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First direct train service sets off from China to east London
Published on: 2017-01-05
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040A freight train has set out on the first direct rail service between China and the UK.


The train is carrying millions of pounds worth of socks, cloth, bags, and household goods, and is expected to take 18 days to reach its destination of Barking, east London.


The train departed from China’s manufacturing capital Yiwu, in the country’s east, on Sunday and will travel more than 7,500 miles across seven countries and through the Channel Tunnel to reach the UK.


The new weekly service is thought to be quicker than a container ship and half the price of air freight.


London will be the 15th European city to be served by freight trains from China.


The 34-carriage train reportedly contains GBP4 million of commodities coming directly from the factory floors of Yiwu, where over 60 per cent of the world’s Christmas goods are made or sold.


The eastern city is the source of countless items in most British homes.


Differing rail gauges in different countries means no single train can travel the whole route and the containers will have to be reloaded at various stages.


Leader of Barking and Dagenham Council, Cllr Darren Rodwell, said: “This is great news and, along with the plans for Barking Riverside and a Made in Dagenham film studios, it’s another sign that Barking and Dagenham is an emerging powerhouse of the capital’s growing economy.”

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