Passing through 104 national-level poor counties and cities, the lowest fare is one yuan
The "slow train" to spring
"Kang Dang Kang Dang... Woo..." The green train slowly stopped and the door was opened.
The long-awaited crowd beside the railway became active in an instant. Some people carried a snakeskin bag of potatoes, some carried a basket of peppercorns, and they boarded the train in an orderly manner.
In the carriage, there are many special "passengers"-live fish, live chickens, and even live sheep and pigs.
In the recently hit large-scale political feature film "Eliminating Poverty", the "Slow Train" has attracted the attention of many netizens.
"Slow trains" usually refer to public welfare passenger trains operated by railway departments in old revolutionary areas, ethnic minority areas, remote mountainous areas, and poverty-stricken areas where travel is inconvenient.
These 81 pairs of trains passing through the lofty mountains and ridges are not only the "buses" for fellow villagers to take when they go out, but also the "convenience cars", "rich cars" and "linked cars" for helping alleviate poverty.
The 51-year "Slow Train" in Dashan witnessed the better the Yi villagers crossed
It took more than 9 hours, the whole journey was 353 kilometers, with 26 stops, the highest fare was 25.5 yuan, and the lowest was 2 yuan.
This is the entire operation of the 5633/34 "small slow train".
This pair of trains traverses the country’s largest settlement of Yi ethnic groups, runs back and forth between Puxiong Station in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province and Panzhihua City, connecting one of the most concentrated areas of national poverty-stricken counties and connecting the world inside and outside the mountain The bridge.
"Cock..." "Moo..." "Bah..." The last two luggage compartments are the busiest places in the whole train, and they are also the "poultry compartments" most familiar to the villagers.
Unlike other trains, the "background music" that has been running the "small slow train" for many years has inevitably been the sounds of various live birds.
"When the Year of the Yi nationality is over, there are more poultry and livestock, just like a zoo." From the beginning, I was not used to it, and now I feel intimacy. The train driver Chen Wei has already spent 5563/34 "small slow trains". Eight years.
In addition to hearing the sounds full of life, he can also see the colorful colors that change with the seasons-in spring, red cherries are the "star products" held by the Yi villagers; in early summer, they are bracken and green hills. In the harvest season of vines and dandelions, the medicine inside the car is lingering; in August, the red-skinned potatoes are fragrant with the earth; in October, the crimson Daliangshan apple is intoxicating...
Chen Wei told reporters that every Monday, Wednesday and Friday is the local market day, and many residents along the railway will take a "small slow train" to purchase goods and sell local products at the nearby market.
A few yuan in the fare, two or three hours' drive, in Xide, Mianning and other underground trains, sell agricultural products to local vendors, and then take the same day train to return-this is the life of many villagers.
Sometimes when you see a favorite product on the train, you will start buying and selling directly on the train.
The “slow train” that stops at every station has become a “bus” for the people in the mountainous areas to go to the market, and it also makes the children’s journey to school no longer far away.
“It’s much cheaper to take a train than a car. The money saved will allow the children to buy an extra pen or book, and one step closer to their dreams.” What makes Chen Wei even more happy is that many children used to live in the mountains. , A straight line distance of two or three kilometers, it takes a whole morning to walk the mountain road, and in recent years, the relocation of poverty alleviation has helped many families to move from the mountain to the foot of the mountain. It is more convenient for the children to catch the train and no longer need to be long-term. Boarding in school.
Among the passengers on the "small slow train", 90% are from the Yi people.
In order to make their travel more convenient, China Railway Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd. added Yi cultural elements in the carriages, the train broadcast was broadcast bilingually, and a Yi nationality conductor was specially arranged for the train passing through the Yi ethnic settlement.
After driving the train for more than 8 years, Chen Wei has witnessed the changes of the Yi villagers: "The villagers are now becoming'trendy'. The young people are dressed in bright clothes. Everyone in the carriage uses their mobile phones to send WeChat, Weibo, and Douyin."
Since 1970, countless people have taken the "small slow car" to study, go to the market, work, and get married... For half a century, the "small slow car" has become the homesick mark in the hearts of the Yi villagers, and has become their "dream car" to change their destiny. ", the "get rich car" of a better life, the "heart-connected car" that drives into the heart.
The fare of 81 pairs of “slow trains” passing through 104 national-level poor counties and cities has remained unchanged for many years
There are 81 pairs of "slow trains" like 5633/34 times across the country.
As an important measure to help targeted poverty alleviation, improve regional transportation, serve the people, and promote economic and social development, the "slow train" has been shuttled through the mountains for decades.
According to the relevant person in charge of China National Railway Group Co., Ltd., these 81 pairs of public welfare passenger trains for poverty alleviation, including "Zhuanghu Train", "Market Train", and "Local Slow Train", transport more than 22 million people who go to school along the route to study.
These "slow trains" cover 21 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities across the country, stop at 530 stations, and pass through 35 ethnic minority areas including Jilin Yanbian, eastern Inner Mongolia, western Hunan, Yunnan-Guizhou, Liangshan, and southern Xinjiang. There are 104 poor counties and cities.
Not raising prices is a major feature of the "slow train".
The 7053 passenger train from Zibo Station to Taishan Station is currently the lowest fare train of China Railway Jinan Bureau Group Co., Ltd.
In the past, the 7053 train departs from Zibo Station at 6:52 in the morning and finally arrives at Taishan Station at 12:41 at noon. Now that it is upgraded to electric locomotives and air-conditioned carriages, the round-trip travel time has also been compressed.
For more than 40 years, the train has been upgraded, but the fare has never been increased. The cheapest ticket only costs one yuan, and the operating cost far exceeds the ticket revenue.
Someone once calculated an economic account, excluding labor costs, the direct cost alone would lose more than 4 million yuan a year.
"Poverty alleviation passenger trains for public welfare mostly pass through remote and poor areas. Although the demand for passenger travel is not strong, it is rigid. The average passenger load factor is less than 40%, and the general operating loss." The relevant person in charge of the China National Railway Group said that in this case, the railway department Overcoming all kinds of difficulties, we have always insisted on operating public service trains as needed, and long-term implementation of the 1995 general-speed passenger train tariff standard, and the fare has remained unchanged for decades.
The operation of the "slow train" does not seem to conform to the laws of the market, but it can be seen from the unchanged fare that the operation of the "slow train" is by no means merely an "economic account", but a "minsheng card" full of warmth.
Amidst the lofty mountains and ridges, green leather carts are driving along the Wanli railway line. The people in the deep mountains may either travel by car to sell local specialties, or travel by car to seek medical treatment, visit relatives and friends, and the public welfare "slow train" accelerates. The link between the mountainous area and the city brings more development opportunities to the towns and villages along the route.
"You send products, I lose technology." The products and industrial technologies that you and I transport in cities and mountainous areas meet the huge demand for agricultural products in cities. At the same time, emerging technologies also promote the transformation and upgrading of the mountainous industry chain.
Slow cars do not jog out of the countryside to revitalize the acceleration
"I often take the'slow train' to sell local chickens and ducks. Usually I get on the train at Jingangtuo Station at 12:20 noon. It only takes 13 minutes to get to the nearby Baisha Town, which is more than 20 minutes faster than by car. The ticket is only two yuan. After the chickens and ducks are sold, it is early to take this bus home at 3:18 in the afternoon, and the time saved can still be used for a lot of farm work."
As soon as the reporter mentioned the 5,612 "slow trains" from Chongqing to Neijiang, Sichuan, Zhang Zeliang, who lives in Jingang Community, Youxi Town, Jiangjin District, Chongqing City, talked endlessly.
He was originally a poverty-stricken household with a registered card. In 2005, he was hit by a truck while riding a bicycle while working outside. He has since lost the ability to engage in heavy physical labor.
His wife has third-degree disability and emphysema. The family has lost a stable source of income and became poor.
With the help of cadres in the village, Zhang Zeliang raised two hundred native chickens and ducks at his family, and planted a lot of peppercorns, and most of these poverty alleviation products were sold through the 5612 train.
"Last year, the annual income was more than 40,000, thanks to the train's matchmaking."
The train is a bridge for the people in the mountains to get rid of poverty and get rich. Following the railway, they can find the way to happiness.
Like Zhang Zeliang, there is also Li Guangxian, a Yi woman from Tuoan Township, Lufeng City, Yunnan Province who has become rich by relying on the "slow train".
At 10:02 in early spring, 7466 "slow trains" stopped at Dianxin Station. The long-awaited Li Guangxian took his relatives and sisters from the village on the train. Their destination was two hours later. The terminal station-Yuanmou West Station.
Four years ago, she found this road to get rich through labor on a train and went to the vegetable base in Yuanmou County, where there is no bitter cold in winter, to become a "vegetarian".
"In the past, every family was farming, and if they couldn't finish eating, they would take the train to the county to sell them. In recent years, we prefer to take the train to work in the vegetable base, and our lives have become better and better." Driven by the convenient travel conditions provided by trains and the "Li Guangxians", more and more Yi villagers walk into the vegetable base by train, and the poverty face of Yi Township is also quietly changing.
"Travel by slow train" is a popular project launched by many travel agencies.
Shanhuo was delivered and tourists were brought in. The slow "net celebrity" train is now running out of the acceleration of rural revitalization.
Xingxian County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province is located in a remote area, and there is a "net celebrity train"-"Caijiaya" running here.
Three years ago, the "Caijiaya" passenger train entered the red hot land of Xingxian County, ending the history of contiguous Lvliang Mountain with no passenger trains.
Li Long, a cadre of Geyashang Township, Xingxian County, told reporters that the "Caijiaya" has now become a "rich car" and "people's livelihood car" for the local people, helping many people in difficulties live a good life.
It is understood that in the first year of opening, it has transported 1.2149 million tourists to Xingxian County, with a tourism income of 1.013 billion yuan.
"The first time I got on this train, I could feel its vigorous vitality. The people in the old district walked into a prosperous life by train, and tourists from outside the mountain walked into Lvliang Mountain by train to remember the martyrs, the red blood of the'Caijiaya' Life is endless." Li Long said.
Take measures according to local conditions and implement policies according to needs. From "embroidery kung fu" to understand "one can't be less"
"By 2035, the total scale of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network will total about 700,000 kilometers... of which the railway is about 200,000 kilometers." Recently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "National Comprehensive Three-dimensional Transportation Network Planning Outline". A high-quality national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network is planned.
A piece of data has witnessed the rapid development of China's high-speed rail: By the end of 2020, the national railway operating mileage will reach 146,300 kilometers, an increase of 20.9% from the 121,000 kilometers at the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period.
Among them, the operating mileage of high-speed rail reached 37,900 kilometers, nearly double the 19,800 kilometers at the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period.
In the era when the “eight verticals and eight horizontals” of the high-speed rail network are constantly increasing, and the “two-hour economic circle” and “half-hour life circle” enter the lives of the people, should the “slow train” be “laid off”?
of course not.
Fast is faster than the speed of China in the new era; slower is slower than the warmth of the people.
The 81 pairs of public welfare "slow trains" that continue to operate are fulfilling the solemn promise of "building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, no one is missing; on the road to common prosperity, no one will be left behind".
In the era of high-speed rail, the Party Central Committee has never forgotten the travel needs of the people in poor mountainous areas.
Statistics show that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, 14 concentrated, contiguous, poverty-stricken areas, old and young, have completed a total of 3.3 trillion yuan in railway infrastructure investment, accounting for 78% of the total railway infrastructure investment.
"Five-level secretaries grasp poverty alleviation", issued military orders and responsibility letters at various levels, and a total of more than 3 million officials from county-level and above agencies, state-owned enterprises and institutions were selected to participate in village assistance, and policies were implemented according to local conditions and according to different households and people. Requirement to implement targeted poverty alleviation measures.
The "four good rural roads" extend to the corners of the mountains and rivers of the motherland, bringing popularity and wealth to the rural areas, especially the impoverished areas, and the party unites people's support at the grassroots level.
The "slow train" is constantly being upgraded.
Many flights have been extended, the train service closely follows the actual needs of short-distance passengers, air-conditioning has been added, and service details have been paid more attention.
In addition, special agricultural products produced by enterprises in poverty-stricken areas have also begun to enter the carriages to expand publicity, broaden sales channels, and help ordinary people to get rich and increase income.
In Daliang Mountain, it is the link with the outside world; in the Qinling Mountains, it is the school bus for going to school; in the uninhabited forest area in the northeast, it is the most convenient means of transportation.
"Kang Dang Kang Dang..." 81 pairs of "slow trains" are carrying the people's livelihood and feelings across the mountains and ridges, playing the wonderful movement of rural revitalization.