The eastern corridor for China-Europe Freight Train service handled over 2,000 train trips from China's northeastern land ports to Central Asia and Europe in the first five months of this year, injecting greater momentum into serving cooperation in high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road.
The China-Europe Freight Train service has three main corridors -- the western corridor, the eastern corridor and the middle corridor.
The eastern corridor handles Europe-bound train trips leaving from railway ports of Manzhouli in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, as well in Suifenhe and Tongjiang of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China.
The eastern corridor now has 27 lines running between over 60 cities in China like Changsha, Chengdu and Suzhou and 14 other countries such as Poland, Germany and the Netherlands, transporting 12 categories of cargo such as electrical products, daily necessities and agricultural and sideline products.
Data show that in the first five months of this year, the number of China-Europe Freight Train trips passing through the eastern corridor accounted for 26.3 percent of the national total, with return trains making up 31.9 percent of the total return train volume.
"Currently, the volume of return trains is relatively high, with an average of about 10 trains arriving each day, leading to a significant increase in our reloading workload. In order to ensure reloading efficiency, we dynamically adjust staffing and handling facilities and strengthen coordination between crane operators and freight personnel, while intensifying maintenance efforts on equipment," said Yang Liang, a staff member at the cargo container yard of the Manzhouli Railway Station.
Since the beginning of this year, competent authorities have accelerated implementation of the projects of renovating and upgrading the Harbin-Suifenhe Railway section from Suifenhe to China's border with Russia, the Jiamusi-Tongjiang Railway and the Harbin-Manzhouli Railway section from Xilingkou to Bugat in neighboring Mongolia. Once completed, these projects will further enhance the efficiency of China-Europe Freight Train service.
"The project of renovating the Harbin-Suifenhe Railway section from Suifenhe to the border involves the construction of a new interlaced track line, which can accommodate trains with different track gauges to run on the same line. The project is expected to be completed within this year, and once the line is opened to traffic, it will significantly increase transportation capacity while also enhancing transportation safety," said Cao Laiqun, manager of the project.
Eastern corridor of China-Europe Freight Train service handles over 2,000 trips in first five months
Eastern corridor of China-Europe Freight Train service handles over 2,000 trips in first five months
