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Stable Growth in China’s Foreign Trade: China-Europe Railway Express Plays a Vital Role

CCTV News: The reporter learned from the China National Railway Group that in the first half of this year, my country’s foreign trade continued to maintain a stable and positive trend.

Data show that from January to June, China-Europe Railway Express has operated a total of 8,641 trains and sent 936,000 TEUs of goods, a year-on-year increase of 16% and 30% respectively.

Behind the increase in traffic volume is the continuous expansion of the capacity of the China-Europe Railway Express. The maximum number of marshalling vehicles and the traction quality of the domestic section of the China-Europe Railway Express have been increased to 55 and 3,000 tons respectively, which are 34% and 20% higher than those at the initial stage of the train operation, and the full train rate has remained above 99%. column transportation capacity.

The two-way line from Xi’an to Duisburg, Germany has been encrypted from one train per week to two trains, and the operating time is stable at 12 days. The timetable for the two-way line from Chengdu to Lodz, Poland, and the return line from Duisburg to Xi’an, Germany, has been added, and the running time of the China Railway Express has been shortened by more than 5 days. At the same time, we will strengthen the organization of return goods for China-Europe freight trains, and promote two-way balanced transportation. The ratio of return trains to outbound trains will be stable at more than 87%.

Wang Yanbo, deputy director of the Multimodal Transport Department of the Freight Department of China National Railway Group: strengthen cooperation with the railway departments of countries along the route, improve transportation capacity and service quality, and inject strong momentum into the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” with high-quality services.

Up to now, China Railway Express has operated more than 73,000 trains over the years, delivered 6.9 million TEUs of goods, and reached 216 cities in 25 European countries.

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2023-07-07 02:10:00

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