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China-Europe freight train sends anti-virus supplies to Spain
24 Mar 2020

 

A China-Europe freight train carrying anti-coronavirus supplies departs for Spain at the Yiwu west train station in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 21, 2020. A freight train carrying donated face masks and other anti-coronavirus supplies departed Yiwu city in east China Saturday morning for Madrid, Spain. The donation included 110,000 surgical masks and 766 protective suits. It was the first China-Europe freight train to carry anti-epidemic supplies to Europe, which will arrive in Madrid in about two weeks. (Photo by Gong Xianming/Xinhua)

 

A freight train carrying donated face masks and other anti-coronavirus supplies departed Yiwu city in east China Saturday morning for Madrid, Spain.

 

The donation included 110,000 surgical masks and 766 protective suits. It was the first China-Europe freight train to carry anti-epidemic supplies to Europe, which will arrive in Madrid in about two weeks.

 

There will be no transportation charges for any institutions, groups or individuals that donate anti-epidemic supplies to Spain. The train from Yiwu to Madrid will increase frequency from one trip a week to two trips per week, said Feng Xubin, CEO of the Yiwu Tianmeng Industrial Investment, a private operator of the train service.

 

Since November 2014 when the first freight train was operated from Yiwu to Madrid, some 1,200 trains have carried over 96,700 containers to Europe.

 

Source: Xinhuanet.com