China’s freight trains to Europe hit all-time high amid coronavirus crisis in 2020

The volume of China’s railway cargo to Europe has set records last year. China State Railway Group said 12,400 China-Europe freight train trips were made in 2020, up 50 per cent compared to the previous year. The train service is also used to transport medical supplies from China to Europe amid the Covid-19 pandemic when container shipping and cargo by air were adversely affected.