China-Europe freight train trips reach 10,000 in 2022: China Railway

China-Europe trains have 82 routes and stop at 200 cities across 24 countries in Europe. The trains carry over 50,000 kinds of goods spanning 53 categories, including grain, timber, clothing, accessories, and automobile parts.

The number of China-Europe freight train trips made in the year 2022 touched 10,000 around 10 days earlier than the previous year, according to data released by the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. The trains transported around 972,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of goods during the period, which was a rise of 5 per cent from last year.

Moreover, the average freight volume on the eastern route for the China-European freight train services on a daily basis rose to 41.3 per cent in 2022 when compared to 2020, and that for the central and western routes jumped to 15.2 per cent and 20.7 per cent, respectively.

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