China-Europe freight trains hit record high
经新疆中欧班列创新高
A record number of 9,679 inbound and outbound China-Europe freight trains passed through Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous¹ region in 2020, according to China Railway Urumqi Group Co. Ltd. Sources with the company said a large quantity of goods previously² transported to Europe via air and sea shifted to the China-Europe freight train last year.
中国铁路乌鲁木齐局集团有限公司表示，截至2020年12月31日，当年经新疆进出境中欧班列达9679列，创历史新高。
The number of trains traveling through Alataw Pass reached 5,027 in 2020, up 41.8 percent year on year, while those through Horgos Port totaled 4,652, up 37 percent year on year.
2020年，中欧班列承接了大量由海运、空运转移的出境货运业务，经阿拉山口站进出境中欧班列达5027列，同比增长41.8%；经霍尔果斯站进出境中欧班列开行数量达4652列，同比增长37%。
Local railway authorities expanded the capacity of the Alataw Pass and the Horgos Port and optimized³ the operation of production in 2020.
新疆铁路部门对阿拉山口、霍尔果斯站实施了扩能改造，运输能力大为提升；
Through better coordination⁴ among railway, customs and border control authorities, as well as Kazak authorities, the time a train needed to pass the border was reduced to less than one hour from 10 hours, the sources said.
不断优化运输生产组织，加强与海关、边检联动以及与哈萨克斯坦铁路部门的协作，整列班列放行时间由10多个小时压缩至1小时以内。
Currently, 22 lines run through Alataw Pass, reaching 13 countries, including Germany and Poland, and 16 lines travel through Horgos Port to over 10 countries, including Uzbekistan.
目前，经阿拉山口口岸通行班列线路达22条，可到达德国和波兰等13个国家；经霍尔果斯口岸进出境中欧班列线路达16条，可到达乌兹别克斯坦等10余个国家。

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