China Railway Materials Company Limited

Supply chain manager for China's railway materials and equipment

What China Railway Materials does

China Railway Materials buys, stores, inspects and delivers the physical goods that keep China's railways running and being built — everything from diesel and lubricating oil for locomotives to wheels, axles, bearings, couplers and brake parts for rail cars. It also supplies construction materials such as cement, concrete, steel sections, sleepers and elastic support blocks for railway, road, bridge and tunnel projects. Alongside the goods themselves it handles the logistics, quality supervision, centralized procurement and bidding agency work that move those materials from supplier to rail site.

How China Railway Materials makes money

It earns the spread on materials it procures and resells in bulk to railway operators and construction contractors, leveraging scale purchasing and nationwide distribution. Additional fee income comes from logistics, quality supervision, operation and maintenance, digital services and bidding agency work layered on top of the goods flow.

Products & services

• Railway diesel and lubricating oil supply chain integration
• Rail running parts: wheels, axles, bearings, couplers, buffers, braking devices
• Cement, clinker and commercial concrete; sleepers and elastic support blocks
• H- and B-shaped steel, bamboo flooring, high-speed rail glass and vehicle materials
• Integrated railway logistics and dangerous goods logistics
• Centralized procurement and bidding agency services