China News Service, Shenyang, November 3 (Shen Diancheng) Train 4318/19 stopped at Shicheng Station on time, and Mr. Wang, a villager in Nizhugou, got on the train with two big bags of "Red in the Mountains", ready to go to Phoenix for sale.
"Why is this carriage different? Did you get on the wrong car?" Uncle Wang looked at the neat and tidy carriage and touched the soft and comfortable seats, panicking.
The environment in the car is better, and electric tea stoves are used instead for boiling water.
Photo by Wang Zhigang
"Don't worry, you didn't get on the wrong car!" The flight attendant Feng Baoguo persuaded the old passenger: "Our car bodies have been replaced with air-conditioned cars. It is not cold in winter and not hot in summer. The ride experience is more comfortable. No need to boil water. The coal stove is gone, and the electric tea stove is switched to, go, I will take you to get the water..."
The 4318/19/20/17 train from Tonghua to Dandong travels 321 kilometers and is the only passenger train on the Tongguan line.
For the villagers in Mujigou, this train is the most convenient and quick way to travel.
The "slow train" crosses the mountains and ridges.
Photo by Wang Zhigang
"There are only three roads out of the village, one is the'sheep intestines' in the village, the other is the mountain road behind the village, and the third is to take the train." The traffic in the village is inconvenient, and the uncle Lu Wang who leaves the village can count it with his fingers.
For the villagers of Tianqiao and Miaoyang in the mountainous areas along the route, when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow in winter, the train is the only way for them to connect with the outside world. Therefore, this train is also affectionately called the “transit” by the villagers along the route. train".
Residents along the way have deep feelings for the "slow train".
Photo by Wang Zhigang
"One year, it was blocked by heavy snow for more than a month, but the meat and vegetables were brought in by train," said Ye Wei, a villager who lives near the Miaoyang Departure Station.
Due to inconvenient transportation, the rural economy and industries along the route are backward.
Almost all young people go out to work, and most of those left behind are the elderly and children.
They will pick seasonal wild vegetables, wild yam, walnuts, mushrooms, "mountain red" and other wild products in different seasons, and then take the train to Phoenix and Tonghua to sell them to subsidize their families.
The 74-year-old Liu Ende’s family has 14 acres of land, mainly planting corn, soybeans and other crops. His annual income is only about 10,000. Selling mountain products has become an uncle Liu’s sideline. In his spare time, he goes up the mountain to pick mountain products and then rides on weekends. The train goes to Phoenix for sale.
"I go to Phoenix in the morning to sell mountain products and go home in the evening. I can earn more than 200 yuan every time except for the ticket. Walnut and Hericium are the most popular. Last year, I made more than 10,000 yuan in these two items." .
There is no school in Mianzhugou Village. Children have to go to the nearest Phoenix to go to school. The train is their only way of travel.
Every weekend, the students would take the train home, get some change of clothes and food, and then take the train back to school.
The villagers said that as long as they heard the whistle of the train on weekends, they knew the children were back.
Li Xiangjun has served as the conductor of this train for 4 years. What he cares most about is these students and passengers, and he takes special care of them.
When encountering students who have not had time to eat, Li Xiangjun will also give his children his cabin meal.
His flight attendant team also established files for students with difficult family conditions and regularly donated money and materials to the students.
"The railway is the main force in poverty alleviation, and it is our duty to help poor students." Li Xiangjun said.
In this way, this slow train carries the dreams of more than 1,200 children in the whole village and even along the route. It has been running year after year. So far, 132 children have been admitted to university and walked out of the mountains, with footprints all over Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun, Dalian, etc. Earth, opened a new chapter in their lives.
The students went out by car, and more people from other places came in by car.
The 4318/19/20/17 train connects the Liaoning and Jilin provinces. Along the line, there are red tourism bases such as the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army Memorial, Yang Jingyu Martyrs' Cemetery, the Anti-American Aid Korea Memorial, the Yalu River Broken Bridge, and Wulongbei Hot Spring and Wunushan Mountain City. , Huguxia, Fenglin Valley Forest Park and other natural scenic spots.
Many tourists from other places choose to take this train to go deep into scenic spots along the route, to eat real estate's "stupid chickens", river fish, fresh mountain fruits and wild vegetables, enjoy the red leaves of the mountains, experience the fun of skiing, and even come from Guangdong, Zhejiang, Guizhou and other southern regions. Of travelers.
Farmhouses around Wulongbei, Wunushan and other scenic spots have also increased due to the increase in tourists. Every weekend and holiday, almost every house is full. Wunushan wine and Huanren hazel from the real estate also get out of the mountain through this train. Become a must-have gift for tourists.
There are also enterprises, institutions and social groups chartered to the Red Tourism Base to cherish the memory of the martyrs and carry out red education.
According to statistics, the number of people travelling on this train has increased by more than 30% compared to five years ago.
There are 12.5 pairs of “slow trains” such as the 4318/19/20/17 trains under the management of China Railway Shenyang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shenyang Bureau Group Company). While insisting on high-quality operation, these trains are also given "Slow train" more changes.
In October, Shenyang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. studied and formulated adjustments to the timing of train operations to facilitate passenger travel, permit the sale of native products, and allow passengers to carry over-limit and overweight products, allow passengers to sell specialty products on the train, and allow flight attendants to purchase goods for residents along the route. Tourism practitioners in poverty alleviation areas promote tourism products on "slow trains" and related stations, reserve parts of carriages as needed or add luggage carts to transport living supplies, replace all air-conditioned car bodies, and strengthen passenger boarding and landing facilities, etc. , Providing more convenience for people along the route.
The Shenyang Bureau Group Company also followed the idea of "one car, one brand, one line, one strategy", focusing on the characteristics of the 12.5 pairs of "slow trains" traveling section, refined and upgraded service functions, and strived to create a "rural tourist account" and "Liaoxi Xiangqing". Service brands such as "Forest Livelihood Line", "Pastoral Area School Line", "Mountain Tourist Line", "Manchu Folk Custom Line", "Mongolian Customs Line", "National Unity Line", "Agricultural Specialty Product Line", etc., to better play the role of the "slow train" in poverty alleviation and charity .
These changes in convenience and benefit to the people stem from the fact that Shenyang Bureau Group Company has always practiced the "People's Railway for the people" service purpose. In the context of the rapid development of high-speed rail and the railway after several map adjustments, it still insists on opening and opening these public welfare "slowly". train".
Today, when green trains can reach 160 kilometers per hour, the reason why local trains are slow is that the "stop at stations" mode takes into account the travel needs of people in old and young borders and poor areas. The advantage of railway transportation is used to improve poverty in the region and ensure that On the road to building a well-off society in an all-round way, "slow cars" will not be absent, and the people will not fall behind.
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