Turkey-China freight train arrived at the port of Baku

The first container train with cargo from Turkey to China arrived at the port of Baku, then the container train will travel a total of 8693 km from the Baku port to the Kazakh port of Aktau, as  Railway Supply  magazine informs citing  AzerNews.

freight train arrived
Фото: azernews

A 40-ft container train consists of 42 containers and transports household appliances. The train route passes through the territory of Turkey along the line Istanbul (Marmaray) – Kosekoy – Ankara – Sivas – Kars.

This project can be considered the result of successful cooperation between Azerbaijan Railways CJSC and Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC within the framework of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route project.

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