Central China city Wuhan has started a railway container service to the Outer Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator, Xinhua reports.
The first service carried 48 containers of cable and set off from Wuhan's Wujiashan Railway Container Terminal.
The service is jointly operated by China Railway International Multimodal Transport, Co Ltd and Shenzhen Neptune Logistics Co Ltd, shortening transit from Wuhan to Ulan Bator from 18 to 10 days.
Wujiashan Railway Container Terminal is one of the 18 container railway terminals in China. It can handle 1.6 million TEU every year.