China launches world’s longest train route from Yiwo to Madrid
Washington, Nov 22, 2014: China’s new train will take 21 days to travel 6,200 miles and pass through six other countries as it moves goods from the industrial city of Yiwu to the Spanish capital, Madrid, marking the longest route taken by a freight train.
The train route is longer than Russia’s famed Trans-Siberian Railway.
Yiwu is the largest wholesale center for small consumer goods in China. Now the city is plugged into a larger project with the freight train.
And … soon to come: India plans high-speed rail project with China. China is in discussions with India to help it build the world’s second-longest high-speed railroad with a price tag of $32.6 billion, its latest efforts to push for a bigger share of the overseas high-speed market.