중국-영국 잇는 첫 화물열차 런던 도착 China's first freight train to the U.K. arrives in London: VIDEO

China's first freight train to the U.K. arrives in London

source The train left China two weeks ago source The Indian Express

 지난 1일 중국 저장(浙江)성 이우(義烏)시를 출발한 화물열차가 18일에 걸쳐 

1만2천451km를 달려 이날 런던 동부에 도착했다. 열차는 카자흐스탄, 러시아, 

벨라루스, 폴란드, 독일, 벨기에, 프랑스 등을 차례로 거친 뒤 영불 해저터널을 통과했다.

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor

by Rishi Iyengar   @Iyengarish

January 19, 2017:

One of the longest train journeys in the world has just ended.

The first freight train from China to the U.K. rolled into London on Wednesday, more than two weeks after it left the Chinese port city of Yiwu. The journey covered nearly 8,000 miles.

"It is hoped this will further improve trade ties between China and the U.K.," said Richard Doubtfire, seafreight director at Brunel Shipping & Liner Services, one of two British companies handling logistics for the journey.

The China Railway Express train left Yiwu on Jan. 1. It passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France over the course of its 18-day trip before entering the U.K. through the Channel Tunnel.

The train was packed with 34 containers carrying clothes, shoes, suitcases and other goods made in China. It will run as a weekly service, similar to trains China Railway already operates to Germany and Spain. The Yiwu-Madrid route is currently the longest rail journey in the world.

During the trip, the train's locomotives have to be changed due to different railway gauges in the countries it passes through.

London is the 15th European city to be added to Chinese overseas train routes, China Railway said in a statement. The Yiwu-London route forms part of China's "One Belt One Road" trade initiative, often referred to as the new Silk Road, a network of historic trade routes.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/18/news/economy/china-uk-freight-train-yiwu-london

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