CR Express corridors | Brief description |
West corridor | I: Leave the border at Alataw (Khorgos) port, through Kazakhstan then connected to Siberia railway of Russia, the route through Belarus, Poland, Germany, and then access to other European countries. |
II: Leave the border at Khorgos (Alataw) port, through Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey and other countries, access to European countries; or through Kazakhstan across the Caspian Sea, entering Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria and other countries, access to European countries. | |
III: Leave the border at Turgart (lrkeshtam), connecting China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway (in planning), through Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Turkey and other countries, access to European countries. | |
Middle corridor | Leave the border at Erenhot port, through Mongolia, connected with Siberia railway of Russia, access to European countries. |
East corridor | Leave the border at Manchuria port in Inner Mongolia, connected with Siberia railway of Russia, access to European countries. |
South corridor | I: Leave the border at the Khunjerab port, through lslamabad to Gwadar Port (the China-Pakistan Corridor), total mileage is about 6280 km. |
II: Leave the border at Ruili port, through the port of Kyaukpyu-Chittagong(-Yangon)-Calcutta, after a total of 4 countries (BCIM corridor), total mileage is about 3510 km. | |
III: Leave the border at Mohan port, through the Vientiane-Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur-Singapore (Indochina Peninsula corridor), after a total of 5 countries, the total mileage of about 3910 km. |