the train no. x8015, carrying 40 tonnes of containers, departed from wujiashan station in wuhan to russia on jan. 3, marking the first trip of china-europe freight trainsmade from wuhan in 2024.
wuhanhandled 848 china-europe freight train trips in 2023,with a year-on-year increase of 57.6 percent.out of the total, outbound and inbound trips reached281and 567, respectively, setting a new record.
in 2023, the value of goods transported by the china-europe (wuhan) freight trainsamounted to16.8 billion yuan, ascending by19.83percent year on year.
so far, the china-europe (wuhan) freight trains have transported goods to 115 cities in 40 countries across the eurasia via 52 regular cross-border routes.(en.hubei.gov.cn by zhang yawei）