A new freight train linking east China’s Shandong Province with Milan, Italy, started service Friday, making it the newest China-Europe freight train route.
A 41-container train carrying clothing, electronic products, and machinery departed from Yanzhou North railway station in Jining, on Friday morning. The train will run every Friday.
The 10,900-km journey, which makes a stop in Chengdu for customs clearance, will take 18 days, said Zhang Benhong, deputy head of the railway station.
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