Storyline: Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has handled over 5,000 freight trains bound for Central Asia and Europe in the first 10 months of 2025, data from China State Railway Group Co. showed on Monday. From January to October, Xi'an saw 5,063 freight train departures, up 16.3 percent year on year. It marked a same-period record in the number of freight train departures from Xi'an, since the city launched the first China-Europe freight rail service in 2013 as a key part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Of the total departures, 3,917 trains were bound for Europe and 1,146 for Central Asia. The cumulative freight volume reached 5.564 million tonnes, up 12.9 percent year on year, while 505,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers were delivered, marking an increase of 10.5 percent compared with the same period last year. Shotlist: FILE: Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - 2025: 1. Various of Xi'an Port, containers, crane lifting container FILE: Shaanxi Province, northwest China - May 2023: 2. Aerial shots of China-Europe freight train moving FILE: Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - Date Unknown: 3. Various of China-Europe freight train running FILE: Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - 2025: 4. Freight train running FILE: Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - Feb 28, 2024: 5. Various of China-Europe freight train pulling into station FILE: Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - Date Unknown: 6. Aerial shots of cranes, containers, truck running 7. Cranes, containers, truck running [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]