Sent 936000 TEUs of goods, with a total of 8641 TEUs of China Europe freight trains operating in the first half of the year
From January to June this year, a total of 8641 China Europe freight trains were operated, delivering 936000 TEUs of goods, an increase of 16% and 30% year-on-year, respectively. Among them, there were 4620 trains and 499000 TEUs, with a year-on-year increase of 16% and 29% respectively; The return journey consisted of 4021 trains and 437000 TEUs, with a year-on-year increase of 16% and 31%, respectively. As of now, the China Europe freight trains have operated over 73000 trains and 6.9 million TEUs over the years, reaching 216 cities in 25 European countries.
Since the beginning of this year, with China's foreign trade continuing to maintain a stable and positive trend, the demand for cross-border transportation of China Europe freight trains has been strong, and the number of trains operating has grown strongly. China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. has given full play to the role of China Europe regular train as a strategic channel, strengthened cooperation with the railway departments of countries along the line, improved transport capacity and service quality, actively promoted the high-quality development of China Europe regular train, effectively guaranteed the stability and smoothness of the international industrial chain supply chain, and injected strong momentum into the smooth domestic and international double cycle, promoting the economic and social development of countries along the line, and providing high-quality services to jointly build the "the Belt and Road".
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Firstly, transportation energy efficiency continues to grow. Solidly promoting the expansion and tonnage increase of China Europe freight trains, the maximum number of cars and traction weight of China Europe freight trains in the domestic section have been increased to 55 and 3000 tons, respectively, an increase of 34% and 20% compared to the initial operation of the trains. The full occupancy rate of trains has remained above 99%, greatly improving the transportation capacity of China Europe freight trains. Strengthen the organization of return freight sources for China Europe freight trains, promote two-way balanced transportation, and stabilize the proportion of return and outbound freight trains at over 87%. We will strengthen coordination and cooperation with domestic port regulatory authorities and overseas railways to improve port operation efficiency and handover capabilities. From January to June this year, 4324, 1563, and 2754 China Europe freight trains will be operated on the West, Central, and East Passages respectively, with year-on-year increases of 19%, 24%, and 7%, all reaching new historical highs in the same period.
The second is the steady improvement of service quality. Expand the scale of China Europe freight trains on the entire timetable, and encrypt one train per week for the two-way route from Xi'an to Duisburg, Germany into two trains, with a stable operating time of 12 days. The addition of a two-way route from Chengdu to Lodz, Poland, and a round-trip route from Duisburg, Germany to Xi'an, with a full time schedule for China Europe trains, has compressed the operating time by more than 5 days and has been widely welcomed by the market. Adapting to the diverse transportation needs of customers, developing cold chain transportation for China Europe freight trains, providing customized services, and continuously increasing the variety of goods. Strengthening the R&D and upgrading of the railway 95306 system has enabled automatic collection of information on the operation of China Europe freight trains, management of operation plans, tracking of freight cars, and automatic detection of safe loading, further enhancing the level of information management for China Europe freight trains. Organize member units of the China Europe Railway Transport Coordination Committee to sign a commitment letter to maintain the unified brand image of the China Europe Railway, and continue to build the international logistics brand of the China Europe Railway.
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The third is the continuous strengthening of infrastructure. Accelerate the construction of the second line from Jinghe to Alashankou on the Lanxin Line, implement the expansion and renovation of the new container loading and unloading yard, comprehensive inspection yard, and container operation yard at Alashankou Station, and launch container business at Tongjiang Railway Port. Coordinate with railway departments of neighboring countries to synchronously renovate port infrastructure, further enhancing the transportation capacity of the China Europe freight train channel and port. We will actively promote the connection between China Europe regular trains and China Laos railways, as well as the new land sea channel in the west, explore the development of China Europe regular trains across the Black Sea and Hainan Island, promote the construction of diversity of overseas channels, and strive to create a transportation service network that "extends in many directions and connects land and sea".
Next, China Railway Group will adhere to the principle of joint consultation, joint construction and sharing, strengthen international railway cooperation, jointly consolidate and steadily improve the good development trend of China EU regular trains, and make greater contributions to promoting the high-quality development of the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road".
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Reviewed by: Gao Shan
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