Over 9,000 trips made via China-Europe trains

2018年08月24日 11:33:15 | 来源:ourjiangsu.com

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  China has seen a record high number of cargo trains running to and from Europe. The China-Europe freight trains have made over 9,000 trips by the end of June, the China Railway Corporation or CRC said Wednesday.

  Since the services began in 2011, the trains have delivered 800,000 twenty-foot equivalent units or TEUs of goods, connecting 48 Chinese cities with 42 European cities, according to CRC.

  For more than 7 years, the services have been improving connectivity between Chinese and European cities, boosting economic and trade ties.

  In 2017, more than 3,000 trips were made via the China-Europe freight trains between cities on the two continents. The number of trips is expected to reach 4,000 in 2018, said CRC.

  In the first three months of this year, China-Europe freight trains made 1,000 trips, up 75 percent compared with the same period last year, according to CRC.

  The company said the record was made because of increased rail routes and an accelerated train speed on the Chinese side.

  The cross-border rail network has bridged 43 Chinese cities with 41 European cities in 13 countries.

  More than 7,600 journeys have been made between cities in the two continents since March 2011 when the service started.

  (Source: ourjiangsu.com)

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