The first container train travelling from Yiwu city in Zhejiang province to the UK has passed through Dostyk station.

The attractiveness of this route for the partners of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) was due to the quality of logistics services provided in the local station.

In 2016, 1100 container trains passed through Dostyk station, which conducted the full range of operations for reception and departure of trains crossing the state border.

A container train dispatched from China to the UK will cover a distance of 12,000 kilometres and will pass through the territories of Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium, and France. The journey is expected to take around 18 days.
The train is composed of 44 containers with consumer goods.

The UK became the 18th European country with which China has established direct rail links. China is expanding its rail transport in European countries in the framework of the “New Silk Road” programme.

(Source: KTZ)