JR to run freight trains with double container loading capacity

JR to run freight trains with double container loading capacity

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Freight Railway Co., the freight-carrying arm of the Japan Railway group, plans to introduce a pair of freight trains whose 9.44-meter-long containers can provide a loading capacity double that of conventional ones, company officials said June 22. The new ''Super Green Shuttle Train'' will link Tokyo and Osaka daily from next March, with one departing from Tokyo and the other from Osaka. (Kyodo)

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