Maiden trip: An official of China Railway Corporation taking pictures as the train carrying containers from London arrives at the freight railway station in Yiwu, Zhejiang province. — Reuters
Beijing: Laden with whisky and baby milk, the first freight train linking China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu after a 12,000km trip, becoming the world’s second-longest rail route.
The journey is the latest effort in China’s drive to strengthen trade links with western Europe along a modern-day “Silk Road” route. “The train arrived at around 9.30am to Yiwu yesterday,” the Yiwu Tianmeng Industry Company said.
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