Air rail intermodal transportation, 7-day flash delivery to Europe, reducing logistics costs by millions! The new logistics channel between China and Europe has been opened

On the morning of April 21st, after 4500 kilometers of railway transportation, the first China Europe rail air intermodal train “Yuexin Express” arrived in Urumqi, where it will be transferred from railway to air transportation to Europe. This marks a significant breakthrough in international logistics transportation, breaking the traditional transportation mode of “road to air” and expanding a new golden channel for the international logistics field.
Previously, cross-border e-commerce goods from South China to Europe were mostly transported by car to Urumqi for assembly, and then transferred by air to Europe. The operation of trains has made domestic transportation more convenient and efficient.
The “Guangdong Xinjiang Express” air rail intermodal special train is jointly built by China Railway Guangzhou Group, Xinjiang Airport Group, and Shenzhen Dongfang Jiasheng Supply Chain Co., Ltd. This 4600 kilometer logistics new artery innovatively adopts the “railway trunk line+air connection” mode, with a total travel time compressed to 66 hours; Transferred by railway to Urumqi Airport, using cargo flights to Europe, the entire process is controlled within 7 days, opening up an efficient and smooth trade corridor for enterprises in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area to enter the European market.
Liu Yang, Deputy Director of the 95306 Freight Logistics Service Center of the Urumqi Bureau of the State Railway, introduced that the opening of this train provides import and export enterprises with more economical, efficient, and flexible transportation options. Compared with highways, it is not affected by weather and other factors, and transportation efficiency is improved by more than 15%. It is expected to save logistics economic costs of over 10 million yuan per year.
The successful opening of the train has filled the gap in the field of China EU rail air intermodal transport in China, and injected new vitality into the “the Belt and Road” China EU logistics. It is reported that by utilizing freight trains and flight intermodal transportation, goods from the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area can be sent to Europe, with a total transportation time controlled within 7 days. This not only meets the timeliness requirements of urgent orders for import and export enterprises, but also provides strong guarantees for stable supply of cross-border e-commerce sources.
For urgent orders that are time sensitive and urgent, the ‘Yuexin Express’ is undoubtedly the best choice, providing strong support for enterprises to seize market opportunities. Ning Zan, Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Shenzhen Railway Logistics Center, introduced that compared with the China Europe Railway Express, it can save about two-thirds of the time.
Li Xuyang, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Dongfang Jiasheng, stated that in the current complex and ever-changing international economic and trade environment, the “Guangdong New Express” has reconstructed the cross-border logistics pattern with three differentiated advantages:
Firstly, pioneering the first leg service of cross-border e-commerce “air rail intermodal transportation”. Dongfang Jiasheng has carefully constructed a three-dimensional transportation system of “railway cargo collection+air distribution” by connecting the Guangzhou Urumqi railway mainline to the European route network of Urumqi International Airport. This mode completely breaks the limitation of the single transportation path of traditional freight enterprises, and fully relies on the high standard storage network of Oriental Jiasheng in the core regions of Europe, realizing the deep integration and efficient connection of the whole cross-border transportation chain, and laying a solid foundation for the future development of cross-border trade.
Secondly, digitalization empowers the creation of a “fast in, fast out” mechanism. As a leading 4PL integrated digital supply chain service provider in China, Dongfang Jiasheng drives cross-border trade upgrading with a dual engine of “technology+logistics”. By deeply integrating IoT, big data, and artificial intelligence technologies, we aim to build an “end-to-end” intelligent logistics network, providing end-to-end integrated services for top cross-border e-commerce platform sellers to seize emerging markets. Relying on special connection arrangements and advanced AEO certification qualifications from customs, goods can be prioritized for customs clearance and fast installation at the Urumqi hub. Combined with the AI intelligent digital customs declaration platform independently developed by Dongfang Jiasheng, the customs clearance time has been shortened by 30%, significantly improving the overall transportation time from South China to Europe.
Thirdly, build a solid network for risk resistant multimodal transportation. The “Yuexin Express Line” will integrate China Europe freight trains, TIR cross-border land transportation, and the “Air Silk Road”. At the same time, with TIR international road transport qualifications and flexible switching of multimodal logistics solutions, Dongfang Jiasheng can assist enterprise customers in building flexible cross-border supply chains, further enhancing their risk resistance capabilities under the new international trade pattern, and ensuring timely delivery of over 98% of orders.
The person in charge of the cross-border logistics department of Dongfang Jiasheng stated that the operation of the “Guangdong Singapore Express” marks a deep linkage between the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area and the core area of the “Silk Road Economic Belt”, and successfully builds a supply chain loop of “Bay Area Production Xinjiang Distribution Eurasia Radiation”. This innovative measure not only strengthens the core resource allocation capability of the Greater Bay Area in the global industrial chain, but also effectively promotes Xinjiang to become a key logistics node on the Eurasian Continental Bridge. Dongfang Jiasheng is expected to drive tens of thousands of enterprises in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area to further explore the Central Asian and European markets through the “railway+aviation” composite channel, providing logistics support for building a new development pattern of “dual circulation”.