China's Chengdu sees 6,000 trips by China-Europe freight trains
Xinhua
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CHENGDU -- A freight train carrying tons of cargo including electronic products and daily necessities departed Wednesday from Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, for Tilburg, the Netherlands.

A truck transports cargos at the Chengdu International Railway Port in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on August 5, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

The cargo train brought the accumulative trips made by China-Europe freight trains on the Chengdu route to 6,000 since the route was launched in 2013, according to the administrative committee of the Chengdu International Railway Port.

The China-Europe freight trains on the Chengdu route have transported goods worth nearly 200 billion yuan ($29 billion), it added.

The international freight train service connects Chengdu with 55 overseas cities and 16 Chinese cities.