China Railway Express (Chang'an) Dispatches the First Train for the Central and Eastern Europe Route

ITL Group has continuously furthered the high-quality development of China Railway Express and dispatched a series of routes including the"ChinaRailway Express China-Europe Public Trains, German Express, and China Railway Express(Xi'an - Rostock - Verona, Gothenburg,Stockholm), respectively". On July 28 , 2020 , ITL Group, together with China Railway Xi'an Group Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Provincial Department of Commerce, China Railway Container Transport Co., Ltd. (CRCT), and Administrative Committee of Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park, launched a "star" route of China Railway Express (Chang'an) - "Central and Eastern Europe Route" .

Since being launched, the route has been widely welcomed by the market.After nearly one month of preparations andunder the strong support of Xi'an Customs District P.R.China, China Railway Xi'an Group Co., Ltd., andCRCT , the first train with 41 containers for the Central and Eastern Europe Route of China Railway Express (Chang'an) departed the Port of Xi'an with a loud whistle on August 20.

The official dispatching of this train is another solid evidence that China Railway Express (Chang'an) has put into practice the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection visit to Shaanxi.

In the following 13 days, this train will exit the country via the Alataw Pass Port in Xinjiang, pass by Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine, enter Hungary via Záhony-Port, and arrive at the hub Budapest, and then it will distribute goods to Vienna in Austria, Ploieşti in Romania, Milan in Italy, Istanbul in Turkey, etc.

The goods transported this time include four categories, such as photoelectric products, epidemic prevention supplies, high-end apparel, and machine parts, with a total value of around USD 5.5 million.For the Central and Eastern Europe Route of China Railway Express (Chang'an), the reloading at Záhony-Port in Hungary has broken the traditional pattern that goods to Central and Eastern Europe are transferred at Mala, shortened the whole journey, effectively improved transport efficiency, and saved nearly 1/2 of the delivery time for customers in peak seasons.

From September, China Railway Express (Chang'an) will dispatch two outbound trains and one inbound train every week for the Central and Eastern Europe Route. With the Xi'an-Budapest Route as the main route, this train will guarantee the delivery time to the greatest extent, meanwhile, it will make use of the outbound railway network to distribute goods to all over Central and Eastern Europe.

In the future, China Railway Express (Chang'an) - the "Iron Camel" running on Eurasia - will continue to play its role as a logistics channel, attract more Eurasian cities to join the Belt and Road Initiative, and make contributions to building the China Railway Express (Xi'an) Collaboration Center, establishing an efficient, cost-effective, and high-quality international trade channel in inland China, and developing a new development pattern that lets domestic and foreign markets boost each other.