Aerial photo taken on Aug. 5, 2020 shows the Chengdu International Railway Port in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- A China-Europe freight train loaded with 50 containers of coated paper, mechanical and electrical products on Wednesday left Guangyuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province for Russia's St.Petersburg, marking the launch of Guangyuan's first China-Europe freight train route.
Carrying the goods worth 11 million yuan, the fright train is scheduled to arrive in its destination via the Alashankou Port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Kazakhstan in 12 days.
Compared with traditional sea transport, the China-Europe freight train service can reduce total shipping time by about 20 days, thus saving enterprises 10 to 15 percent of supply chain costs and logistics expenditure, according to Fei Teng, head of Sichuan Shanjiu Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., which is one of the operators of the freight train. (Edited by Su Dan with Xinhua Silk Road, sudan@xinhua.org)
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