Xinjiang opened a freight rail route through Kazakhstan and Russia to Turkish Mersin

Almaty. July 28. Silkroadnews - China opened rail freight route from Kurlya Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the Turkish port Mersin, reported the agency "Xinhua".
"Highway stretching 9094 km crosses checkpoint" Alashankow "and passes through the territory of Kazakhstan, Russia, resulting in the Turkish city of Mersin," - said in a statement.
For Xinjiang it is another rail freight route that connects China with the countries of Asia and Europe. Prior to that, on an experimental basis was also launched international rail freight route connecting Urumqi and Central Asia. At the moment, it passed with 22 routes of 2068 standard containers, cargo volume has exceeded 30 thousand tons.
Head of Customs of Urumqi Sun Zhijie said that direct message of rail freight on these routes promotes exports of Xinjiang production. The main exports are oil production equipment and spare parts for motor vehicles, household appliances, construction materials and consumer goods.
Currently the reight is carried out by regular movement Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe, Europe-Chengdu and Zhengzhou-Xinjiang-Europe, the Wuhan-Xinjiang-Europe etc. They connect the country with the countries of Asia and Europe.