A block train loaded with 82 containers with flexitanks departed from Tula in Central Russia to China, Russian Railways report.
The train is routed via the Zabaikalsk- Manzhouli border crossing point on the Russia-China border. It will deliver to Chinese consumers some 1.7 thousand tons of rapeseed oil.
In future, Russian Railways plan to launch flexitank block trains from railway station of Bryansk and Orel regions.