First freight train via new route through Middle Corridor launched

17:29 - 1.07.2024

July 1, Fineko/abc.az. The first freight train from China to Türkiye has been launched on a new route through the Middle Corridor, ABC.AZ reports, referring to Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (ADY).

A train of 110 containers with household appliances and essential goods set off from Nanjing, the capital of the Chinese province of Jiangsu, to Istanbul along the Central Asia-Caspian Sea-Azerbaijan-Georgia route.

Multimodal cargo transportation from China to Europe is carried out along several routes passing through Central Asia, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Black Sea.