People's Daily Online, Beijing, May 4 (Reporter Wang Lianxiang) According to the China National Railway Group (hereinafter referred to as the National Railway Group), as of May 3, the China-Laos Railway has been in operation for five months. The role of the golden channel is beginning to show, with a total of 2.9 million tons of goods sent, and the fifth month’s freight volume reached 1.1 million tons, an increase of 5.5 times compared to the 170,000 tons in the first month; more than 2.7 million passengers were sent, including 2.388 million in the domestic segment. 312,000 people in the Laos section.
According to the person in charge of the International Department of China National Railway Group, since the opening of the China-Laos Railway, China Railway International Corporation and Kunming Bureau Group Corporation, which are affiliated to China National Railway Group, have worked together with the Laos-China Railway Company to scientifically analyze passenger travel and cargo transportation needs, and continue to increase investment in transportation capacity. Coordinated epidemic prevention and control and transportation organization, domestic and overseas Fuxing, "Lancang" EMUs and ordinary-speed passenger trains were running safely and smoothly, freight categories continued to increase, and freight volume grew strongly.
First, the freight organization model was further innovated, and the freight volume grew strongly.
Since its opening, especially since April this year, the cross-border e-commerce cargo carried by the China-Laos Railway has continued to increase.
In view of the characteristics of high value, many categories and strong timeliness of such goods, China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd. actively explores the new transportation organization mode of "Lancang-Mekong Express Line + Cross-border E-commerce", and actively coordinates China Kunming Comprehensive Bonded Zone to improve cross-border e-commerce. The out-of-station packing operation process of cross-border e-commerce goods improves the transportation time.
At present, the freight volume of the China-Laos Railway has reached 1.1 million tons in the fifth month, an increase of 5.5 times compared with the 170,000 tons in the first month. In more than 10 countries and regions such as Cambodia and Singapore, the categories of goods have expanded from rubber, fertilizers, and department stores in the early days of opening to more than 100 kinds of electronics, photovoltaics, communications, automobiles, and flowers.
Second, passenger capacity continues to increase and travel options become more diverse.
In response to the diverse travel needs of the Laotian people, the Laos-China Railway Company opened the lower-fare Vientiane to Boding regular-speed passenger trains with a speed of 120 kilometers per hour on April 13, when the Lao people celebrated the "Water Splashing Festival" New Year. The EMU trains from Vientiane to Luang Prabang and Muang Sai will improve the passenger capacity and provide diversified travel options for the people along the line.
Focusing on the travel and festival travel needs of people in Xishuangbanna, Pu'er and other places along the domestic section, the China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Corporation accurately implemented "one map a day" and dynamically increased the number of EMU trains.
At present, the Laos section of the China-Laos Railway operates 6 MMU trains and 2 ordinary-speed passenger trains every day; the domestic section operates an average of 36 passenger trains a day, with a peak of 65 trains, and the passenger capacity and travel options continue to increase.
Third, the operation management has been continuously strengthened, and the passenger and cargo service experience has been continuously improved.
Since the opening, China Railway International Corporation and Kunming Bureau Group Corporation, together with the Laos-China Railway Company, have actively cooperated with the local governments along the line to strengthen the safety and environment improvement to ensure the safety and smoothness of the line; strictly implement the epidemic prevention and control measures of the local governments along the line between China and Laos, effectively Effectively do a good job in passenger transportation and epidemic prevention and control at Mohan and Boding railway ports, creating a healthy, safe and orderly transportation environment; reducing or exempting railway container deposits, rents and deferred usage fees, increasing the number of overseas container return points, and further reducing the overall logistics cost; strengthen the joint labor assistance with the customs department, actively promote the facilitation of customs clearance, and improve the transportation efficiency; increase the establishment of ticket offices in major cities in Laos, extend the ticket sales time, and make it as convenient as possible for the Lao people; continue to strengthen the business training of employees in China and Laos, The measures for station and train services were improved, multilingual services were implemented, and the service experience of passenger and freight transportation was continuously improved.