LONDON – SHANGHAI, 18 DAYS OF TRAVEL FOR THE FIRST DIRECT TRAIN

The first freight train connecting London to China has arrived today at its destination after a three-week trip that brought the ancient Silk Road to the chronicles of honor. A trip that illustrated the Asian outcrops that the UK intends to “grow” after Brexit. The convoy, departing from the British capital last April 10, entered the 3rd night of this night at the Yiwu city, two million Of inhabitants south of Shanghai: confirmed by the Chinese company responsible for the operation. It crossed France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia Kazakhstan: over 12,000 kilometers, the London-Yiwu route represents the second longest railway link in the world after the China-Madrid line opened in 2014.