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A staff member takes photos of a Lancang-Mekong Express freight train, Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, January 10, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Li Jiaxian)
The first Lancang-Mekong Express freight train of the China-Laos Railway, loaded with goods including flowers and vegetables, left Kunming on Monday.
With a speed of 120km/h, it will arrive in Laos' capital Vientiane on Tuesday after about a 26-hour journey, much more faster than normal international freight trains.
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Photo shows the containers to be loaded, Kunming, January 10, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Li Jiaxian)
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The train head connects with the train body, Kunming, January 10, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Li Jiaxian)