China-Europe freight trains record

The China-Europe freight railway’s east route had handled 2,000 train trips hauling 210,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of goods this year by Sunday, reaching the milestone earlier than ever before, according to the China Railway Harbin Bureau Group.

Connecting China with 14 countries including Russia, Poland, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, the east route is one of three main routes on the railway.

Along its 24 lines, the east route has become vital for the transport of such cargo as electrical products, daily necessities, industrial machinery and agricultural products. The east route consists of three ports, namely Manzhouli Port, Suifenhe Port and Tongjiang Railway Port.