Latvian Railways, LDz, and Belorussian Railway company agreed to boost rail freight transport and to develop a new service on Minsk-Riga route.
The Memorandum signed by the heads of both companies provides to launch the pilot project of express train “Riga-Minsk”. Considering the interest of clients in fast cargo movement between the capitals of Latvia and Belarus, the railway companies plan to offer their clients express train that would be, upon client’s request, sent from Minsk to Riga or vice versa within 28 hours.
“We work is to satisfy the demand of our clients to transport cargo. However, our long-term goal is to ensure regular cargo movement at all the key routes. Therefore, development of a new and fast transport flow between Riga and Minsk will allow us to process our clients’ requests faster. Considering the growing significance of Belarus in the context of the joint project of Belarus and China “The Large Stone” being developed near Minsk, our offer will allow us to process cargo coming from this new point of logistics,” President of LDz Edvīns Bērziņš said.
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