THE southwestern China's Chongqing Guoyuan Port expects its dedicated rail line connecting Yuxin'ou (Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe) International Railway to open to traffic in the first half of 2015, reports Xinhua.
At present, construction of the railway has been completed more than half, while the main body of the project is estimated to be finished by the end of the year.
Chongqing Guoyuan Port, a crucial shipping hub in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, was put into use at the end of 2013. With a designed annual handling capacity of 30 million tonnes, it has 16 berths of 5,000 tonnes and a quay line of 2,800 metres.
At present, the port has completed the construction of a 160,000-square metre operating area storage yard for container and bulk cargo, with a present capacity of 660,000 TEU containers, three million tonnes of bulk cargo and 500,000 vehicles of ro-ro trucks.
Once completed, it will be connected with Yuxin'ou International Railway, moving cargo from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in eastern and central China to Europe through offering rail-water intermodal service.
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