Chinese container trains are to roll across Ukraine weekly in October,

Chinese container trains are to roll across Ukraine weekly in October, carrying cargo from Xian to the Soviet/EU gauge break at Dobrá, on Slovakia’s border with Chop, Zakarpattia. In September, two Chinese container trains made the 11-day trip. From Slovakia, containers go by truck or train to Austria, Hungary, Germany or the Czech Republic, reports RailFreight.com. The first train was greeted by China’s new ambassador to Slovakia, Sun Lijie, and by officials of METRANS, the Czech rail operator. The trans-Ukraine route became possible after a unit of Russian Railways dropped its 15-year lease on the Dobrá terminal in February. Sometimes called ‘the largest land harbor in Central Europe’, Dobrá and the adjoining station of Čierna nad Tisou have 916 tracks.