China-Europe Railway Express surpasses 140,000 trips since 2011

The trains cut transit time to about one-third that of sea freight at roughly one-fifth the cost of air freight, according to Lu Yongliang, deputy general manager of the logistics division of China Railway Shenyang Group. The group has also set up 59 sea-rail intermodal train lines with Liaoning Port Group and Jinzhou Port, which Lu said significantly reduce logistics costs.