en.Wedoany.com Reported - In the first quarter of this year, a total of 5,460 China-Europe freight trains were operated, transporting 546,000 TEUs of goods, representing year-on-year increases of 29% and 22% respectively, demonstrating a positive trend of simultaneous growth in both volume and quality.
According to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as "China State Railway Group"), in the first quarter, the railway sector arranged 93 scheduled routes for China-Europe freight trains within China, actively expanded diversified overseas channels, strengthened the transportation organization of China-Europe freight trains crossing the Caspian Sea, and conducted test runs of China-Europe freight train routes crossing the Baltic Sea via St. Petersburg, Russia, providing customers with diversified cross-border logistics options. Currently, China-Europe freight trains reach 235 cities in 26 European countries, with their service scope basically covering the entire Eurasian continent.
In the first quarter, the railway sector continued to optimize port transportation organization, constantly improving the level of customs clearance facilitation, with the shortest port clearance time reduced to within 30 minutes. The number of China-Europe freight trains operated via the western route (via the Alashankou and Khorgos ports), the central route (via the Erenhot port), and the eastern route (via the Manzhouli, Suifenhe, and Tongjiangbei ports) increased by 19%, 26%, and 49% year-on-year respectively.
To further optimize the logistics products of China-Europe freight trains, the railway sector operates 22 China-Europe freight trains per week with full-timetable schedules both domestically and internationally, covering 9 cities in China and 6 cities in Europe. The total transit time is reduced by more than 30% compared to regular China-Europe freight trains on the same routes, and the average value of goods per container has increased by 41%, making them highly favored in the international logistics market.
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