Maintenance on China's key coal transport corridor, Daqin Railway, beats schedule

Spring maintenance on China's Datong Qinhuangdao (Daqin) railway, a key coal transport artery linking mining regions to northern ports, was completed on April 27, three days ahead of schedule, sources said.

The maintenance, which began on April 1, lasted 27 days and necessitated suspending transport for three hours every day from 09:00 to 12:00. Despite the disruption, the railway managed to maintain average daily shipments at around 1 million tonnes, broadly in line with prior expectations. During the maintenance period, inflows