Abstract: The trnsport by railways through continents refers to the transport from one seaport to another one by railways across continents instead of ocean shipping. At present there are two transport routes; one is Asia—America—Europe route, the other is Europe—Asia route. The paper analyzes the present status of international transprt by railways through continents, discusses the probability and economic benefit that China carries out the transport by railways through Euraia. The distances and time of transport by railways and by sea are compared,Four plans of transport from China to some seaports by railways are proposed and compared, These four plans are Suifenhe Planet Dalian Plan, Tianjin Plan and Lianyungang Plan.