The first rail freight service from the UK to China will depart on a 7,500-mile journey from Essex on Monday.
Thirty containers will carry British goods including whisky, soft drinks, vitamins and pharmaceuticals.
A DB Cargo locomotive will leave the DP World London Gateway rail terminal in Stanford-le-Hope for the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang province, eastern China.
After going through the Channel Tunnel the train will pass through seven other countries before arriving on 27 April.
These are France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan.
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Slow train to China
Slow train to China
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Re: Slow train to China
A German train (DB = Deutsches Bundesbahn) carrying English goods to China on tracks that will traverse France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan. And England and China, of course.
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Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
Re: Slow train to China
I'd rather see a steam locomotive.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Slow train to China
And if someone was killed on the train, it would be _________________
Re: Slow train to China
Enjoy it while it lasts. Post Brexit it's off the menu.
yrs,
rubato
yrs,
rubato
Re: Slow train to China
Long Run wrote:And if someone was killed on the train, it would be _________________
Re: Slow train to China
Another example of how the well of stupidity has no bottom to reach.rubato wrote:Enjoy it while it lasts. Post Brexit it's off the menu.
yrs,
rubato
You thick fucking Aspy.Xubin Feng, chairman of Yiwu Timex Industrial Investment Co, which is organising the service, said restoring the Silk Road route was "an important and exciting initiative". "We have great faith in the UK as an export nation and rail provides an excellent alternative for moving large volumes of goods over long distances faster," he said.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Slow train to China
The only real hope for humankind long-term is to unite as one people, and reject nationalism entirely. For peace on earth, wholesale rejection of religions would also be necessary.Bicycle Bill wrote:A German train (DB = Deutsches Bundesbahn) carrying English goods to China on tracks that will traverse France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan. And England and China, of course.
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Re: Slow train to China
What a load of crap!The only real hope for humankind long-term is to unite as one people, and reject nationalism entirely. For peace on earth, wholesale rejection of religions would also be necessary.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato