Freight train service to Budapest

A direct freight train service connecting Xiamen in East China’s Fujian Province and Budapest, capital of Hungary, started Monday.

With 41 containers of electric products, clothes, shoes and construction materials, the train left Haicang station in Xiamen, marking the first trip of the new route, said Zhao Liqiang, chief of the station.

Xiamen launched freight train services to Budapest via Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, in January, with the new direct route cutting travel time of the original Xiamen-Xi’an-Budapest route by two to three days to 17 days.