It took just 14 days for the 32-container train loaded with Chinese goods to complete the 5,900 mile (9,500km) journey from China’s eastern Zhejiang province through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
It’s 30 days shorter than the sea voyage from Shanghai to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, according to the head of the Iranian railway company, Mohsen Pourseyed Aqayi.
“The arrival of this train in less than 14 days is unprecedented,” he said, adding that the revival of the Silk Road is crucial for the countries on its route.
The railway will not stop in Tehran, Aqayi said as they are “planning to extend the railway to Europe in the future” with transits generating more income for Iran.
China is Iran’s biggest trading partner, accounting for most of Tehran's oil exports. Trade between the two countries stood at around $52 billion in 2014. Last month Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Iranian counterpart agreed to increase trade turnover to $600 billion within the next 10 years.
INC News, 16/02/2016 - source: ©RTNews
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