http://www.railway-technology.com/features/featureeast-wind-a-new-era-of-freight-between-the-uk-and-china-5740643/ China has launched a direct rail freight service to London, as part of its drive to develop trade and investment ties with Europe through the New Silk Road. What will this mean for rail freight between the UK and Asia’s superpower? After an 18-day trip across more than 12,000km, the first freight train from China arrived to much fanfare in London on 18 January, heralding a new era of trade between the two countries. Loaded with suitcases, clothes and an assortment of household goods, the 34-wagon freight train passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France, before crossing the English Channel into the UK. The route followed the steps of the old Silk Road, the centuries-old trade artery between China and Europe. The new railway is hoped to, once again, strengthen the ties between the two economies and reinvigorate the 2,000-year-old tra
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