Spanish expert optimistic about China-Europe freight train services

STORY: Spanish expert optimistic about China-Europe freight train services DATELINE: Sept. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Europe freight trains 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): DANIEL ALBALATE, Expert in transport economics at the University of Barcelona STORYLINE: A Spanish expert has said that people "will no doubt see" an increase in the volume of freight transported by the China-Europe freight trains. With 82 routes reaching Europe, the China-Europe freight trains now reach 196 cities in 24 European countries, transporting more than 50,000 types of goods. By the end of July, the total number of train trips had surpassed 57,000, with shipments of 5.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units of goods worth nearly 300 billion U.S. dollars. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): DANIEL ALBALATE, Expert in transport economics at the University of Barcelona "Rail freight transport between China and Spain has grown a great deal in a short period of time. In Spain's trade wit