A freight train with load capacity exceeding 30,000 tonnes, which is the heaviest so far in China, completed a test run on the Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway.
This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency.
Hauled by four electric locomotives, the freight train consists of 324 carriages, with a total length of 4,088 meters and a total load of 32,400 tonnes, setting new records for both the longest formation and the largest load capacity in China.
The Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway, linking the coal base of Shanxi Province and the Huanghua Port in Hebei Province, is China's second-largest channel for coal transport.
The test train ran from Cangzhou City in Hebei to Huanghua Port.
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