Coronavirus Has Been a Boon for China’s Railways

SHANGHAI—The coronavirus pandemic is boosting a core element of China’s Belt and Highway Initiative, as growing costs and disruptions in sea and air shipping and delivery force businesses to switch to trains.

Railways that China has revived in new several years, connecting the country to Europe by way of Central Asia, just notched their busiest month still. China Railway Corp., which operates the trains in China, reported it recorded 976 excursions in April, a forty seven% boost yr-around yr. The trains were carrying cargo equal to the ability of four of the…