2021-03-13 15:00:41 GMT2021-03-13 23:00:41(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
A freight train bound for Kazakhstan is seen in Nanning international railway port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
NANNING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- A new route of the China-Europe Freight Train service linking south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Kazakhstan opened on Saturday with a train departing from Guangxi.
The newly opened route of 5,031 km connects Guangxi's capital Nanning and Kazakhstan's Nursultan with a stop in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, according to the Nanning International Railway Port.
The train, loaded with 49 containers of heavy-duty machinery, is expected to run 13 days before reaching Nursultan.