China-Europe Express Freight Train Service
On March 19, 2011, a fully loaded freight train which is known as the first China-Europe Railway Express came onto the way from Chongqing China to Duisburg in Germany. Over 10 years, the number of freight trains running between Mainland China and Europe has grown from less than 20 to more than 12,400 in 2020 in an average annual growth rate of 108%. So far, more than 33,600 freight trains have successfully completed their journeys between China and Europe transporting more than 3 million of standard containers with the total value of commodity of CNY 160 billion Yuan. Comparing to Air cargo transportation, China-Europe Railway Express is cheap while comparing to sea shipping it is fast and environmentally friendly, therefore, more and more goods are now moving internationally through China Europe rail routes.
☝ Yuxinou or Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe Freight Train
Three Passageways and Five Ports
The western, middle and eastern passageways are available for the China-Europe express train. On the west passageway, the train crosses border at either Alashankou Port or Huoerguosi Port in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Alashankou Port mainly serves China-Europe freight trains such as Yuxinou (Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe), Zhengxinou (Zhengzhou-Xinjiang-Europe), Changanhao (Xian-Xinjiang-Europe), Rongxinou (Chengdu-Xinjiang-Europe) and etc. Goods including cars, lumbers, fine minerals, LED monitors, notebook computers and automobile accessories from China and European countries such as Germany, Poland, Belgium, Russia go abroad from Alashankou Port to tap the new market. In the first half year of 2021, Alashankou Port has welcomed and seen off 3,033 international freight trains, an increase of 41.07% comparing to the same period of last year. On the other hand, Huoerguosi has the largest rail port with the average daily number of freight trains passing through it of 18 or 21 at the maximum. This year 2021, Huoerguosi Rail Port has also opened 7 new routes including Wuyishan-Almaty, Huoerguosi-Moscow, Turpan-Russia and etc and extended the route number it served to 28. On the middle passageway, the train crosses border at Erenhot Port in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In the first half year of 2021, 1241 international freight trains have crossed border through Erenhot Rail Port, an increase of 28.07% comparing to the same period of last year. On the eastern passageway, the train crosses border through either Manzhouli Port in Inner Mongolia Region or Suifenhe Port in Heilongjiang Province. Goods traveling through the eastern passageway mainly made in Tianjin, Changsha, Guangzhou, Suzhou and other cities in southeast China's coastal cities. In the first half year of 2021, Suifenhe Port has witnessed an increase of 247% on the number of international freight trains comparing to the same period of last year.
☝ The Port Staffs are inspecting goods in the carriage on the China Railway Express train
💰 China-Europe Freight Train Route and Schedule
China-Europe Railway Express train are now running on 73 routes connecting more than 50 cities in Mainland China with 168 cities from 23 countries in the world. In China, cities that top China-Europe rail freight transportation are Xi'an, Chongqing, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Yiwu Jinhua and Urumqi. In the following, we would like to list some popular and most used routes so that users who are interested in transporting goods using the China Europe block train to and from China can make a selection.
- Yuxinou Chongqing-Duisburg Port of Exit and Entry: Alashankou Port Countries on the Route: China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany Length of the Journey: 11,000 kilometers Travel Time: 15 Days
- Yuxinou Chongqing-Duisburg Port of Exit and Entry: Alashankou Port Countries on the Route: China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany Length of the Journey: 11,000 kilometers Travel Time: 15 Days
- Rongxinou Chengdu-Lodz Port of Exit and Entry: Alashankou Port Countries on the Route: China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and Poland Length of the Journey: 9,965 kilometers Travel Time: 14 Days
- Zhengxinou Zhengzhou-Warsaw Port of Exit and Entry: Alashankou Port Countries on the Route: China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus and Poland Length of the Journey: 9,048 kilometers Travel Time: 12 Days
- Zhengxinou Zhengzhou-Hamburg Port of Exit and Entry: Alashankou Port Countries on the Route: China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany Length of the Journey: 10,245 kilometers Travel Time: 15 Days
- China Europe Railway Express Wuhan-The Czech Republic Port of Exit and Entry: Alashankou Port Countries on the Route: China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland and The Czech Republic Length of the Journey: 10,700 kilometers Travel Time: 15 Days
- China Europe Railway Express Suzhou-Warsaw Port of Exit and Entry: Manzhouli Port Countries on the Route: China, Belarus and Poland Length of the Journey: 11,200 kilometers Travel Time: 15 Days
- China Europe Railway Express Changsha-Duisburg Port of Exit and Entry: Alashankou Port Countries on the Route: China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany Length of the Journey: 11,808 kilometers Travel Time: 18 Days
- Yixinou Yiwu-Madrid Port of Exit and Entry: Alashankou Port1 Countries on the Route: China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, France and Spain Length of the Journey: 13,052 kilometers Travel Time: 21 Days
- China Europe Railway Express Harbin-Russia Port of Exit and Entry: Manzhouli Port Countries on the Route: China and Russia Length of the Journey: 5574 kilometers
- China Europe Railway Express Harbin-Hamburg Port of Exit and Entry: Manzhouli Port Countries on the Route: China ,Russia and Germany Length of the Journey: 9820 kilometers
- China Europe Railway Express Lanzhou-Hamburg Port of Exit and Entry: Alashankou Port Countries on the Route: Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany Length of the Journey: 8027 kilometers Travel Time: 15 Days
- China Europe Railway Express Urumqi-Duisburg Port of Exit and Entry: Alashankou Port Countries on the Route: Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany Length of the Journey: 8000 kilometers Travel Time: 10 Days
☝ The train is leaving Guangzhou for Europe
✍ Freight Rate for China-Europe Cargo Train
Freight rate differs with the routes. We would advise you to contact us with the detailed specifications so that we can quote it more accurate.
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