By Jiang Bo, People’s Daily
June 29, a Yiwu-Madrid express train carrying 70 TEU containers of pandemic prevention
materials arrived in Madrid, Spain. The goods, including 25.05 million masks and 400,000 sets of
protective clothing, weighed 257 tons.
"These materials are very valuable. They support us in strengthening epidemic prevention and
control and create a safe environment for resumption of production," said the Spanish manager of
DSV, a Danish transport and logistics company.
Spain has a rising demand for pandemic prevention materials, and the China-Europe freight train
service has obvious advantages in material transportation. It is reliable and convenient, he added.
Wu Haitao, the Chinese ambassador to Spain, said the Yiwu-Madrid express train carrying
medical materials is a living proof of international anti-coronavirus cooperation.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the freight trains have been playing a crucial role in supporting
Europe's anti-pandemic fight by opening "green passages" for the transport of important supplies
and raw materials.
Over the course of the first six months of the year, freight trains have made a total of 294 trips
along the Yiwu-Madrid line, carrying 24,466 TEU containers, up 117.1 percent year-on-year.
Carlos Santana, who is responsible for the company operating the Yiwu-Madrid line in Spain, said
that railway transport has been proven to be a bridge of strengthening anti-pandemic cooperation,
while deepening friendship between the two countries.
