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Slow train to China
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 9:51 am
by Gob
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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Re: Slow train to China
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:17 pm
by Bicycle Bill
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.
Welcome to
Unum Orbis Seclorum.
-"BB"-
Re: Slow train to China
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:30 pm
by dales
I'd rather see a steam locomotive.
Re: Slow train to China
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 9:50 pm
by Long Run
And if someone was killed on the train, it would be _________________
Re: Slow train to China
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:54 pm
by rubato
Enjoy it while it lasts. Post Brexit it's off the menu.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Slow train to China
Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 11:26 pm
by Lord Jim
Long Run wrote:And if someone was killed on the train, it would be _________________
Re: Slow train to China
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:33 am
by Gob
rubato wrote:Enjoy it while it lasts. Post Brexit it's off the menu.
yrs,
rubato
Another example of how the well of stupidity has no bottom to reach.
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.
You thick fucking Aspy.
Re: Slow train to China
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:45 pm
by BoSoxGal
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.
Welcome to
Unum Orbis Seclorum.
-"BB"-
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.
Re: Slow train to China
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:37 pm
by dales
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.
What a load of crap!