New freight train service links NE China border city with Moscow

A freight train carrying 46 containers of goods left the border city of Hunchun in northeast China's Jilin Province on Tuesday heading for the Russian capital city of Moscow, marking the launch of a new postal train service.

The container train was fully loaded with goods including daily necessities, household appliances and electronic products.

Hemmed in by Russia's frozen coastline and the secluded mountains of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the small city of Hunchun has become an important hub connecting China with both Russia and the hinterland of Europe -- via the development of its railway network.

Since the launch of the first Hunchun-Makhalino Railway postal special train service in November 2023 -- 164 train trips have been carried out, transporting over 380,000 items of goods.

The launch of the new train service on Tuesday is a step to further facilitate logistics and transportation of cross-border trade goods in this region.