(New Year's walk to the grassroots) Visiting the "heart" of China's railways: the New Year's goods trains are busy
China News Service, Zhengzhou, January 20 (Reporter Han Zhangyun) "The 35 groups in Xinfeng Town put up 18 lanes, and the north of Lanzhou and beyond put up 11 lanes..." On January 19, keep an eye on Looking at the big screen, Cai Pengfei, who was holding a phone, was carefully deploying the train dismantling plan.
At the same time, the phone rings one after another in the dispatching command hall where he is, and outside, the trains lined up in the marshalling yard are ready to go.
33-year-old Cai Pengfei is a dispatcher in the dispatching command center of Zhengzhou North Station of China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd.
Under his command, a series of new year goods trains loaded with milk, rice, fruit, fresh food, and frozen food slowly left Zhengzhou North Station and sent to all parts of the country, enriching the people's Spring Festival table.
The China Railway Express train passing through Zhengzhou North Railway Station.
Photo by Zhang Yu
Zhengzhou North Railway Station is located at the intersection of the two major railway lines of Beijing-Guangzhou and Longhai. It is an important transportation hub that runs through East China, North China, South China, Northwest China and Southwest China, and is known as the "heart" of China's railways.
With the adjustment of China's epidemic prevention and control policy, the cargo transportation volume of Zhengzhou North Station has also increased steadily.
Since January this year, the station has handled an average of 25,598 freight trains per day, an increase of 10% over the same period last year. On average, a freight train arrives and dispatches every three minutes.
Shao Guoqiang directed the locomotive to work with hand signals.
Photo by Zhang Yu
Railway freight is the "barometer" of economic development. The trains passing in and out of Zhengzhou North Station are like a beating pulse, reflecting the current economic recovery and vitality.
Nowadays, the transportation of materials during the Spring Festival is the busiest, and the types of goods at Zhengzhou North Station are also more abundant.
In addition to bulk cargo such as chemical fertilizers, ores, gasoline, automobiles, and grains on weekdays, festival materials such as fresh food, non-staple food, daily necessities, and dried fruits, as well as coal for electricity and heating, have become the key materials for transportation at present.
Since 2023, electricity and coal accounted for 10% of the total cargo volume at the station, China Railway Express (Zhengzhou) accounted for 8%, and materials for people's livelihood accounted for 82%.
A marshalled train headed for the departure field.
Photo by Zhang Yu
"Every day, tens of thousands of trains loaded with different goods gather at Zhengzhou North Station, and after the station is dismantled and reorganized, they are transported to all parts of the country." Cai Pengfei explained that during this process, Zhengzhou North Station is like a super-large express transfer station. The freight trains are first "broken up", and then the trains with the same destination are "sorted" out and reorganized into one train to be sent to all parts of the country.
The entire marshalling yard of Zhengzhou North Station is like a large "truck supermarket", constantly moving goods in and out.
Shao Guoqiang, the railway dispatcher, was most impressed by the busyness of Zhengzhou North Station.
The down hump where he works is the busiest post at Zhengzhou North Railway Station, responsible for 60% of the station's shunting workload, and a team has to dismantle more than 2,500 vehicles within 12 hours.
He said that when working on the hump, you must watch all directions and listen to all directions, keep running around the railroad tracks with your hands and feet, and push the peak and disintegrate quickly without daring to delay for a moment.
Cai Pengfei, a station dispatcher in the dispatching command hall of Zhengzhou North Station, is preparing an operation plan.
Photo by Zhang Yu
In order to cope with the ever-increasing freight demand, Zhengzhou North Railway Station makes full use of the location advantage of the "road network center", deeply excavates the transportation capacity through scientific and technological informatization, opens up the "main artery" and unblocks the "microcirculation", vigorously improves the efficiency of transportation organization, and makes every effort to Good logistics guarantee smooth work.
This year is Cai Pengfei's first Spring Festival travel as a dispatcher. After being busy, he feels a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
"Seeing the trains that I made up full of goods drifting away, delivering holiday supplies to thousands of households, I can feel the people's yearning for a better life and feel the pulse of social and economic prosperity. This is something to be proud of." ."(Finish)