Published on: 2026-10-03
Source: People’s Republic of China — Translation
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This photo, taken by a drone on August 4, 2026, shows the container loading area at the international land port of the city of Shijiazhuang in Hebei province in northern China. /Photo: Xinhua/
Beijing, October 2 /Xinhua/ — On Thursday, the first freight train was dispatched from the international land port of Shijiazhuang city /administrative center of Hebei Province, Northern China/ to Central Asia, launched on the multimodal rail-road transportation route “Shijiazhuang-Tacheng-Central Asia,” which will operate on a fixed schedule. This was stated in a message published on the official account of the operator of the above-mentioned port on the Chinese social network WeChat.
A train loaded with 110 standard containers of auto parts first headed to Tacheng Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Northwest China, where the goods will be transferred to road transport and delivered to Almaty and other cities in Kazakhstan. Subsequently, one freight train per week will be regularly dispatched along this route on a fixed schedule.
The launch of regular transportation services is expected to enable foreign trade enterprises to rationally plan production schedules and fulfill overseas orders, as well as effectively reduce logistics costs, which will strengthen trade and economic ties between Hebei province and Central Asia.
In April of this year, freight trains began operating on a set schedule on the Zhangjiakou-Central Asia railway route in Hebei province. The first train crossed the state border through the Alashankou checkpoint in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and arrived in Almaty. The total length of the route was 3,171 kilometers.
The Tacheng District is located on the China-Kazakhstan border. The Bakhtu checkpoint is situated on its territory.
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