Three new grain trains have been added to China's northern Xinjiang to ensure supply channels for "grain transportation from north to south"

China News Service, Harbin, October 10 (Reporter Shi Yifu) The national railways will implement a new freight train operation chart from 18:00 on the 10th. China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd. seizes the key window period for Heilongjiang’s autumn harvest foreign transportation and adds three scheduled cross-bureau grain direct freight trains to unblock the southward passage of black soil grain sources and add transportation capacity support for the "North-South Grain Transport".

As a major agricultural province in China, Heilongjiang's total grain output in 2025 will reach 82.003 billion kilograms, ranking first in the country in terms of output, commodity volume, transfer volume, and reserve volume for five consecutive years. High-quality grain products grown in black soil continue to gain favor in Shandong, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu and other places, and the demand for foreign transportation continues to rise.

According to Gao Bo, deputy manager of the logistics business department of China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd., three new trains, 80058, 80068/7, and 80072/1, have been added this time. The effective grain loading capacity of each train is about 3,200 tons, and two trains are operated every week. It is estimated that 70,000 tons of new grain will be shipped abroad in a single month, and 230,000 tons will be added in the fourth quarter. The trains run directly from one stop without destaging. Compared with the traditional transfer mode, the transit time can be reduced by 9 to 11 hours.

Each of the three train lines has its own focus: Harbin directly to Guangdong, mainly transporting corn, rice, and soybeans to supply various grain, oil and feed companies in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; Harbin directly to Shandong, serving the local grain, oil, feed processing and grain distribution markets; Qiqihar to Liaoning Port, carrying corn deep-processed products and soybeans, relying on rail-water intermodal transport to radiate the Yangtze River Delta, South China and other places.

In order to match the strong demand for foreign transportation during the harvest season, China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has simultaneously launched supporting measures such as open booking and optimization of operations along the route. Railway container trains have a large transport capacity, are resistant to weather interference, and have lower cargo damage. On the basis of stable operation, they will continue to reduce the comprehensive logistics cost of Heilongjiang's grain exports. In the future, the train program will be dynamically adjusted based on the supply of goods to ensure that grains from black soil granaries are efficiently transported to markets across China.