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[A] Freight train service from Bayannur city in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to Tehran, Iran's capital, was launched Thursday morning.
The train, carrying 1,150 tonnes of sunflower seeds, will travel 8,352 kilometers through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, arriving in Tehran in 15 days, said Chen Bo, deputy manager of the Hohhot office of China Railway.
The new train route will shorten transportation time by at least 20 days compared with ocean shipping.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 15 2018, @03:55AM
Off the top of my head, this is part of china's belt and road initiative to link with markets via the Eurasian mainland, opposed to sending shipments by sea. They've sent a few trains to Europe already over plain old rail, but requiring container transfers due to break in track and loading gauge.