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To London a train has arrived for the first time coming direct block from China
The distance of 12.000 kilometers is completed in about 18 days
January 19, 2017
Today the first railway service directed with train has arrived to London block between China and the Capital of the United Kingdom. The convoy, operated from the InterRail Helvetian, has left from Yiwu, in the Chinese province of the Zhejiang, and after to have covered about 12.000 kilometers it has arrived to the London Eurohub terminal, that Cargo is managed by German DB, in about 18 days, about - has emphasized the Germanic company - the half of the time necessary in order to carry out the transport by sea.
In order to realize the InterRail service it has operated in collaboration with Chinese CRIMT of the group Chinese Railways, with the KTZ Express, branch of the Kazakh Railways, for the draft between Dostyk and Brest, let alone with the DB Cargo AG and the DB Cargo UK.
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Today the first railway service directed with train has arrived to London block between China and the Capital of the United Kingdom. The convoy, operated from the InterRail Helvetian, has left from Yiwu, in the Chinese province of the Zhejiang, and after to have covered about 12.000 kilometers it has arrived to the London Eurohub terminal, that Cargo is managed by German DB, in about 18 days, about - has emphasized the Germanic company - the half of the time necessary in order to carry out the transport by sea.
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