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GlennM		#1 Posted : 11 April 2017 00:41:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,886 Location: Somewhere, But Nowhere Near Manchester, England		Today saw the start of the first scheduled freight service from the UK to China, the journey is 7,500 miles and will take 17 days http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/39552629
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NS1200		#2 Posted : 11 April 2017 07:34:54(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/08/2009(UTC) Posts: 3,443		Only suitable for small numbers,more a gimmick than anything else. Tens of thousends of containers are moved by sea every week from Europe to China and back,impossible for railways to cater for that.
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RayF		#3 Posted : 11 April 2017 09:19:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,839 Location: Gibraltar, Europe		It should be quicker by rail than by sea. Does anyone know how long it takes a ship to do the trip?
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GlennM		#4 Posted : 11 April 2017 12:31:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,886 Location: Somewhere, But Nowhere Near Manchester, England		Originally Posted by: RayF It should be quicker by rail than by sea. Does anyone know how long it takes a ship to do the trip? Last time I was involved in shipping from Shanghai, we had containers delivered in UK after 25 days but they were in customs for 3 or 4 days
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kiwiAlan		#5 Posted : 11 April 2017 17:52:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,109 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: RayF It should be quicker by rail than by sea. Does anyone know how long it takes a ship to do the trip? There were some figures quoted when the first China to UK rail shipment arrived some weeks ago. IIRC it is something like 2-3 weeks by rail, against something around 4-5 weeks by sea using normal scheduled shipping. Ah, found it ... the first China to UK freight train arriving in the UK. Article says it took 18 days (including dropping some containers off in Germany - maybe that was a Marklin delivery ) but doesn't say what the sea journey is. You will note that the cargo was a heap of 'really useful items' ... This article shows the first China to Europe freight train arriving in Hamburg in 2013. It also has a photo of the first block train bound for Madrid departing China in 2014. This BBC article (different to the one linked above) says using the train cuts about 2 weeks off the travel time, but that using ships is still cheaper.

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