"They are also working to expedite traffic through the breaks of gauge at Dostyk in Kazakhstan and Malaszewicze in Poland, with the aim of cutting two days from the current Chongqing - Duisburg journey time of 16 to 20 days for 10 769 km."

It currently takes about 10 days to ship a container by rail from LA to NYC, which is less than 5000 km.