Daqin railway freight shipments reach 28-month high in March

China's Datong-Qinhuangdao (Daqin) railway, a key coal-dedicated corridor, shipped 37.54 million tonnes of bulk commodities in March, up 6.4% on year, Daqin Railway Co., Ltd said on April 8.

The 653-km line connects Datong, a major coal mining hub in Shanxi province, to Qinhuangdao port in Hebei province on the Bohai Sea, with coal accounting for nearly 90% of total shipments, as reported. Freight traffic in March surged 33.9% from February – helped by the fact that March had