In January-February 2026, container rail traffic between China and the EU reached 352,000 TEU, a 25% increase compared to the same period in 2025. The number of freight trains on China-Europe routes increased by 32% during this period, reaching 3,501 trips.
According to Urumqi Bureau Group, a regional subsidiary of China Railway, by March 5, 2026, an increase of 21,498 freight trains had passed through the Alashankou land port in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on China-Europe and China-Central Asia routes compared to previous periods.
As previously reported by the Chinese newspaper Global Times, as of June 2025, 128 Chinese cities have been included as origin and destination points of trains in the official China-Europe route network, which continues to support the expansion of land logistics between China and Europe.