Poland-Chinese freight train extends route to London

Chinese Railways, one of the companies vying for more European business under the Polish-Chinese Memorandum of Understanding signed last year between the two countries, has extended its freight service to a 15th European destination – that of London, according to a report in the BBC on Wednesday. The rail freight service, which stops in Warsaw – as well as several other European centres – on its route from Zhengzhou to London, is part of a pan-European and Chinese strategy aimed at increasing infrastructure and investment links between European countries, including Poland, and China. With the extension of the route to Barking Rail Freight Terminal in East London, China hopes to rebound from slowing economic growth and decreasing volume of exports.