A cargo train departed from Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday and will arrive in Moscow in 15 days.

The new direct service provides a convenient means of getting goods from the water and land transportation hub in the Yangtze River Delta to Europe.

About 60 percent of the freight carried by the train comes from Jiangsu. The neighboring provinces of Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi have also expressed their willingness to transport goods via the route.

The freight includes household appliances, lamps, electronic products, building materials and automobile parts.

After the maiden journey, the Nanjing-Moscow cargo train is scheduled to operate every two weeks, and weekly around the beginning of next year, according to the Shanghai Railway Bureau.

The new service will boost China-Russia trade, according to the bureau.

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