18 January 2008
New container train to deliver cargo from China to Germany via Belarus
The presentation of a demonstrational international container train Beijing-Hamburg will take place in Brest on January 20. BelTA learnt from Belarusian Railways, it will be the first container train shuttling between China and Germany. Railway authorities of Belarus, Russia, Poland, Germany, China and Mongolia take part in implementing the project. The new train will allow building up transport ties between the countries and the amount of cargoes transported between Asia and Europe.