首趟北京至阿塞拜疆巴库的跨里海中欧班列发车

The first Trans-Caspian China-Europe freight train from Beijing to Baku, Azerbaijan departs

6月30日，首趟北京至阿塞拜疆巴库的跨里海中欧班列从北京市房山区发出。班列采用“铁—海—铁”多式联运模式，跨越8000多公里，在途运行时间15天左右，将进一步加强中国与欧洲及中亚地区的经贸联系。图为当天，北京至阿塞拜疆巴库的跨里海中欧班列发车前，起重机正在吊装集装箱。新华社记者 张晨霖 摄

On June 30th, the first trans-Caspian China-Europe train from Beijing to Baku, Azerbaijan departed from Fangshan District, Beijing. The train adopts the "rail-sea-rail" multimodal transport mode, spanning more than 8,000 kilometers and running for about 15 days in transit, which will further strengthen China's economic and trade ties with Europe and Central Asia. The picture shows that the crane is hoisting containers before the departure of the Trans-Caspian China-Europe train from Beijing to Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Chenlin