First Freight Train from China to Britain Arrives in London

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19 January 2017 10:44 WIB

The first freight train to travel from China to Britain arrives at a welcoming ceremony to mark the inaugural trip at at Barking Intermodal Terminal near London near London, Britain January 18, 2017. The first China-to-Britain freight train arrived in London on Wednesday after a 7,500-mile journey, marking a milestone in China's push to build commercial links across Europe and Asia. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

19 Januari 2017 00:00 WIB

A woman attends a welcoming ceremony to mark the inaugural trip for the first freight train to travel from China to Britain at at Barking Intermodal Terminal near London near London, Britain January 18, 2017. The train pulled in to Barking, east London after an 18-day journey from Yiwu, a wholesale market town in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

19 Januari 2017 00:00 WIB

The first freight train to travel from China to Britain arrives at a welcoming ceremony to mark the inaugural trip at at Barking Intermodal Terminal near London near London, Britain January 18, 2017. It had passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France, finally crossing under the English Channel into Britain. The consignment would have taken nearly twice as long to reach Britain by sea. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

19 Januari 2017 00:00 WIB

The first freight train to travel from China to Britain arrives at a welcoming ceremony to mark the inaugural trip at at Barking Intermodal Terminal near London near London, Britain January 18, 2017. The train brought in a cargo of small commodities including household items, clothes, fabrics, bags, and suitcases. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

19 Januari 2017 00:00 WIB

The first freight train to travel from China to Britain arrives at a welcoming ceremony to mark the inaugural trip at at Barking Intermodal Terminal near London near London, Britain January 18, 2017. Run by Yiwu Timex Industrial Investment, the Yiwu-London freight service makes London the 15th European city to have a direct rail link with China after the 2013 unveiling of the "One Belt, One Road" initiative by Chinese premier Xi Jinping. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

19 Januari 2017 00:00 WIB

The first freight train to travel from China to Britain arrives at a welcoming ceremony to mark the inaugural trip at at Barking Intermodal Terminal near London near London, Britain January 18, 2017. "This moment was important to show that we can run the train in less than 18 days to the UK," he said. "It depends also on how much cargo we can get from the UK to China - if we can manage to get more trains eastbound, then there could be more." REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

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