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[GB] First China-London train arrives, DB Cargo 66136 in red

Home GM / EMD / Progress Rail JT42CWR(M/-T1) / Class 66 DB Cargo UK [GB] First China-London train arrives, DB Cargo 66136 in red

DB Cargo 66136, freshly repainted in red with special 'Yiwu-London Train' vinyls at the Barking Rail Freight Terminal on January 18, 2017. Picture by Adam McMillan.


Two weeks after departing the Chinese port city of Yiwu, the first cargo to travel from China to the UK through the Channel Tunnel arrived in London. The containers traveled almost 12,000 kilometres before arriving at the Barking Rail Freight Terminal. During the journey, which started on January 1, they passed through a large number of countries, including China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France. As a result of the different track gauges used in some of the countries, transshipment of containers onto other wagons took place twice.


Close-up of DB Cargo 66136, freshly repainted in red with special 'Yiwu-London Train' vinyls at the Barking Rail Freight Terminal on January 18, 2017. Picture by Adam McMillan.


Running as a weekly service, the new train service between China and the UK carries a mix of consumer goods such as clothing and household accessories. With the new service, London is now the 15th destination in Europe for a freight service originating in China with another 20 destination still in the pipeline. Targeted are those shippers that prefer to ship freight between China and Europe at lower rates than in air cargo, whilst cutting the transshipment times of sea transport.


Graphic of DB Cargo UK 66136 in DB red with special 'Yiwu-London Train' vinyls.


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