Chengdu expanding its rail hub
March 28, 2013 Category Logistics, Railway transport
Chengdu has played an increasingly prominent role in cargo transport as the starting point of cargo lines to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Xuzhou, Ningbo, Lanzhou and Lianyungang. It is also home to one of 18 container stations. Covering more than 140 hectares, the station was put into use in early 2010. Built to have annual handling capacity of 26.26 million tons, it is said to be the largest in Asia. Logistics parks built around the station link to at least 55 cities. Improved logistics will help local businesses cut their shipping costs by some 30%, according to a local newspaper. Cargo rail links have been extended to Europe. In 2012, a freight route linking Chengdu and Duisburg in western Germany, opened to traffic. Local products can now be shipped to Germany within 16 days. Later that year, InterRail and China Railway International Multimodal Transport Co began a pilot route connecting Chengdu to Lodz, the third-largest city in Poland. Chengdu also boasts a well-developed road network with national-level expressways extending out to Shanxi and Yunnan provinces, the Tibet autonomous region and Chongqing. Thanks to Chengdu’s enhanced transport infrastructure and geographical location, some 50 modern logistics companies including UPS, DHL and Maersk had set up offices in the city by early March, the China Daily reports.
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