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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
CHONGQING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) — A freight train departed from southwest China's Chongqing for Hungary's capital, Budapest, on Sunday, marking the launch of a new fixed-schedule China-Europe service.
The train, loaded with car and motorcycle parts, electronics, and other consumer goods, is expected to arrive in Budapest, a major transportation hub serving Central and Eastern Europe, in 11 days. The train will cross the border at Alashankou in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and travel through Kazakhstan, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia before arriving in Hungary.
The new route represents Chongqing's second fixed-schedule freight rail link on the China-Europe international rail freight service, following the route linking the city with Duisburg, Germany.
Compared to traditional freight trains, fixed-schedule trains operate according to a schedule and along established routes, significantly improving efficiency and reliability. According to the Chengdu branch of China Railways (CR), the Chongqing-Budapest route will reduce travel time by approximately 30 percent.
“The fixed-schedule service provides more stable predictability in production planning, logistics trade, and capital turnover, and offers more efficient cross-border logistics for local enterprises in industries such as electronics, automobiles, and equipment manufacturing,” said Yang Lianchen of the Chongqing Railway Logistics Center under the aforementioned branch.
The total number of China-Europe train departures has reached 120,000 since the launch of this logistics system, and the total value of transported cargo has exceeded US$490 billion, according to data released by the Chinese Railways recently.
Currently, China-Europe freight train services cover 232 cities in 26 European countries and connect more than 100 cities in 11 Asian countries, injecting new impetus into promoting high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative and achieving a higher level of opening-up. -0-
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