At 9 o’clock on December 14, the X8020 train, carrying 88 TEUs of export goods, departed from Jinhua South Station to Dourges, France, 11,000 km away. With this trip, the Jinhua CRE has successfully run 400 times in 2020 (including the Central Asia CRE trains).

According to statistics, the Jinhua CREhas run 240 times from Jinhua,carrying a total of 19,834 TEUs overseas, and brought back 13,204 TEUs in 160 returningtrains, together adding to the 400 total trips, which shows that the share of import trade is rising continuously.

Since it ran to Central Asia for the first time in September 2017, the Jinhua CRE has run 573 times, with a total of about 400,000 tons of import and export goods shipped. To date, there are 14 rail lines that have their origin in Jinhua,including destinations in Russia, Belarus, France, Azerbaijan, etc., reaching more than 120 cities in over 10 countries in Asia and Europe, and covering most of the major cities of Central Asia and Europe.

Jinhua South Railway Station is the second railway freight station in Zhejiang to send trains to Central Europe and Central Asia, after Yiwu West Railway Station. In the next step, the railway departmentwill strengthen its connection with local governments and foreign trade companies to maintain the stability of the international industrial chain and supply chain and servethe new development pattern. (Translated by Wei Han, edited by Kendra Fiddler)

金华中欧班列通达 亚欧120多个城市

14日9时许，载有88个标箱出口货物的X8020次列车从金华南站鸣笛启程，奔赴11000公里外的法国杜尔日，标志着金华中欧班列今年第400列（含中亚方向）成功开行。

据悉，在400列中欧班列中，去程班列240列、19834标箱，回程班列160列、13204标箱，回程班列占比40%，进口贸易份额持续上升。

自2017年9月金华中欧班列首开亚洲方向至今，班列开行总量达573列，累计发运进出口货物约40万吨。运营线路包括俄罗斯、白俄罗斯、法国、阿塞拜疆等共14条，通达亚欧10多个国家120多个城市，基本覆盖中亚和欧洲地区主要城市。

金华南站是浙江省内继义乌西站后第二个发送中欧、中亚班列的铁路货运站。下一步，铁路部门将与地方政府和外贸企业加强对接，为维护国际产业链供应链稳定，服务新发展格局提供有力支撑。