China News Service, Kunming, March 26 (Reporter Miao Chao) The reporter learned from the China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd. on the 26th that the China-Laos Railway "Lancang-Mekong Express" international freight train has a fixed point, time, route and train number. From its launch to March 25, the cumulative number of trains in operation exceeded 1,000, with a transportation volume of 395,000 tons.
The "Lancang-Mekong Express" international freight train on the China-Laos Railway will be launched on January 10, 2022. The entire train is composed of special railway freight cars with a speed of 120 kilometers per hour. It has high customs clearance efficiency, fast operation speed, controllable arrival time, and online operation. High quality service and other characteristics. As a fixed-circulation "passenger car" freight product between Kunming, China and Vientiane, Laos, the whole journey only takes 26 hours, which is significantly shorter than the running time of normal international freight trains, providing a more convenient and efficient logistics channel for trade.
On March 25, an international freight train of the China-Laos Railway "Lanmei-Mekong Express" traveled on the China-Laos Railway. Photographed by Wu Meng
The successful operation of the China-Laos Railway's "Lancang-Mekong Express" international freight train is an important achievement of railway cooperation between China and Laos and an important manifestation of the deepening of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. Since its opening, freight volume has continued to rise, and the frequency of train operations has increased from every other day in the initial stage to daily operation now, effectively meeting the transportation needs of various types of goods with high time constraints, such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, and consumer goods.
For more than two years, durian, mangosteen, longan and other fruits from Thailand and Laos have been rapidly sold to China through the "Lancang-Mekong Express" international freight train of the China-Laos Railway, while broccoli, cabbage, pomegranate, etc. produced in Yunnan, China Specialty fruits and vegetables also enrich the dining tables of people in Lancang-Mekong countries and promote agricultural cooperation and trade between China and Laos, Thailand and other countries.
With the formal entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), China-Laos railway freight volume continues to grow steadily. The railway department has innovatively launched "Shanghai-Yunnan·Lancang-Mekong Line", "China-Laos Railway + China-Europe Train" and other "Lancang-Mekong Express" lineage train brands. In particular, the new international transportation model of "China-Laos Railway + China-Europe Express" has significantly shortened the direct railway transportation time from Laos, Thailand and other countries to Europe to 15 days. This innovation not only improves transportation efficiency, but also further broadens the trade channel between Southeast Asia and Europe, opening up a broader space for economic and trade cooperation between the two places. (over)