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A Madrid-bound freight train departed from Yiwu in east China's Zhejiang Province on July 29, marking the 10,000th trip for China-Europe freight trains this year. The train is expected to arrive in Madrid in about 21 days. It's carrying 110 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of goods including accessories, automotive parts, electric bicycles, and photovoltaic modules. China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. said that the 10,000 trips milestone this year was achieved 22 days earlier than last year. These trains have transported over 1.08 million TEUs of goods this year, up 27 percent over a year ago.