Among them, the number of outbound trains during the period was 1,023, up 54.3 percent year-on-year, while 1,135 inbound trains were recorded, up 52.6 percent, according to China Railway Hohhot Group.

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region saw its railway freight volume top 45.8 million tons in the third quarter of 2020.

The Nigerian government on Tuesday launched the commercial operation of the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri railway.

The 1,500th train this year entered the port around 9:45 am on Friday on its journey to Russia from the eastern Chinese city of Hefei.

The government is seeking to raise at least R$2,6bn ($480mn) from the sales, but it has not yet defined the target values for all projects.

Chinese builders completed construction on the 832.2-meter-long Yuanjiang Super Railway Bridge, spanning the V-shaped Honghe River Canyon in Southwest China's Yunnan province.

In releasing its "Recover Better With Sustainable Energy Guide for African Countries" on Tuesday.

One rail line was re-opened at 03:00 local time this morning but there is no firm restart date planned for the second line, a spokesman for TFR said.