![]() Before crossing I-69/ US 59 the 2 tracks converge to run together on Texas into the East End where it and the Green Line diverge after EaDo/Stadium Station, which has access to the PNC Stadium, the home venue of the Texas Southern Tigers football, Houston Dynamo & Houston Dash.įrom here, the line continues southward towards the next stop at Leeland. Transfers to the Red Line will occur at the Fannin Station. Four of the line's stations will be in downtown with stops at Smith, Main, Fannin, and Crawford. ![]() Both of these downtown sections involve street running in mixed traffic like a traditional streetcar line. ![]() The northbound track will run along Capitol Street in downtown, while its southbound counterpart will run down Rusk Street. The Purple Line begins at its northern terminus at Smith Street with split tracks on Capitol and Rusk Streets. Germany's 'China City': how Duisburg became Xi Jinping's gateway to Europe with map of the railway.The Purple Line is a 6.6-mile (10.6 km) METRORail light rail/ streetcar route operated by METRO in Houston, Texas, serving Southeast Houston.CCTV News (Youtube video) Uploaded by Abdi Ali.Riding the New Silk Road (NYT Newsgraphic) by Shan Carter, Hannah Fairfield, and Derek Watkins.Stephen, "Ukraine, Russia, Germany And The Real Threat Facing The U.S.", SeekingAlpha, April 8, 2014. ^ "Yuxinou Railway runs well, transporting 21,000 tons annually".^ "Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road".^ a b c "Rail linking Europe to open up China's West".Open To Export posted by UK Trade & Investment. ^ "Yuxinou Railway: The New Silk Road?".^ a b "A Silk Road for the 21st century: Freight rail linking China and Germany officially begins operations".^ a b c d e "Germany Plans to Expand Chinese Rail Link as Xi Visits Duisburg".In 2018, around 30 trains ran every week, 10 times more than in 2014. An article by the investor news website 'Seeking Alpha' predicted that by 2020 trade from China to Germany could surpass that from the Netherlands and France, Germany's top two trading partners in 2014. In early 2014 it runs three times weekly and, "to accommodate a sevenfold increase volume since 2012 - soon will go daily". In 2012, the train, "roughly eight football fields long", ran weekly. The freight included 3.062 million laptops and 564,000 liquid crystal display screens. įrom January to November, 2012, a total of 40 freight trains ran on the Yuxinou Railway, transporting 1747 containers with 21,000 tons cargo, and worth of 1.15 billion USD. Statistics ĭays to reach Duisburg from Chongqing, compared to the 36-day container ship transport time as well as being safer and less expensive, according to Chongqing authorities. One of these is technological giant Foxconn who supplies Hewlett-Packard, Acer Inc. Most goods transported via this route are from multinational IT companies in Chongqing. (CRIMT), both from the People's Republic of China, the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the national railway company of Kazakhstan, and the DB Schenker China Ltd, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn. and the China Railways International Multimodal Transport Company Ltd. The Yuxinou train is operated by YUXINOU (Chongqing) Logistics Co., Ltd, a joint venture between RZD Logistika JSC, Russia, the YUXINOU (Chongqing) Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. Rail transport is becoming increasingly important for trade between Europe and China as the latter promotes industrial hubs in cities further inland in its territory. Background Īccording to the European Commission, as of March 2014, the EU is China's biggest trading partner. The railway is part of a growing rail network connecting China and Europe along the New Silk Road. It passes through the Dzungarian Gate into Kazakhstan, and moves through Russia, Belarus and Poland before arriving in Duisburg. The name 渝新欧 is an acronym, consisting of Yu (渝, Chongqing), Xin (新, Xinjiang), Ou (欧, Europe). Chongqing–Xinjiang–Europe railway, abbreviated as Yu–Xin–Ou railway ( Chinese: 渝新欧铁路 pinyin: Yú–Xīn–Ōu tiělù), is a freight rail route linking Chongqing in Southwestern China, with Duisburg, Germany.
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