Modal shift to cleaner transport fails to materialise
The pandemic has greatly affected rail passenger traffic in Europe, where it has decreased by half of the dockside volume, most container traffic falls on sea transport, and domestic freight transport does not tend to switch to sustainable modes of transport.
Railway freight express puts China-EU cooperation amid pandemic on fast track
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the freight trains have been playing a crucial role in supporting Europe’s anti-epidemic fight by opening «green passages» for the transport of important supplies and raw materials.The China-Europe rail transport service is widely expected to play an increasingly important role in the post-pandemic era.