China-Europe freight train greatly contributes to global anti-epidemic fights: FM

20:47, January 27, 2021

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  China-Europe freight train transports anti-COVID-19 supplies to Poland

  File photo: CFPHANGZHOU, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The X8026 train, carrying COVID-19 prevention supplies and other products, on Monday left Yiwu City in east Chinas Zhejiang Province for Malaszewicze in Poland.It is the first China-Europe freight train carrying COVID-19 prevention supplies this year, and will arrive in Poland in about 13 days.The train is carrying a total of 100 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), with 86 TEUs containing 324 tonnes of anti-COVID-19 supplies including over 40,000 protective suits. The other 18 TEUs contain production and living supplies that will be transferred to Hamburg, Germany.The China-Europe freight train service has remained a reliable transportation channel across the continents amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, a total of 9.39 million items and 76,000 tonnes of anti-COVID-19 supplies were delivered, mainly to Italy, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands and Lithuania, and were distributed to more European countries.

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  China-Moscow freight train drastically cuts travel time for export run

  A special China-Europe freight train, carrying goods from Midea Group, a home appliance maker in South China's Guangdong province, sets out from the province's Dongguan to Moscow, on Jan 20, 2021.A special China-Europe freight train carrying goods from a Guangdong-based company set out from Dongguan

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  Train carries anti-virus supplies to Poland

  A China-Europe freight train loaded with anti-epidemic supplies departs from Yiwu, Zhejiang province, for Malaszewicze, Poland, on Monday, marking this years first service carrying protective materials from China to Europe. (Photo: CHINA DAILY)A China-Europe freight train loaded with anti-epidemic supplies that left Yiwu, Zhejiang province, for Malaszewicze in Poland on Monday is this years first direct rail shipment of protective materials from China to Europe.The train, loaded with 100 containers of anti-epidemic supplies and daily necessities, including masks, protective suits, syringes, hardware and auto parts, is expected to arrive in Poland in 13 days. Part of the cargo will then be transferred to another train for shipment to Hamburg, Germany, authorities in Yiwu said.This batch of epidemic prevention materials was purchased by Polands Zarys Pomaga Company under the commission of the Polish government, a manager with the China-Europe freight train service said.Since March 21, when the first batch of medical supplies to combat COVID-19 was sent by rail from Yiwu to Madrid, the Spanish capital, China-Europe freight trains have contributed greatly to the global fight against the virus.The China-Europe freight train service has been hailed as a main channel through which much-needed commodities, anti-epidemic materials and daily necessities have been delivered to Europe amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.China-Europe freight trains delivered 76,000 metric tons of anti-epidemic materials last year to destinations including Italy, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands and Lithuania.Du Jianbo, director of China Railway Shanghai Groups Jinhua Cargo Center, said 1,399 China-Europe freight trains departed from Yiwu or Jinhua last year, a year-on-year rise of 130 percent.Zhejiang province is the source of 28 China-Europe freight train services that carry goods to 59 countries in the Eurasian region.The commodities transp...