The total number of freight rail routes between China and Europe has so far reached 65. This was announced by the deputy head of the State Committee for Development and Reform Affairs of China, Ning Jizhe, Xinhua reports.
The State Committee for Development and Reforms of the PRC held a retreat on October 15–16, 2018 in Chongqing, devoted to regular freight rail traffic between China and Europe. According to Ning Jizhe, Chinese trains made more than 11 thousand flights to Europe and
back in the list of destinations – 44 cities in 15 European countries, transported more than 920 thousand containers.
According to the China Railway Corporation, as of June 2018. as part of rail freight between China and Europe
sent more than 9 thousand compositions. Since the launch of the first flight in 2011. the trains delivered 800 thousand TEU, running between 48 Chinese and 42
European cities.
In 2017, over 3 thousand freight trains were sent along routes between China and Europe. According to the corporation, in 2018 this figure will reach 4 thousand.
Source: Ports of Ukraine
