Launch of new Mongolia - Hungary transit service www.transportjournal.com
Transcontainer, Far East Land Bridge (Felb), RZD Logistics and ZSSK Cargo have established a new container transit service from China to Hungary across Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian and Slovakian territory.
The first freight train departed from Changsha (China) and arrived in Budapest last week (wk 24).
The overall transit time across the countries with the 1,520 mm track gauge was 13 days. The trip across Mongolia took 3 days, seven days were needed to cross Russia and three for Ukraine.
Felb operated the service, RZD Logistics forwarded the freight and Transcontainer provided the rolling stock. (ben)
Published Date:2017-06-21