A return freight train, loaded with 90 TEUs of white cardboard weighing 828 tons, left Warsaw, Poland at 7:33 am local time on Monday for Hefei in east China's Anhui province. Warsaw is the second destination following Berelast of Russia that has been reached by China-Europe cargo trains from Hefei since the beginning of 2022. The city has operated 48 trains Since Jan 1, up 50 percent from the same period last year, despite facing grim international epidemic situation and competitive pressure from shipping. The Chinese landlocked city has been expanding rail cargo links with Europe as well as Central and Western Asia since it launched the China-Europe rail transport service in 2014. China-Europe cargo trains from Hefei arrived in 63 cities in 15 foreign countries including Germany, Russia and France, statistics showed.
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