From January to April, a total of 6184 China Europe freight trains were operated, sending 675000 TEUs of goods

On May 13th, according to China Railway, from January to April this year, a total of 6184 China Europe freight trains were operated, sending 675000 TEUs of goods, an increase of 10% and 11% year-on-year, respectively. As of the end of April 2024, the China Europe freight train has cumulatively operated over 89000 trains, reaching 223 cities in 25 European countries.

Since this year, China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. has conscientiously implemented the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, implemented the deployment of the eight actions of high-quality joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" on China Europe trains, adhered to the principle of joint consultation, joint construction and sharing, played the role of domestic and international cooperation mechanisms, and continued to promote the high-quality development of China Europe trains. One is the continuous expansion of channel capabilities. We continued to carry out the transportation test of the China Europe Express Xi'an, Chongqing, Yiwu Georgia Poti, and Türkiye Istanbul South Passage, and successfully launched the China Europe Express across the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea from Urumqi, Xinjiang, to Salerno, Italy. The transportation organization of the China Europe Express South Passage has become increasingly mature. From January to April, 12 China Europe Express trains were launched on the South Passage, an increase of 71% year on year. The second is the continuous improvement of transportation efficiency. Strengthen cooperation with railway departments of neighboring countries, optimize cross-border transportation organization of China Europe freight trains, reasonably match domestic and foreign train composition methods, improve transportation efficiency of China Europe freight trains, and save transportation costs. Actively developing high value-added goods for European return trips and promoting balanced two-way transportation. We strengthened communication and coordination with customs, border inspection and other departments, actively promoted the rapid customs clearance mode of railway, coordinated overseas railway enterprises to increase the efforts to pick up and change trains, improved port transport efficiency and customs clearance facilitation, and the number of ports operating in the west (Alashankou, Khorgos), middle (Erlian), and east (Manzhouli, Suifenhe, Tongjiangbei) increased by 11%, 14%, and 7% respectively year on year. The third is to further improve the service quality. Stable operation of 5 China Europe freight trains with a full schedule between Xi'an and Duisburg, Germany, Chengdu and Lodz, Poland every week. The China Europe Express Customer Service Center is open to accepting customer needs and providing services such as waybill acceptance, cargo tracking, and information consulting to domestic and foreign customers. Optimize the layout of railway box overseas return points, add 16 overseas return points, and better meet the diversified box return needs of customers overseas.

The continuous stable and high-quality operation of the China Europe freight train has ensured the stability and smoothness of the international supply chain, and effectively promoted the connectivity between China and Europe. China Railway Group will focus on high-quality services and jointly build the "the Belt and Road", constantly improve the quality and efficiency of the operation of China Europe trains, promote the development of China Europe trains in the direction of higher quality, better efficiency and more security, and provide strong transport service guarantee for promoting China's foreign trade development and high-level service opening up.