NewSilkRoadRailRoutes

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NewSilkRoadRailRoutes refers to the network of modern freight and passenger rail lines linking inland regions of China with Central Asia, Europe, and other destinations as part of the Belt and Road Initiative’s overland trade corridors.

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Label Occurrences
New Silk Road rail routes 1
NewSilkRoadRailRoutes canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Belt and Road Initiative corridor ⓘ
freight rail corridor ⓘ
passenger rail corridor ⓘ
rail transport network ⓘ
aimsTo diversify China’s export routes ⓘ
promote regional economic integration across Eurasia ⓘ
characteristic offers faster transit than sea freight for China–Europe trade ⓘ
subject to customs and regulatory coordination among multiple countries ⓘ
uses standard-gauge and broad-gauge rail systems with transshipment at borders ⓘ
connectsCountry Belarus ⓘ
China ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
connectsRegion Central Asia ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
facesChallenge competition with maritime shipping ⓘ
gauge differences between rail systems ⓘ
imbalanced freight flows between eastbound and westbound traffic ⓘ
infrastructure bottlenecks at border crossings ⓘ
handlesCargoType automotive products ⓘ
containerized freight ⓘ
electronics ⓘ
machinery ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalAspect potential to reduce CO2 emissions compared to air freight ⓘ
hasPurpose facilitate overland trade between China and Europe ⓘ
improve connectivity between inland China and Central Asia ⓘ
provide alternative to maritime shipping routes ⓘ
shorten transit times for intercontinental freight ⓘ
includesCorridor China–Central Asia–Europe rail corridor ⓘ
China–Mongolia–Russia rail corridor ⓘ
New Eurasian Land Bridge ⓘ
includesPassengerService selected cross-border passenger trains ⓘ
includesService China–Europe block trains ⓘ
originatesIn inland regions of China ⓘ
partOf Belt and Road Initiative ⓘ
relatedTo China Railway Express (China–Europe trains) ⓘ
Eurasian land bridge ⓘ
Silk Road Economic Belt ⓘ
supportedBy Chinese government ⓘ
state-owned railway companies of participating countries ⓘ
timePeriod developed mainly after launch of Belt and Road Initiative in 2013 ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inland China → transportCorridor → NewSilkRoadRailRoutes ⓘ
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy → playsRoleIn → New Silk Road rail routes ⓘ
linked to: NewSilkRoadRailRoutes