Xinhua
24 Jun 2022, 03:30 GMT+10
CHONGQING, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing), the first China-Europe freight train service, embarked on its 10,000th trip Thursday.
The cargo train, fully loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts, daily necessities and other goods, departed from Tuanjie Village of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and headed for Duisburg of Germany.
The railway has transported over 1,000 types of goods ranging from energy terminals and whole vehicles to auto parts and medicines, with a total value exceeding 400 billion yuan (about 60 billion U.S. dollars).
The freight train service was put into operation in March 2011.
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