Facilitation of CR Express (the China - Europe block train ferry): transport routes, operation organization, economic benefits and developing trendsProf. Shouwen JiBeijing Jiaotong UniversityCHINA RAILWAY Express Coordination Service Center of CCTAEmail: jishouwen126.com TEL: 51684091， 139107807691.Overview of CR Express Definition：CHINA RAILWAY Express（ CR Express） is the China - Europeblock train ferry , which is organized by the China Railway Corporation,has characters of fixed trips, route, schedule and transport time,operated in the international railway container intermodal transportationmode in China Europe along the The Belt and Road“. Connotation：As an important symbol of “the Belt and Road ” transportationinterconnection.As an important carrier to promote countries economic and tradecooperation along the “the Belt and Road”.As the major research concerns for international multimodaltransports equipment, operation and manage policy.the first CR Express ,YuXinOu, was sent out In 2011.Average annual growth rate attains to 110%, the cumulative CRExpress trains are 3453, which 2568 outbound, 885 return from 2011to 2016 .1.Overview of CR Express17 42 80 280550159928265592050010001500200025002011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016numberYear2011-2016 CR Express operating conditionsreturnoutboundvolume statistics of CR Express on different ports in 20161.Overview of CR ExpressNO. Cities Alataw Pass Horgos Erenhot Manchuria 2016 total amountnumber TEU number TEU number TEU number TEU number TEU1 Chengdu 445 34768 3 246 0 0 0 0 448 367042 Chongqing 349 29194 68 5708 2 164 1 88 420 351543 Zhengzhou 93 7964 0 0 153 13040 0 0 246 210044 Wuhan 158 14298 0 0 0 0 76 7308 234 216065 Yingkou 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 14734 180 147346 Dalian 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 10969 142 109697 Suzhou 0 0 0 0 1 82 118 10532 119 106148 Shenyang 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 6586 113 65869 Yiwu 74 6814 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 681410 Changsha 0 0 0 0 2 184 55 4722 57 490611 Harbin 50 4234 50 423412 Xinjiang 49 4018 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 401813 Hefei 32 3048 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 304814 Guangzhou 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1178 16 117815 Xian 5 450 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 45016 Tianjin 0 0 0 0 2 64 2 194 3 25817 Xining 1 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8818 Nanjing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 82 1 82Total 1206 102332 71 5954 160 13624 754 56393 2191 1825372.Transport Routs of CR ExpressSketch map of domestic and international corridor of CR Express West corridor West corridor West corridor West corridorEast corridorMiddle corridorErenhotAlatawManchuriaSouth corridorSouth corridor South corridor South corridor West corridor West corridor ： Leave the border at Alataw (Khorgos) port, throughKazakhstan then connected to Siberia railway of Russia, the route throughBelarus, Poland, Germany , and then access to other European countries. West corridor ： Leave the border at Khorgos (Alataw) port, throughKazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey and other countries, access toEuropean countries; or through Kazakhstan across the Caspian Sea,entering Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria and other countries, access toEuropean countries. West corridor ： Leave the border at Turgart (Irkeshtam), connectingChina-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway (in planning), through Kyrgyzstan,Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Turkey and other countries, access toEuropean countries. CR Express transportation corridor2.Transport Routs of CR ExpressThe CR Express corridor is divided into the west, middle, east and southcorridors. It is not only a railway corridor, but also a multimodal corridor.Middle corridor. Leave the border at Erenhot port, through Mongolia, connected with Siberia railway of Russia, access to European countries.East corridor. Leave the border at Manchuria port in Inner Mongolia, connected with Siberia railway of Russia, access to European countries. China - EU railway transportation corridor2.Transport Routs of CR ExpressSouth corridorSouth corridor ： Leave the border at the Khunjerab port, through Islamabad to Gwadar Port (the China-Pakistan Corridor), total mileage is about 6280 km.South corridor ： Leave the border at Ruili port, through the port of Kyaukpyu- Chittagong (-Yangon) - Calcutta, after a total of 4 countries (BCIM corridor), total mileage is about 3510 km.South corridor ： Leave the border at Mohan port, through the Vientiane -Bangkok - Kuala Lumpur - Singapore (Indochina Peninsula corridor), after a total of 5 countries, the total mileage of about 3910 km.渝新欧班列线路运行图www.Bjtu.edu.cn2.Transport Routs of CR ExpressCASE1: YuXinOuthe first train was set out on march 19, 2011, it ran over 420, whichis 278 outbound, 142 return, attain target of having “daily trains” in 2016.Route: Chongqing - Alataw port - Kazakhstan - Russia - Belarus -Poland - Germany (Duisburg).CASE2: XiangOu ExpressThe train run on October 30, 2014. In 2016, XiangOu Express totalgoods of imports and exports are173,000 tons, the value of $ 493 million.Route：To Central Asia: Changsha -Alataw por