Lengthy maintenance starts on key North China rail link for thermal coal

China's National Railway Administration has begun scheduled maintenance on the Baotou-Tangshan railway, a key rail link for transporting coal and other commodities from North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to Hebei province, Mysteel Global has learned.

The 20-day maintenance period on the 1,018-km line started from 18:00 on October 26 and was launched in preparation for likely higher freight demand during the forthcoming winter season. The extent of the disruptions to daily train journeys the maintenance will cause during the near three-week period has not