A freight train, packed with polyester chips made in southwest Chinas Chongqing, departed from the municipality on Sunday morning heading for Uzbekistan, marking the inauguration of a new routine freight train route from Chongqing to Central Asian countries.The train is anticipated to get here in the Uzbek capital roughly 4,700 kilometers away in about 12 days.
It will leave China through Horgos Port in Xinjiang and travel through Kazakhstan.According to China Railway Chengdu Group Co., Ltd., 2 trains are set up each month to depart from Chongqing to Central Asia.
Xu Meiqiong, an engineer with the company, informed Xinhua that these regular services help ensure faster customs clearance, prompt transportation, and reduced expenses, therefore improving the overall quality of cross-border logistics.It is approximated that the routine train route will lower transport time between Chongqing and Central Asia by 30 percent.The cargo on Sundays freight train was provided by Chongqing Wankai New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.
Lin Zheng, the companys logistics manager, said the launch of the brand-new path will support their efforts to expand into the Central Asian market.In recent years, Chongqing has been making every effort to elevate itself into a thorough inland hub, with the variety of China-Europe freight trains and those heading to Central Asian nations departing from the city, along with freight volumes, growing.As of February, more than 18,000 trains covering over 50 routine routes linking the city with European and Central Asian nations have actually been dispatched, reaching over 100 center cities and areas across Asia and Europe.