AKIPRESS.COM - The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan road-rail intermodal transport service had handled a total of 100 trains this year, marking a regular and expanded operation of the intermodal transport service, according to the China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Since the beginning of July, the number of cargo trains arriving in Xinjiang's Kashgar City for further transit has increased to an average of two per day.

"The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan road-rail intermodal transport system capitalizes on Kashgar's favorable location, cutting transit time by around five days compared to other routes and reducing costs by nearly 30 percent," said Fang Zijun, a business manager at Kashgar inland port multimodal transport company.

In March, Kashgar Customs implemented a new clearance model where goods are inspected at the point of origin, allowing them to be proceeded directly to their destination without additional customs checks at the border. This change has reduced customs processing time from three to five days to just six to eight hours, significantly enhancing the efficiency of the multimodal transport service.

These trains carried over 300 types of goods, ranging from new energy vehicles to machinery components, opening up a new international trade channel that stretches to Central and West Asia, as well as Europe.