A new international freight train route began operations on Monday, linking Huanghua Port in the city of Cangzhou, in north China's Hebei Province, with the Russian capital Moscow. The cargo train will travel approximately 8,000 km over about 15 days.

The train is loaded with 50 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers of goods valued at about 20 million yuan (about 2.82 million U.S. dollars), including auto parts and mechanical equipment.

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