110,000 trips: China-Europe freight train service embraces new progress

Railway workers pose for photos in front of the 110,000th China-Europe freight train before its departure at Jiaozhou Railway Station in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

QINGDAO, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The 110,000th China-Europe freight train departed from Qingdao on Tuesday morning, marking a milestone in the service's high-quality development.

Loaded with 55 containers of home appliances, including LCD monitors and refrigerators worth nearly 20 million yuan (about 2.78 million U.S. dollars), the train will exit China via northern Inner Mongolia's Erenhot Port, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, before arriving in Europe in 17 days.

This photo shows the 110,000th China-Europe freight train bound for Moscow of Russia, waiting for departure at Jiaozhou Railway Station in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Yin Dongxun)

The 110,000th China-Europe freight train waits for departure at Jiaozhou Railway Station in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

An aerial drone photo shows the 110,000th China-Europe freight train departing from Jiaozhou Railway Station in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

Customs officers supervise the departure of the 110,000th China-Europe freight train at Jiaozhou Railway Station in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

This photo shows the 110,000th China-Europe freight train bound for Moscow of Russia, departing from Jiaozhou Railway Station in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Yin Dongxun)

This photo shows the 110,000th China-Europe freight train bound for Moscow of Russia, departing from Jiaozhou Railway Station in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Yin Dongxun)

An aerial drone photo shows the 110,000th China-Europe freight train departing from Jiaozhou Railway Station in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)■