A freight train with 40 containers of granite, shoes, lighting supplies and artificial flowers left Xiamen this morning, the host city of every March’s China International Stone Fair and this year’s BRICKS Summit, and will arrive at Moscow in 14 days. The full trip takes 25 days by traditional multimodal sea/land transport.
Sources:
- Xinhua News Agency: China opens new freight train service to Moscow
- 央视网：空中看“一带一路”物流新通道 厦门—莫斯科中欧快速货运班列首发
- Youtube 优酷：福建厦门至莫斯科中欧快速货运班列首发
