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Rail traffic shows slight increase in Q1

By Song Jingli (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-04-27 17:25

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China's railways transported more passengers in the first quarter of 2009 than the same period of last year and saw a rise in freight traffic in March.  

The country's railways transported 382.11 million passengers in the first quarter, up 3.8 percent year-on-year, according to Wang Yongping, a Ministry of Railways spokesman. 

Meanwhile, 766.24 million tons of freight was transported by train in first three months, with 265.21 million tons transported in March alone, up 2.4 percent over the previous month, he added.

Freight traffic has been declining due to the global economic downturn and a slide in China's industrial growth since the last quarter of 2008...

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