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Apr. 20, 2017: World's Longest Train Journey?

 

The first rail freight service from England to China has departed on its 17-day, 7,500-mile journey.

British goods including drinks, vitamins and baby products are in the 30 containers carried by the train, which will be a regular service.

The DB World locomotive left its terminal in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, for Zhejiang province, eastern China.

After going through the Channel Tunnel, the train will pass through seven other countries.

They are France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan.

 The operators say it is cheaper to send goods by train than by air and faster than by sea.

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