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The Yiwu - Madrid Railway line is a goods railway line from the Chinese city of Yiwu to the Spanish city of Madrid, a distance of roughly 10,000 kilometres (about 6,111 miles 〔"The Silk Railway: freight train from China pulls up in Madrid", Guardian, 10th December 2014〕), 741 kilometres more than the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest until now. It is a major component of the New Eurasian Land Bridge. From Yiwu, a trading centre 300 km south of Shanghai, the track passes through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France, terminating at the Spanish capital. China and Europe have Standard Gauge track, while Russia and East European nations use Russian Gauge. Therefore, trains go through Bogie exchange at Dostyk, Kazakhstan and Brest, Belarus. The journey takes 21 days. In comparison, a sea journey would take six weeks, and road transport would cause about three times as much pollution (114 tonnes of CO2 against 44 tonnes by rail). Trains are run by Trans-Eurasia Logistics, which is a joint venture between the German Deutsche Bahn AG and Russian Railways (RZD). Typical goods include computers and vehicle parts. The international project follows Chinese President Xi Jinping’s promise to establish an "economic belt" along the historic Silk Road and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call for "a new wave of industrialisation across the Eurasian continent".〔"China flags train to Madrid to revive Silk Route", Atul Aneja, The Hindu, 23rd November, 2014〕 ==See also== * Eurasian Economic Union * China-Russia relations * Silk Road Economic Belt * Baikal–Amur Mainline * Eurasian Land Bridge 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yiwu–Madrid railway line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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