Xinhua News Agency, Chongqing, July 1. Question: The 70th anniversary of the opening of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway, three generations of railway drivers experience the changes in the development of Chengdu-Chongqing

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Chen Qingbing and Li Like

　　30, 70, 100, 160, 200, 300, 350…

　　For Li Guofang's family, this set of ever-increasing numbers has trans-era significance.

　　On July 1, 1952, Li Guofang's father Li Hongsheng sounded the whistle of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway, the "first railway in New China", and a steam locomotive slowly drove out of Chongqing Station at a speed of 36 kilometers per hour.

　　Later, Li Guofang and his son Li Zhigang also became train drivers successively. Three generations of railway drivers have witnessed the increase in the speed of trains between Chengdu and Chongqing.

　　July 1, 2022 marks the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway.

Yin Zhibin, director of the line, station and road department of the Chongqing Survey and Design Research Institute Co., Ltd. of the China Railway Second Academy, introduced that the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway was the first railway built in New China. Profound historical accumulation.

　　"70 years later, the railway connecting Chongqing and Chengdu has grown from the original Chengdu-Chongqing railway to the Chengdu-Chongqing railway, the Chengdu-Sui-Chongqing railway, and the Chengdu-Chongqing passenger train. The opening will also shorten the space-time distance between Chongqing and Chengdu again." Yin Zhibin said.

　　In the face of the current train speeding at 350 kilometers per hour, it only takes 62 minutes to reach Chengdu, Li Guofang sometimes feels incredible: "When I used to drive a steam locomotive, the speed was very slow, and it took more than ten hours to reach Chengdu. Now on the Fuxing train, the scenery outside the window flashed by, and before anyone could react, the train arrived at the station."

　　The change in speed has driven the changes in the economy, industry, society and humanities of the two places, and has continuously injected new kinetic energy into the development of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle.

　　Li Guofang recalled that in the 1990s, many of the passengers on the train were farmers along the railway line.

　　Now, many of the passengers on Li Zhigang's car are business travelers traveling between Chengdu and Chongqing. They usually only carry a mobile phone and a backpack.

　　The German Martin Hinkens often travels between Chongqing and Chengdu on the Fuxing.

"My catering business only planned to land in Chongqing at first, but when I saw that it was so convenient to travel between Chengdu and Chongqing, I also opened two restaurants in Chengdu." Martin said that the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle has brought The opportunities are real.

　　The Chengdu-Chongqing Railway has allowed many southwestern specialties to go to all parts of the country via the railway, and it has also transformed the land of Bashu from a closed "big rear" into a fertile land for industrial investment.

In 2021, the Chengdu-Chongqing railway will send a total of 3.866 million tons of goods, and the goods will arrive at a total of 21.221 million tons, mainly coal, steel and other bulk goods, supplemented by grain, oil, fertilizer and other civilian materials, covering main production and living materials.

　　"The changes of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway are the epitome of the development of Sichuan-Chongqing." Wang Feilong, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Chengdu North Railway Station, felt deeply about this.

Chengdu North Railway Station is now a regional road network marshalling hub in Southwest China connecting to Chengdu-Chongqing, Baocheng, Chengdu-Kunming, Dacheng and other railways. In 2021, the total cargo shipment will exceed 3 million tons.

　　In addition, the railway is also helping more products from the Chengdu-Chongqing region go to the world.

On March 19, 2011, the first China-Europe freight train departed from Tuanjie Village, Chongqing, and now there are more than 20,000 China-Europe freight trains in Chongqing and Chengdu.

The advantageous products of Chengdu and Chongqing, such as mechanical equipment, electronic products, automobile and motorcycle accessories, etc., go to the world through the railway.

　　Bachuanjiang, director of the Chongqing Port Logistics Office, said that although Chengdu and Chongqing are not bordered by the sea, the changes in the traffic between Chengdu and Chongqing in recent years are constantly optimizing the international logistics mode and route for the inland areas in western my country to go to sea, helping The Chengdu-Chongqing region is accelerating the formation of new growth poles.