The cargo yard of Lujiabang Station of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway is officially put into operation, adding another key logistics node in the Yangtze River Delta

China News Service, Shanghai, November 12 (Yang Shuo) The reporter learned from China Railway Shanghai Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shanghai Railway Group") on November 12 that on November 11, the first X8625 express freight train organized by China Railway Express Shanghai Branch and loaded with machinery spare parts, food, daily chemicals and other goods departed from the cargo yard of Lujiabang Station of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and bound for Guangzhou International Port, marking the formal operation of the cargo yard.

Lujiabang Station cargo yard. Photo by Lian Yiming

The reporter learned that the cargo yard of Lujiabang Station is located in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, close to Jiading District, Shanghai. The cargo yard covers a total area of ​​approximately 654 acres, and the first phase of the project is designed to have an annual cargo arrival and departure capacity of approximately 2 million tons. The cargo yard is equipped with 2 container loading and unloading lines, which can simultaneously meet the loading, unloading and transfer of multiple categories of goods such as containers and packaged goods, and adapt to the railway logistics needs of multiple industries such as manufacturing and trade circulation.

According to the railway department, the Lujiabang Station freight yard is a key logistics node radiating from the Shanghai Railway Hub to the northern wing of the Yangtze River Delta. The station hardware configuration and transportation organization have outstanding advantages. Different from the conventional railway freight yard, this freight yard adopts a through-type loading and unloading line design, with the ability to directly arrive and depart trains. The throat areas at both ends of the line have been equipped with electrified facilities. This design breaks the traditional freight yard's reliance on frequent shunting operations. It can effectively reduce the number of shunting links, significantly shorten the dwell time of cargo trains at the station, significantly improve the overall transportation organization efficiency, and become an efficient link in regional logistics turnover.

Zhang Xinwei, deputy director of the Suzhou Sales Department of the Shanghai Railway Logistics Center of Shanghai Railway Group, told reporters that as a new logistics hub station along the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, the Lujiabang Station freight yard will not only undertake the business of the original Kunshan Station freight yard and further improve Kunshan City's multimodal transport system, but will also give full play to its location advantages and become a freight transfer channel connecting the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and the Shanghai-Suzhou Tong Railway, further strengthening the regional logistics network chain. At the same time, the station will also help the stable operation of local industrial and supply chains, systematically reduce the comprehensive costs of the entire logistics chain of enterprises, deeply participate in industrial collaborative upgrading, and continue to inject new momentum into the integrated high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta and the construction of an efficient and smooth modern comprehensive logistics system.