09.09.2020
Artikel Nummer: 33125
Another service to connect China and France
On Saturday, 5 September 2020, a freight train left Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, for Dourges in France, marking the launch of a new railfreight service between Hefei and Europe.
The train, carrying refrigerators and freezers worth USD 630,000, is expected to arrive in the French port city after a journey of 16 days, according to the Chinese news agency.
The goods will be distributed from Dourges to other European cities. The province Anhui operates 24 China-Europe freight train routes.
In the first eight months of this year, Hefei saw a total of 309 inbound and outbound China-Europe freight trains, a year-on-year increase of 8%. (ben)