China-Europe freight trains record 140,000 trips since launch

The total number of China-Europe freight train trips has reached 140,000 since the service was launched in 2011, transporting goods worth $560 billion, with a train departing from Shenyang to Moscow. The annual number of trips rose from 1,702 in 2016 to 20,022 in 2025, with an average annual growth rate exceeding 30%. The service connects 237 cities in 26 European countries.

The total number of China-Europe freight train trips has reached 140,000 since the service was launched in 2011, with a freight train departing from Shenyang in northeastern China heading to Moscow on Thursday morning. These trips have transported goods worth over $560 billion. This milestone comes a decade after the unified service branding was adopted in June 2016. The National Development and Reform Commission announced that the annual number of trips rose from 1,702 in 2016 to 20,022 in 2025, with an average annual growth rate exceeding 30%. It noted that the current monthly trip volume equals the total trips of 2016. The service now connects 237 cities in 26 European countries and over 100 cities in 12 Asian countries. In May, the service recorded a monthly record of 1,965 trains, carrying 197,000 standard containers.