A freight train between Beijing and Hamburg

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Matthieu Desiderio

15 days trip, faster than a ship…

A Deutsche Bahn AG freight train left Beijing on January 9, 2008; it crossed Mongolia, Russia, Bielorussia, and Poland, and arrived fifteen days later, on January 24, 2008 in Hamburg port in Germany.

A 10,000-kilometer (6,215-mile) test trip for the Transport & Logistics subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, the German rail operator.

Now that the company showed it is able to operate a train between China and Germany, Deutsche Bahn officials will evaluate whether or not an intercontinental rail link could be successful.

References

Article: China-to-Germany Cargo Train Completes Trial Run in 15 Days, Bloomberg, January 24, 2008: here
Article: De Pékin à Hambourg en quinze jours, Le Temps, Jan. 24, 2008: here
Article: Six pays étudient une liaison ferroviaire entre la Chine et l’Europe, AFP on Cyberpresse, Jan. 10, 2008: here
Article: Pékin-Hambourg : le Pont terrestre eurasiatique devient réalité, Solidarité et Progrès, Jan. 13, 2008: here
Article: De Pékin à Hambourg, le rail nouvelle route pour les marchandises chinoises, AFP, Jan. 12, 2008: here