Changjiang Freight Train

During the Spring Festival holiday this year, multiple freight train services—including the 'Yangtze River Express,' 'Northbound Express,' and 'Greater Bay Area Express'—continued operating as usual. On February 23, reporters learned from the operators that these three services collectively ran 39 trips, transporting approximately 54,395 metric tons of cargo, including food, daily necessities, household appliances, chemical products, coke, and grain, ensuring uninterrupted production and continuous supply chains.

The 'Yangtze River Express' is a rail-water intermodal service launched by Sichuan province to alleviate bottlenecks in transshipment around the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River and enhance the capacity of this vital waterway. It employs a model combining upstream rail transport with mid- and downstream water transport, cutting transit time by half compared to traditional water-only shipping and enabling seamless 'door-to-door' delivery from port to factory.

On February 21, a 'Yangtze River Express' train loaded with 1,100 metric tons of coke departed from Dazhou bound for Wuhan. The coke was trucked a short distance from Shashi South Station to Yanka Port, where it was transferred from containerized to bulk form ('container-to-bulk' conversion) before being shipped via the Yangtze River to Jiujiang Port, and finally delivered directly by road to steelmaking blast furnaces. In the opposite direction, iron ore entering Sichuan was transported by water from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, to Sanjiang Port in Ezhou, then moved by 'Yangtze River Express' rail service to Lianjie Station, securing raw material supply for Sichuan Iron and Steel Group.

Regarding northbound logistics, during the Spring Festival, a 'Northbound Express' train carrying 20 standard containers of sodium sulfate departed from Meishan en route to Yinan, Shandong Province.

To ensure adequate supplies of festive goods, the 'Greater Bay Area Express' increased its frequency, establishing a 'Spring Festival Goods Express Lane' between Sichuan and Guangdong. Trains loaded with Sichuan specialties such as hotpot base, doubanjiang (broad bean paste), and cassava starch reached the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area within 36 hours. Return trips brought festive goods—including fashion apparel, beverages, and household appliances—into Sichuan, enriching local holiday markets.

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