Freight train linking China's Heilongjiang with Netherlands launched

16 Mar '24

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A new freight train route connecting Tilburg in the Netherlands and Harbin, the capital of China's Heilongjiang province, was launched recently.
It is the first China-Europe freight train service connecting the border province with a Dutch city.
Compared with sea shipping, the service will reduce the delivery time by two-thirds and the distance halved.

A new freight train route connecting Tilburg in the Netherlands and Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province, was launched recently. It is the first China-Europe freight train service connecting the border province with a Dutch city.

The first cargo train departed Harbin station yesterday, according to the China Railway Harbin Group. The train will travel 10,257 km via the port of Manzhouli and arrive at Tilburg in 15 days.

Compared with sea shipping, the new cargo train service will cut short the delivery time by two-thirds with the distance shortened by half, Liang Chuan, head of the station, was quoted as saying by a state-controlled news outlet.

The number of China-Europe freight trains and the cargo volume they transported from and to Heilongjiang rose by 161.5 per cent year on year (YoY) and 151.6 per cent YoY respectively in the first two months this year.

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