China Railways will implement new freight train operation chart from today

China News Service, Beijing, October 10 (Reporter Liu Wenwen) The reporter learned from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "State Railway Group") that the national railways will implement a new freight train operation chart from 18:00 on October 10.

The person in charge of the Transportation Department of China Railway Group said that the new freight train operation chart optimizes intercity train products and is conducive to promoting the rapid distribution of goods between cities. After the implementation of the new map, 8 express intercity trains with a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour, 58 fast intercity trains with a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour, and 85 general express intercity trains with a maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour will be operated to better serve the transportation of time-sensitive goods such as e-commerce, express delivery, and livelihood supplies between domestic urban clusters.

On March 25, a freight train departed from Fengtai West Station in Beijing. On that day, Fengtai West Station, the largest railway freight hub in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the country's first automated hump marshalling station, celebrated its 70th anniversary. Photo by China News Service reporter Jia Tianyong

In terms of optimizing multimodal train products, Xintu arranged to operate 101 fast multimodal trains with a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour, and 136 regular and fast intermodal trains with a maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour. It will continue to operate fast logistics demonstration trains between major economic regions such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Chengdu and Chongqing.

In terms of strengthening the supply of direct bulk cargo transportation products, Xintu arranged for the operation of 423 direct bulk cargo trains across the Railway Bureau Group Company, and implemented capacity tilt and priority guarantee for the transportation of key materials for the national economy and people's livelihood, such as coal, grain, and fertilizers, to ensure fast and efficient delivery.

In order to further optimize the China-Europe and Central-Asia freight train products, the new map has arranged 96 China-Europe freight train lines, focusing on optimizing the return China-Europe freight train lines. Two new return China-Europe freight trains have been added to Yulin, Shaanxi Province via Alashankou Port, and to Jinan, Shandong Province via Erenhot Port, further improving the return journey. Efficiency in the organization of China-Europe freight train transportation; 68 planned routes of Central Asia freight trains have been arranged. After testing and cultivation, 3 more Central Asia freight trains have been added to exit from Jinhua in Zhejiang via Pingxiang Port, exit from Zhengzhou in Henan via Horgos Port, and enter to Chengdu in Sichuan via Mohan Port to facilitate economic and trade exchanges between China and neighboring Asian countries. (over)