Original title: China-Laos Railway has seen strong growth in passenger and freight traffic in half a year
The reporter learned from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. that on the 3rd, the China-Laos railway has been in operation for half a year. As of June 2, the passenger and freight transportation of the China-Laos Railway has shown an upward trend in both quantity and quality, and the role of the international golden logistics channel has become increasingly prominent. A total of 3.27 million passengers have been sent, including 2.86 million on the domestic section and 410,000 on the Laos section; 4.03 million tons, including 647,000 tons of cross-border cargo.
According to the person in charge of the International Department of China National Railway Group, since the China-Laos Railway was put into operation on December 3, 2021, China Railway International Corporation, Kunming Bureau Group Corporation, a subsidiary of China National Railway Group, will work with the Laos-China Railway Company to effectively maintain and operate the China-Laos Railway. , comprehensively improve the quality and efficiency of passenger and freight transportation, serve the people of the two countries to travel conveniently, accelerate the formation of a safe and efficient international logistics golden channel with internal and external connections, effectively promote the economic and social development along the route, and ensure regional interconnection and China-ASEAN foreign trade stability and improvement The quality and construction of the China-Laos Economic Corridor has injected strong momentum.
The railway department coordinated the epidemic prevention and control and passenger transportation organization, scientifically analyzed the travel patterns of passengers, and better met the travel needs of people along the China-Laos Railway for study, family visits, medical treatment, tourism, and commerce. In the domestic segment, the “one picture a day” was precisely implemented, and the number of EMU trains was dynamically added, with an average of 43.2 passenger trains per day, 65 trains at the peak, and a maximum of 33,000 passengers per day. In the Laos section, 4 passenger stations including Gassi, Meng’a, Namo and Nadui have been opened successively, and the number of stations handling passenger transportation has increased to 10. A new “Lancang” EMU and 1 ordinary-speed passenger train were newly purchased to realize the co-located operation of the EMU and the ordinary-speed train, providing passengers with more choices. There are 6 passenger trains on average daily, and 8 on peak days. The maximum number of passengers sent in a single day is nearly 5,000.
The China-Laos Railway has built a convenient international logistics channel between China and ASEAN, greatly reducing transportation time and significantly reducing logistics costs. Since its opening half a year ago, the domestic section and Laos section have sent a total of 4.03 million tons of goods, including 647,000 tons of cross-border goods. 21 domestic provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have successively operated cross-border freight trains on the China-Laos Railway. , department stores have expanded to more than 100 kinds of electronics, photovoltaics, cold chain fruits, etc., covering nearly 10 countries and regions such as Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Singapore.