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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first China-to-Britain freight train has arrived in which city
A
Glasgow
B
Liverpool
C
London
D
Birmingham
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Yiwu –London railway line is a freight railway route from Yiwu, China, to London, United Kingdom, covering a distance of roughly 12, 000 km (7, 500 miles).

Detailed explanation-2: -The first railroad to operate commercially in China opened in Shanghai in July 1876. The railway, known as the Woosung Road, ran from the American Concession in the present-day Zhabei District to Woosung in the present-day Baoshan District and was built by the British trading firm, Jardine, Matheson and Co.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chongqing–Xinjiang–Europe railway, abbreviated as Yu–Xin–Ou railway (Chinese: ; pinyin: Yú–Xīn–Ōu tiělù), is a freight rail route linking Chongqing in Southwestern China, with Duisburg, Germany.

Detailed explanation-4: -China launched several new freight train routes in 2022 that connected its various provinces to Vietnam and Laos in southeast Asia; Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Iran and some Central Asian countries; and Hungary, Netherlands, Germany and Italy in Europe.

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