Energy Channel Wari Railway sets record as fastest annual transport volume exceeding 100 million tons

China News Service, Taiyuan, November 14 (Ren Lina, Fan Xuhui, Liu Lu) On the 14th, news came from the Shanxi-Henan-Shandong Railway Co., Ltd. that as of November 13, the freight volume of the Wari Railway in China's West-East Coal Transport Corridor in 2026 reached 100.26299 million tons. This is the fourth year since 2022 that the freight volume of this line has reached the 100 million tons mark, reaching the 100 million tons target 35 days ahead of schedule in 2025, setting a new record for the shortest time for the line's annual transportation volume to exceed 100 million tons.

The Wari Railway starts from Wattang Town, Luliang City, Shanxi Province in the west and ends at Rizhao City, Shandong Province in the east, with a total length of 1,269 kilometers. It is China's first heavy-haul railway with an axle load of 30 tons built at one time. The line passes through the three provinces of Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong, and is interconnected with seven major railway lines including Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Kowloon, and Beijing-Shanghai, as well as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yellow Sea Highway. It is an important heavy-haul transportation channel for energy into the sea in China.

In order to give full play to the location and heavy-haul advantages of the Wari Railway, the National Railway Taiyuan Bureau anchored the main coal production areas and business gathering areas, carried out visits and docking with "one enterprise, one policy", scientifically optimized train formation and operation plans, coordinated transportation capacity deployment, station organization, channel management and control, continued to shorten the waiting time of vehicles for loading and transit, and promoted the efficient flow of coal from mining areas to ports. While consolidating the basic foundation of coal transportation, we will continue to explore coke, steel and other supply categories, unblock the rail-water intermodal transport chain, promote the steady growth of water transportation volume at the terminal Rizhao Port, and continue to break through the collection and distribution port volume of Liangshan Port, which is connected to the Liangshan North Station of the Wari Railway. We will effectively transform channel advantages into development efficiency and empower the high-quality development of regional economies along the route.

Fengjiachuan Station is affiliated to Wattang Station, the starting point of Wari Railway, and is responsible for nearly 30% of the freight volume of the entire line. It is the largest loading station on the entire line. With the opening of the second loading line at Fengjiachuan Station on September 30, 2025, and the opening of the Xingbao Railway double track connecting Wattang Station and Fengjiachuan Station on March 27, 2026, the station's loading capacity continues to expand. "The station can currently accommodate up to four empty trains for simultaneous loading, and has the ability to inspect and continue loading 12 trains in parallel. The train turnover efficiency has been greatly improved," said Wang Junsheng, director of Wattang Station.

As the only unit in Shanxi that is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Wari Railway's public works, electrical affairs, and power supply equipment, the Linfen Comprehensive Section of the National Railway Taiyuan Bureau has invested in 88 sets of video intelligent monitoring systems in key sections such as the Wari Railway tunnels and throats, deployed high-speed image capture systems, upgraded dispatching and command platforms, achieved accurate tracking of heavy-haul train trajectories, early warning of potential risks, and strived to build a "smart heavy-load" safety barrier.

Currently, the construction of the Shaanxi Shenmu to Shanxi Wattang Railway is accelerating. After the project is completed, it will be connected with the Var-Ri Railway, further improving my country's west-east coal transportation railway transportation network, and providing strong support for enhancing energy supply capabilities and promoting coordinated regional development.