China-Europe freight trains have made more than 140,000 trips, carrying goods worth more than $560 billion, China State Railway Group, the national railway operator, said on Thursday.
周四，国家铁路集团表示，中欧班列累计开行量已突破 14 万列，货物价值超 5600 亿美元。
The milestone was reached at 11:30 am Thursday, when train X8059 departed from Puhe station in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, bound for Moscow.
这一里程碑在周四上午 11 时 30 分实现：X8059 次班列从我国东北辽宁省沈阳市蒲河站发车，开往莫斯科。
The network now reaches 237 cities in 26 European countries and more than 100 cities in 12 Asian countries, according to the operator. Within China, 96 scheduled routes designed for speeds of 120 kilometers per hour connect 132 cities.
据国铁集团介绍，班列网络现已通达欧洲 26 国 237 个城市、亚洲 12 国 100 多个城市；国内开通 96 条时速 120 公里的常态化线路，连通 132 座城市。
The expansion has been accompanied by growth in alternative routes. Services along the network's southern corridor made 746 trips in the first nine months of this year, up 125 percent year-on-year.
线路拓展的同时，备选通道运量持续增长。今年前九个月，南部通道开行班列 746 列，同比增长 125%。
The operator said it is also working to expand rail-road and rail-sea transport services, extending the network's reach to neighboring countries without cross-border rail connections.
国铁集团表示，正积极拓展公铁、铁海联运业务，把服务辐射范围延伸至没有跨境铁路连通的周边国家。
Transport volumes reached a monthly record in May, when China-Europe freight trains made 1,965 trips and carried 197,000 twenty-foot equivalent units, a standard measure of container volume.
5 月运量创下月度新高，当月中欧班列开行 1965 列，发送 19.7 万标箱（标箱为集装箱运量计量单位）。
Efforts to streamline border procedures have reduced customs clearance times to less than 30 minutes in some cases, the operator said. The daily average number of outbound trains handed over at six major border crossings rose 12.8 percent year-on-year to 51.2 this year.
国铁集团称，通过优化边境通关流程，部分场景通关时长压缩至 30 分钟以内。今年六大主要口岸日均交出境班列 51.2 列，同比上涨 12.8%。
Traffic flows have also become more balanced. Through September, the ratio of return trips to outbound trips exceeded 90 percent for nine consecutive months.
往返运量结构也更加均衡。截至 9 月，回程班列与去程班列比例连续 9 个月高于 90%。
To provide more predictable delivery times, 22 services with fixed timetables for their entire journeys operate each week between nine Chinese cities and six European cities. These services are designed to meet the cross-border shipping needs of high-end manufacturers.
为保障运期稳定，每周安排 22 趟全程时刻表班列，联通国内 9 座城市与欧洲 6 座城市，满足高端制造企业跨境物流需求。
The operator has also introduced specialized equipment, including temperature-controlled containers and liquid-carrying bags fitted inside 40-foot containers, to accommodate a wider range of cargo. Electronic seals enable shipments to be tracked throughout their journeys and trigger alerts if tampered with.
国铁集团还投用专用运载装备，包括温控箱、40 英尺箱内置液袋，适配更多品类货物；电子封签可全程追踪货物，一旦遭到撬动就会发出预警。
Vehicles and auto parts, machinery, and electrical and electronic products have become major categories of outbound cargo. Timber, pulp, agricultural products and consumer goods from Europe travel in the opposite direction.
去程主要货品为汽车及零部件、机械设备、机电电子产品；返程从欧洲运回木材、纸浆、农产品与消费品。
The operator said it will continue working with overseas partners to increase capacity, improve service quality and further balance freight flows in both directions.
国铁集团表示，将持续与境外伙伴合作，提升运力、优化服务质量，进一步推动往返运量均衡发展。
freight /freɪt/n. 货物；货运
milestone /ˈmaɪlstəʊn/n. 里程碑
streamline /ˈstriːmlaɪn/v. 精简，优化
container /kənˈteɪnə(r)/n. 集装箱
