less than 500 km to be closed in a historic trade route. Richard Hope reports on plans for a national network in the Kyrgyz Republic that will meet this need