>>1276406The model will be similar to that which already exists between China and Europe.
Shipping goods by sea can take about a month to reach Europe, by air, the expense becomes high and the addition problem which arrise from small capacity start occuring.
By rail, it can take about 10 days maximum from China to Europe by rail, and what's more is that intermodal containers can be used. Only a few aircraft, like the Antonov freighter aircraft can actually fit intermodal containers in. As such, after reaching the country of destination by rail, the containers can be quickly and easily transferred onto a road vehicle for last mile delivery.
Basically, rail is faster than shipping, but the use of the same containers means that there are speed benefits with the same high capacity containers being used.
Yes, ships are even higher in capacity, but you can counter that with more frequent trains.
