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Xi’an-Almaty cargo train gets on track
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A CARGO train linking Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, and the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan started operation yesterday.
The Chang’an Train will pass through Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in far west China and take six days to travel the 3,866-kilometer route, cutting the journey time between the two cities by more than 20 days, according to Qiang Xiao’an, director of Xi’an International Trade and Logistics Park.
The train will operate twice a month between November 2013 to June 2014 and will run three times a month from July 2014.
The train, which departed the logistics park yesterday, was hauling 90 cars of goods, including mechanical components, barite powder, industrial salt and glass tubes, he said.
Another train carrying 49 cars of drilling rigs will leave today and is expected to arrive at its destination in Zhem, Kazakhstan, 10 days later, following a 5,027-km-long route.
Authorities have also planned to open a 9,850-km Xi’an-Rotterdam route and a 7,251-km Xi’an-Moscow route in the future after gaining experience from the operation of the Xi’an-Almaty route, said Qiang.
The cargo service is expected to further boost bilateral trade between China’s western regions along the Silk Road belt and central Asian countries.
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