Central Asia, the Caucasus, Turkey, and Eastern Europe have great industrial infrastructure potential for the development of a rail Middle Corridor. But without China’s geoeconomic policy push, there is therefore still little economic rationale behind the development of corridor

Transit transportation of containers via the Russian Railways network will grow to 4 million TEU in 2027. That’s almost four times what it was in 2021, and some experts consider such a plan «virtually unrealizable.»