Freight train traffic between China and Europe increased strongly in 2020

According to QI Dan, general manager of Chongqing Logistics, there were 2,063 trips from Chongqing to Europe in 2020, up 72%, transporting over 2.7 billion yuan value of medical supplies and basic necessities alone in 2020. The Chang’an China-Europe freight train service from Xi’an to Europe operated 3,720 trains last year, 1.7 times that of the previous year, and transported more than 2.81 million t of cargo, (+ 60 %), of which 80,000 t were COVID-19 related materials.

In 2020, Yiwu station in Eastern Zhejiang Province, handled 1399 freight trains to Europe in 2020. 

Xinhua news release, Jan 18/19/28, 2021

Freight train traffic between China and Europe increased strongly in 2020
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