As of Friday, the China-Europe freight train network has completed 1,000 trips this year, reaching this milestone eight days earlier than in 2024. On Friday morning, the China-Europe freight train X8489, loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts, and chemical goods, departed from Xi'an International Port Station, heading for Malaszewicze, Poland. This marks the 1,000th trip for China-Europe freight trains in 2025. To enhance efficiency, the Xi'an Railway Bureau has used the Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence to develop an intelligent station system, significantly reducing operation times. Xi'an International Port Station now operates 18 international trunk lines, ensuring comprehensive coverage of major freight sources across Eurasia. "China-Europe freight trains have maintained strong operational momentum this year. With an average of over 14 departures daily, a train leaves or arrives at Xi'an International Port Station every 100 minutes. The station has also set new records for daily loading volumes five times this year, with a peak of 1,366 carriages loaded in a single day," said Liu Shunli, chief duty officer of Xi'an International Port. To enhance the transportation efficiency, the port yard has been upgraded from two tracks to six, increasing its annual container handling capacity to 6 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) and its freight volume to 75 million tons. This upgrade has further consolidated Xi'an's position as a major hub for the Eurasia Railway Fleet. "This train that departed on Friday will take only 10 to 12 days to its destination. With the high-quality development of the China-Europe freight train (Xi'an), high-value goods are forming a significant scale, and cross-border e-commerce goods are becoming more sophisticated and branded, achieving the goal of 'Shaanxi goods, Shaanxi collection, Shaanxi manufacturing, and Shaanxi transportation'," said Shi Miao, deputy general manager of the Multimodal Transport Company under the Xi'an International Port Group. "To further improve the high-quality operation of China-Europe freight trains, we collaborated with 13 work units in the park and established a joint functional Party branch. Since its creation last June, the branch has continuously worked on improving the efficiency by integrating railway and customs inspection procedures and optimizing operational processes, we've reduced the return trip costs by 20 percent and increased assembly and distribution efficiency by 52.9 percent compared to previous levels," said Shi Zhiyuan, secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) General Branch of Xi'an International Port. The video shows: Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - March 21, 2025 (Shaanxi Broadcasting Corporation - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of train moving 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Liu Shunli, chief duty officer, Xi'an International Port (ending with shot 3): "China-Europe freight trains have maintained strong operational momentum this year. With an average of over 14 departures daily, a train leaves or arrives at Xi'an International Port Station every 100 minutes. The station has also set new records for daily loading volumes five times this year, with a peak of 1,366 carriages loaded in a single day." Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - Date Unknown (Shaanxi Broadcasting Corporation - No access Chinese mainland) 3. Various of train, land port, containers 4. Crane moving containers 5. Container trucks 6. Containers 7. Train moving Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - March 21, 2025 (Shaanxi Broadcasting Corporation - No access Chinese mainland) 8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Shi Miao, deputy general manager, Multimodal Transport Company, Xi'an International Port Group (starting with shots 4-7/ending with shots 9-12): "The train departed on Friday takes only 10 to 12 days to its destination. With the high-quality development of the China-Europe freight train (Xi'an), high-value goods are forming a significant scale, and cross-border e-commerce goods are becoming more sophisticated and branded, achieving the goal of "Shaanxi goods, Shaanxi collection, Shaanxi manufacturing, and Shaanxi transportation." Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - Date Unknown (Shaanxi Broadcasting Corporation - No access Chinese mainland) 9. Cars to be loaded onto trains 10. Cars in white plastic wrap 11. Container being loaded 12. Train moving 13. Aerial shot of railway station 14. Various of rails, train moving Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - March 21, 2025 (Shaanxi Broadcasting Corporation - No access Chinese mainland) 15. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Shi Zhiyuan, secretary, Xi'an International Port General Branch of Communist Party of China(starting with shot 14/ending with shot 16): "To further improve the high-quality operation of China-Europe freight trains, we collaborated with 13 work units in the park and established a joint functional Party branch. Since its creation last June, the branch has continuously worked on improving the efficiency by integrating railway and customs inspection procedures and optimizing operational processes, we've reduced the return trip costs by 20 percent and increased assembly and distribution efficiency by 52.9 percent compared to previous levels." Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - Date Unknown (Shaanxi Broadcasting Corporation - No access Chinese mainland) 16. Various of train, truck, port scenes [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]