[Explanation] To help e-commerce transportation during the "Double 11" e-commerce golden week, Hubei first opened a high-speed rail freight train to serve e-commerce transportation.
From November 1st to December 28th, a pair of high-speed rail freight trains will run daily from Hankou to Beijing West.
[Explanation] At 5:30 in the morning, the DJ5918 "Fuxing" high-speed rail EMU, with a total of 8 cars loaded with 40 tons of e-commerce express products, departed from Hankou Railway Station and "one-stop" at a maximum speed of 300 kilometers per hour The journey to Beijing takes only 5 hours and 10 minutes.
At the same time, another high-speed rail freight train departed from Beijing West Railway Station and arrived at Hankou Railway Station at 10:20.
[Concurrent] Zhao Kang, Deputy General Manager of China Railway Express Wuhan Branch
During the “Double 11” e-commerce golden week this year, the Wuhan Railway Department increased the allocation of high-speed rail capacity resources, using 134 high-speed rail passenger EMU trains to transport e-commerce express shipments every day, and the “High Speed Rail Express” product service line reached 36, covering 21 cities across the country.
For the first time, a full freight train from Hankou to Beijing West High-speed Railway was launched. The e-commerce express mail from Wuhan to Beijing took only 5 hours and 10 minutes.
[Explanation] Since 2016, the railway department has organized "Double 11" e-commerce Golden Week transportation for 4 consecutive years.
In order to meet the needs of the logistics market, the 2020 railway e-commerce golden week transportation will continue until November 20, and the transportation period will be extended from 10 days in previous years to 20 days.
[Concurrent] Liang Yanmin, Deputy Section Chief, Hankou Station, China Railway Wuhan Bureau Group Corporation
While doing a good job in passenger transport services, allowing passengers to travel quickly and conveniently, we will give full play to the advantages of high-speed rail network operation and safety and speed, actively serve the "Double 11" e-commerce shopping festival, and continue to meet the increasing demand for logistics services from the people.
[Explanation] At present, the Wuhan Railway Department has fully released the potential of high-speed rail freight, actively integrated into the domestic economic cycle, completed the 34th network expansion of the "high-speed rail" product, and opened 36 operating lines, covering Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenyang , Xi'an and other 21 large and medium cities.
At the same time, it launched new products such as the food cold chain "Cold Fresh Dah" and the pharmaceutical cold chain "Fixed Temperature Dah" and "Timed Dah" to meet the transportation needs of specialty fresh agricultural products and pharmaceutical reagents, and continue to boost local economic development.
Meng Li and Liu Yalin report from Wuhan, Hubei
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]