A China-Europe freight train (Xi'an-Hamburg) departed from the Xi'an International Port Station in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on Aug 21.

This was the 10,000th China-Europe freight train trip in 2022, which was reached 10 days earlier than last year.

The 10,000th China-Europe freight train in 2022 departs from Xi'an on Aug 21. [Photo/Visual Xi'an]

The trains have carried 972,000 twenty-foot equivalent units of goods this year, up 5 percent year-on-year.

With 82 routes, the trains now travel to 200 cities in 24 European countries, forming a transport network covering the whole of Europe. The trains transport more than 50,000 types of goods across 53 categories, such as automobiles and parts, clothing and accessories, and grain and timber.

China has made strong efforts to increase the transport capacity of the trains by upgrading domestic transport channels and coordinating infrastructure improvements with overseas railways.

In 2022, the average daily freight volume on the eastern route for China-Europe freight train services surged 41.3 percent from 2020, and that of the western and central routes rose 20.7 percent and 15.2 percent, respectively.

From January to July this year, the China-Europe freight train (Xi'an) made a total of 2,217 trips, with a heavy container rate of 100 percent.