First freight train from China arrives in London

Wednesday came 'he rolled in the Barking station in east London, the first freight train from China.

The train left more than two weeks ago from Yiwu in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. the train arrived at the Channel Tunnel for the last part of the journey through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France.

London is the fifteenth European place now has a direct rail link with China. The initiative was taken for this purpose in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping. China, for instance, all freight trains for transport to Europe on track as seen from Chengdu to Rotterdam. It also looks at possibilities for a new railway route via Iran and Turkey.