The 50th "Shanghai Express" of the China-Europe freight train officially departed from Shanghai on Wednesday, one year after it was first launched.

Carrying 50 containers full of auto parts, mechanical parts, ceramic products and other goods, the train will travel west from Shanghai all the way to Hamburg and Duisburg, Germany.

China-Europe freight train from Shanghai has carried 4,950 standard containers with a value of more than 1.6 billion yuan in the past year.