STORY: 1st freight train of the land-sea trade corridor running via China-Laos-Thailand Railway departs from Chongqing
SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 28, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 29, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:37
LOCATION: CHONGQING, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of a freight train departing the Tuanjiecun Central Station in Chongqing
2. various of the Tuanjiecun Central Station
3. various of a freight train leaving the station
4. various of a freight train moving on the railway

STORYLINE:

A freight train departed Friday morning from the Tuanjiecun Central Station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality for Map Ta Phut Station in Thailand, marking the opening of the first international freight train of New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor that runs via China-Laos-Thailand Railway.

Loaded with 64 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of chemicals, the train is scheduled to arrive in Map Ta Phut via Laos' Vientiane in 5 days. In the meantime, a freight train loaded with 30 TEU containers of agricultural products has set out from Map Ta Phut and is moving in the opposite direction.

The new service shortens the transportation time between Chongqing and Thailand by nearly 20 days if compared with routine water transport.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chongqing, China.
(XHTV)