A new freight train route was launched on Saturday to link Hamburg in Germany and Xuzhou, an industrial and transportation hub in east China, amid strengthened China-Europe rail links after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted sea and air traffic.
Traveling more than 10,000 km, the train will pass through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, and Poland and is expected to reach Hamburg in 15 days, the company said.
The train carrying machinery parts and epidemic prevention supplies left Xuzhou on Saturday morning. This is the first China-Europe freight train from the city in Jiangsu Province to Germany.
It will pass through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, and Poland and is expected to reach Hamburg in 15 days.
The city’s increased rail freight services have enhanced logistics capacity and shows the strong import demands in the Yangtze River Delta region.