More than 90,000 China-Europe freight trains passed through two Xinjiang railroad border crossings
31.03.2025
As of March 23, a total of more than 90,000 freight trains have passed through the Khorgos and Alashankou railway checkpoints in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region /Northwest China/ on China-Europe international rail freight routes since the opening of such services, according to data from the Urumqi branch of China Railways Corporation.
According to the data, on average, more than 20 freight trains on China-Europe routes cross these two border crossings, which are located on the border of China and Kazakhstan, every day. Transshipment work for return trains takes only about two hours.