A record was set on the international rail freight transportation routes of China-Europe in May this year in terms of monthly volume of freight transported, according to the data of China Railways Corporation.

Last month, the number of freight trains traveling along these routes increased by 14% year-on-year to 1,724. At the same time, they transported a total of 186,000 TEU /20-foot container equivalent/, which was 13 percent more than a year earlier, which is a monthly record of freight rail routes China-Europe, said the "China Railways".

Since the beginning of this year, China Railways has been accelerating the construction of a modern railway logistics system, carefully organizing freight transportation, and constantly improving the transportation capacity of the railway system and the quality of its services.