China-Europe Railway Express · China-Russia Rail · China to Iran — FCL Block Trains and Multimodal Corridors

Via Manzhouli, Erenhot or Alashankou (Khorgos), indicative transit to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and other main stations is 18–25 days. Peak season and border congestion can add 2–5 days. We state the expected transit for the departure you are booking.

Full-timetable block trains cover Xi'an to Duisburg, Budapest and Prague, and Zhengzhou to Hamburg. They run to fixed stops, a fixed route, a fixed train number, a fixed schedule and a fixed rate: Xi'an to Duisburg 16–18 days, Xi'an to Budapest and Prague 18–20 days, Zhengzhou to Hamburg 14–16 days. Conventional routes cover Milan, Malaszewicze, Munich, Liege, Madrid, Lodz and Belgrade, generally in 12–22 days. Urgent cargo should take the timetable service. Price-sensitive cargo, or cargo for a conventional hub, can take the traditional routing.

Yes. Milan, Duisburg, Malaszewicze, Hamburg, Budapest and Prague can all originate. Typical imports are furniture, auto parts, cosmetics, machinery, timber and food, in 11–17 days. Return space is usually easier to secure, and the rate is typically sharper than westbound. Truck collection is available across Europe into the nearest departure terminal.

Yes, and there are three ways to move it. Rail FCL enters via the Aktau–Anzali Caspian service, Sarakhs or Incheh Borun, in 25–35 days to Aprin dry port, Tehran. FTL road haulage exits at Khorgos in 10–15 days. Ocean freight sails weekly from Taicang or Zhuhai direct to Bandar Abbas: 15–25 days on the water, 25–35 days door to door. Rail space has tightened since traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was disrupted, so book ahead.

Xi'an is not the only origin. We hold space with the main China-Europe platforms in Xi'an, Chongqing, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Guangzhou, Jinan and Shijiazhuang. China-Russia covers nine departure terminals. Baku can load at Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Chongqing, Hefei, Yiwu, Jinan and Qingzhou — see Xi'an to Baku. Georgia is mainly Xi'an, Zhengzhou and Chongqing. Iran can be organised from Xi'an, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Chengdu, Urumqi and Jinan — see Xi'an to Tehran. Loading closest to the cargo cuts the domestic leg first.

A Trans-Caspian block train uses the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, also called the Middle Corridor. Cargo exits at Khorgos, crosses Kazakhstan to Aktau, ferries the Caspian to Alyat, then continues by rail to Baku and, via the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway, on to Tbilisi and Poti. The corridor does not pass through Russia or Belarus, which has held up better when several routes are under pressure at once. The Caspian is an inland sea, so conditions are far calmer than open ocean, and the crossing is about 24–48 hours.

Yes, with a plan built for the commodity. Oil line pipe, oilfield machinery, steel coil and PV modules are stowed against a weight limit; open-top, flat-rack or a rail flat is assessed when needed. New energy vehicles are declared as vehicles, with state-of-charge control and four-point lashing inside the container. Energy-storage lithium batteries are classified by UN number and need a UN38.3 report, MSDS, dangerous-goods packaging certificate and a transport classification report. We pre-check that file at the enquiry stage.

Origin, destination or arrival station, commodity, pieces, weight and volume, equipment and the target shipping window. The more complete the brief, the tighter the quote. We list comparable prices and indicative transit by terminal and by mode, and we mark how long the rate is valid, so you can compare them on one page.

Founded in 2021, registered capital RMB 5 million, a team of 80+, 1,000+ clients served, long-term cooperation with 50+ overseas agents, and coverage of 100+ cities. In Xi'an we operate a 6,000 m² consolidation warehouse with modern equipment and a professional crew; groupage, securing and stuffing are done on our own floor. At Khorgos a resident team handles truck dispatch and loading supervision, so site issues are dealt with on the spot.

We do the export declaration in China and, on DDP, the destination import clearance. The usual reasons a box is held are a description or HS code that does not match the cargo, missing paperwork (EORI for the EU, T1 transit, ISPM15-treated wood packaging), or a licence that was never checked. Each of these is pre-checked at the enquiry stage. The mechanics are set out on the rail freight customs clearance page.