Eastern corridor of China-Europe freight train service witnesses over 1,000 trips in 2026
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A drone photo taken on Feb. 26, 2026 shows China-Europe freight trains waiting for transloading at Suifenhe Railway Station in Suifenhe City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. As of Feb. 26, 2026, the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train network has witnessed more than 1,000 train trips on its railway lines this year, breaking the mark 26 days earlier than last year.
The eastern corridor consists of three railway ports including Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Tongjiang. The number of operating routes has expanded to 27, linking over 60 Chinese cities with 14 European countries. (Photo by Qu Yiwei/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Feb. 25, 2026 shows China-Europe freight trains waiting for transloading at Tongjiang North Railway Station in Tongjiang City, in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. As of Feb. 26, 2026, the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train network has witnessed more than 1,000 train trips on its railway lines this year, breaking the mark 26 days earlier than last year.
The eastern corridor consists of three railway ports, including Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Tongjiang. The number of operating routes has expanded to 27, linking over 60 Chinese cities with 14 European countries. (Photo by Wu Yunan/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Feb. 26, 2026 shows a fully loaded China-Europe freight train entering Suifenhe Railway Station in Suifenhe City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. As of Feb. 26, 2026, the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train network has witnessed more than 1,000 train trips on its railway lines this year, breaking the mark 26 days earlier than last year.
The eastern corridor consists of three railway ports, including Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Tongjiang. The number of operating routes has expanded to 27, linking over 60 Chinese cities with 14 European countries. (Photo by Qu Yiwei/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 26, 2026 shows the China-Europe freight trains waiting for outbound departure at Manzhouli Railway Station in Manzhouli City, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. As of Feb. 26, 2026, the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train network has witnessed more than 1,000 train trips on its railway lines this year, breaking the mark 26 days earlier than last year.
The eastern corridor consists of three railway ports, including Manzhouli, Suifenhe, and Tongjiang. The number of operating routes has expanded to 27, linking over 60 Chinese cities with 14 European countries. (Photo by Huang Xu/Xinhua)
A China-Europe freight train is under transloading operation at Manzhouli Railway Station in Manzhouli City, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Feb. 26, 2026. As of Feb. 26, 2026, the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train network has witnessed more than 1,000 train trips on its railway lines this year, breaking the mark 26 days earlier than last year.
The eastern corridor consists of three railway ports including Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Tongjiang. The number of operating routes has expanded to 27, linking over 60 Chinese cities with 14 European countries. (Photo by Huang Xu/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 25, 2026 shows a China-Europe freight train departing from Suifenhe Railway Station in Suifenhe City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. As of Feb. 26, 2026, the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train network has witnessed more than 1,000 train trips on its railway lines this year, breaking the mark 26 days earlier than last year.
The eastern corridor consists of three railway ports, including Manzhouli, Suifenhe, and Tongjiang. The number of operating routes has expanded to 27, linking over 60 Chinese cities with 14 European countries. (Photo by Qu Yiwei/Xinhua)
A China-Europe freight train is under shunting operation at Manzhouli Railway Station in Manzhouli City, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Feb. 26, 2026. As of Feb. 26, 2026, the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train network has witnessed more than 1,000 train trips on its railway lines this year, breaking the mark 26 days earlier than last year.
The eastern corridor consists of three railway ports, including Manzhouli, Suifenhe, and Tongjiang. The number of operating routes has expanded to 27, linking over 60 Chinese cities with 14 European countries. (Photo by Huang Xu/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 26, 2026, shows the China-Europe freight trains waiting for outbound departure at Manzhouli Railway Station in Manzhouli City, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. As of Feb. 26, 2026, the eastern corridor of the China-Europe freight train network has witnessed more than 1,000 train trips on its railway lines this year, breaking the mark 26 days earlier than last year.
The eastern corridor consists of three railway ports, including Manzhouli, Suifenhe, and Tongjiang. The number of operating routes has expanded to 27, linking over 60 Chinese cities with 14 European countries. (Photo by Huang Xu/Xinhua)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
