2024年第一班中欧班列（武汉）出发

　　1月3日6时22分，中欧班列(武汉)2024年首趟班列从吴家山站始发。该班列将一路向西由汉丹、焦柳等线运行，奔向目的地俄罗斯。

　　The first China-Europe freight train (Wuhan) of 2024 departed Wujiashan Station at 6:22 a.m. on Jan. 3. The train will run west through Handan and Jiaoliu lines for the destination of Russia.

　　经过十年努力，武汉“陆上丝绸之路”由“连点成线”到“织线成网”。截至目前，中欧班列(武汉)已拥有52条稳定的跨境运输线路，辐射欧亚大陆40个国家、115座城市，逐步形成“通道并行、多点直达”的国际物流网络体系。

　　Up to now, the China-Europe freight train (Wuhan) has 52 stable cross-border routes, radiating 40 countries and 115 cities in Eurasia, and gradually forming an international logistics network system of "parallel lines and multi-point direct access."

　　1月3日凌晨2时，一辆辆装载着集装箱的运输车接续驶入26米高的橙红色龙门吊下，龙门吊上的操作人员操纵设备，“空中抓娃娃”般熟练地将40吨重的集装箱稳稳地放入火车皮内。

　　At 2 o'clock on the morning of Jan. 3, vehicles loaded with containers drew up under a 26-meter-high orange-red gantry crane, and the operators skillfully placed the 40-ton containers onto the train.

　　凌晨3时30分，集装箱装车完毕。货检等人员检查确认装箱是否装载安全。

　　At 3:30 a.m., when the containers were loaded, inspection personnel checked whether the containers were secured to the train.

　　早上6时18分，班列所在的9道出站信号灯转绿，班列缓缓启动，逐渐消失在清晨的薄雾之中。

　　At 6:18 a.m., the signal light at Platform 9 where the train was located turned green, and the train slowly set off, gradually disappearing in the early morning mist.

　　据统计，在刚刚过去的2023年里，中欧班列（武汉）累计开行848列，其中发出281列，回程567列。开行总量较上一年度增加57%，再次刷新中欧班列（武汉）的年开行纪录。

　　According to statistics, in the past 2023, Wuhan operated 848 China-Europe freight trains with 281 departures and 567 arrivals. The total number increased by 57 percent over the previous year, once again breaking the annual record.

　　目前，中欧班列（武汉）已经成为湖北重要的开放通道和高质量发展通道。据统计，2023年中欧班列（武汉）运输物资货值168亿元，同比增长19.83%。

　　At present, the China-Europe freight train (Wuhan) has become an important channel for Hubei's opening up and high-quality development. According to statistics, in 2023, the value of goods and materials transported by China-Europe freight train (Wuhan) was RMB 16.8 billion, an increase of 19.83 percent.

　　（Edited by Dai Jing Yi）