Chongqing sees robust freight train traffic to Central Asia in first 8 months of 2025

A drone photo taken on Sept. 13, 2025 shows a freight train bound for Central Asia loaded with auto parts, laptops and other goods waiting for departure at Tuanjiecun Station in Chongqing, southwest China.

In the first eight months of this year, 35 freight trains have been dispatched from Chongqing to Central Asia, with a container volume of more than 3,000 TEUs and a total value of nearly 600 million yuan (about 84.2 million U.S. dollars), according to statistics from the Chongqing Railway Logistics Center. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

A drone photo taken on Sept. 13, 2025 shows a freight train bound for Central Asia loaded with auto parts, laptops and other goods waiting for departure at Tuanjiecun Station in Chongqing, southwest China.

In the first eight months of this year, 35 freight trains have been dispatched from Chongqing to Central Asia, with a container volume of more than 3,000 TEUs and a total value of nearly 600 million yuan (about 84.2 million U.S. dollars), according to statistics from the Chongqing Railway Logistics Center. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

A drone photo taken on Sept. 13, 2025 shows a freight train bound for Central Asia loaded with auto parts, laptops and other goods waiting for departure at Tuanjiecun Station in Chongqing, southwest China.

In the first eight months of this year, 35 freight trains have been dispatched from Chongqing to Central Asia, with a container volume of more than 3,000 TEUs and a total value of nearly 600 million yuan (about 84.2 million U.S. dollars), according to statistics from the Chongqing Railway Logistics Center. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 13, 2025 shows a freight train bound for Central Asia loaded with auto parts, laptops and other goods departing from Tuanjiecun Station in Chongqing, southwest China.

In the first eight months of this year, 35 freight trains have been dispatched from Chongqing to Central Asia, with a container volume of more than 3,000 TEUs and a total value of nearly 600 million yuan (about 84.2 million U.S. dollars), according to statistics from the Chongqing Railway Logistics Center. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 13, 2025 shows a freight train bound for Central Asia loaded with auto parts, laptops and other goods departing from Tuanjiecun Station in Chongqing, southwest China.

In the first eight months of this year, 35 freight trains have been dispatched from Chongqing to Central Asia, with a container volume of more than 3,000 TEUs and a total value of nearly 600 million yuan (about 84.2 million U.S. dollars), according to statistics from the Chongqing Railway Logistics Center. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)