Baku, Azerbaijan, June 10
By Elena Kosolapova – Trend:
A new freight train will connect eastern China's Jiangxi Province and Uzbekistan, Chinese media outlets reported.
The train loaded with steel coils, garments and daily items, valued at $1.8 million, departed from Chinese city Ganzhou on July 7 and is expected to arrive in Tashkent 12 days later.
This train is a part of China-Europe railway route. More than 4,000 freight train journeys have been made between Chinese and European and central Asian cities since August 2011, with the opening of the Chongqing-Duisburg Line, according to China Railway Corporation.
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