📋 Tender Overview
On November 18, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. released the fourth batch of China-Europe freight train timetables. This brings the total number of China-Europe freight train routes with full timetables to 17, with over 1,000 trains operated annually, covering 9 cities in China and 6 cities in Europe. At 4:30 AM that day, the X8003 China-Europe freight train, operating on a full timetable, departed from Zhengzhou Putian Station in China, bound for Hamburg-Bilwede Station in Germany, marking the official implementation of the fourth batch of China-Europe freight train timetables. It is reported that in 2014, all China-Europe freight trains achieved fixed departure and arrival times for the Chinese section. In 2021, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. fully leveraged the leading role of the seven-nation railway China-Europe freight train transport joint working group, actively promoting the joint signing of the "Methods for the Compilation and Cooperation of China-Europe Freight Train Full Timetables" by countries along the routes. In 2022, China-Europe freight trains with full timetables for the Chinese, broad-gauge, and European sections successfully commenced operation. Subsequently, the second and third batches of China-Europe freight train timetables were released and implemented, gradually expanding the number of trains operating under full timetables to over 800 per year. The fourth batch of full timetables added seven new routes. Compared to ordinary China-Europe freight trains operating on the same routes, those with full timetables have fixed train numbers, routes, schedules, and travel times, reducing average travel time by over 30% and increasing the average value per container by 41%, making them widely favored in the international logistics market. (Reporters Li Xinping and Zhang Wenhao)
