China’s railway network transported a total of 3.727 billion tonnes of freight from January to November, up 2.7 percent year on year, with international shipments posting noticeable growth, according to data released by China Railway on Friday.

The released data showed that cross-border shipments were stable and smooth during the period. From January to November, the China-Europe (Asia) freight train service operated 31,200 trips, increasing by nine percent year on year.

Specifically, the China-Europe freight train service completed 1,852 trips in November, up 21 percent compared with the same period last year and marking a historical high for monthly operations.

China-Laos Railway recorded a total of 4.98 million tonnes of freight transported by its cross-border freight train service, up 15 percent year on year, according to the data.

The new western land-sea corridor train service sent 1.31 million twenty-foot equivalent units of containers, a year-on-year increase of 55 percent, the data showed.