Zhejiang Daily reported on 14 November 2026 that on the afternoon of 13 November the first Zhejiang China-Europe Railway Express (Yixin'ou) train running directly from Yiwu West Station to Miramas railway station in France departed for France. The newspaper said the launch opens a new freight corridor for manufacturers in Zhejiang and the wider Yangtze River Delta to southern France and the Mediterranean coast.
Miramas is an important logistics hub in southern France and is only tens of kilometers from Marseille-Fos, a major French port. The inaugural train was fully loaded with 110 TEU of air conditioners, daily consumer goods and cross-border e-commerce cargo. After leaving China at the Alashankou crossing in Xinjiang, the train will transit Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany.
In 2018, Yixin'ou already opened a service from Yiwu to Dourges, a city in northern France. The new Miramas destination adds a direct option toward southern France and the Mediterranean seaboard. Transit time and sailing frequency were not given in the report, so booking windows, space and onward connections from Miramas, including any link toward Marseille-Fos, should be confirmed with the railway operator or your forwarder for each shipment.