21.448 million person-times, breaking the record! How can the 160,000-kilometer railway network support a vibrant China?

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Since September 29, the national railway National Day holiday transportation has been carried out in total, and more than 100 million passengers have been sent, and the passenger flow has remained above 17 million for five consecutive days.

On October 1, the railway sent 21.448 million passengers, a record high in a single day. Guangzhou South Railway Station, Shanghai Hongqiao Station and other single stations sent more than 400,000 passengers.

Behind this is a network of 160,000 kilometers of railway lines, supporting a dynamic and mobile China.

On the eve of the National Day, the operating mileage of China's railways exceeded 160,000 kilometers

The opening of the western section of the Longlong high-speed railway from Meizhou to Longchuan has injected new momentum into the integration of the old revolutionary base area in eastern Guangdong into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Although the total length of the Meilong section is only 98 kilometers, it has an unusual significance, which allows the operating mileage of China's railways to exceed 160,000 kilometers.

The ideas put forward by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in the "Strategy for the Founding of the People's Republic of China" more than 100 years ago have come to life in the new era.

"The Fuxing is galloping on the vast land of the motherland" and "I applaud the great creativity of the people of Chinese" ...... General Secretary Xi Jinping praised it affectionately. The 160,000-kilometer railway network connects mountains and seas and compresses time and space.

During the National Day, 160,000 kilometers of railway lines are still being extended

At 10:08 on October 1, with the first train of C8218 departing from Yinchuan Station, the Huiyin (Huinong to Yinchuan) section of the Baoyin (Baotou to Yinchuan) high-speed railway was officially opened.

On the same day, Yizhuang Station of the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway was officially put into operation, 10 minutes to Beijing South Railway Station and 25 minutes to Tianjin Railway Station. It is more convenient for surrounding residents to travel.

On September 29, the first day of the start of transportation during the National Day holiday, the Chongqing-Yibin section of the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway was put into operation, and it only took 48 minutes from Chongqing to Yibin, compared with more than three hours before. In the future, it will only take two and a half hours to get from Chongqing to Kunming. The mainland's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed rail network is constantly extending to the southwest.

Heavy-haul railway technology has reached the world's leading level

Today, China's railways have not only exceeded 160,000 kilometers in terms of operating mileage, but also entered the world's advanced ranks in terms of overall technical level, one of which is that heavy-haul railway technology has reached the world's leading level.

On the Daqin Railway from Datong to Qinhuangdao, the heavy-haul train composed of 210 carriages runs on a regular basis, with a total length of 2.6 kilometers, a load of 20,000 tons, and an annual volume of up to 457 million tons, holding the world record for the largest annual volume Mongolia of a single railway; from Ordos in the north to Ji'an, Jiangxi Province in the south, the heavy-haul railway Haoji Railway with a length of more than 1,800 kilometers runs through the north and south, and is the world's heavy-haul railway with the longest operating mileage built and opened at one time.

"Fuxing" and "Slow Train" gallop across the land of China

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's railways have focused on serving and supporting Chinese-style modernization, and focusing on serving national strategies and economic and social development.

The Sichuan-Qingdao Railway is a "golden link" to promote rural revitalization. For a long time, due to factors such as remote geographical location and inconvenient transportation, northwest Sichuan and other regions have faced development difficulties. After the opening of the Sichuan-Qingdao Railway, the time from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou, Huanglong, Sanxingdui and other tourist destinations will be greatly shortened.

Today, in China, we can see both the "Fuxing" speeding at 350 kilometers per hour, and the "slow train" with an average speed of less than 40 kilometers per hour, covering 22 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and stopping at 691 stations.

The "slow train" provides an inclusive service for the residents along the line, and the China Railway Group has always adhered to the positioning of the national railway and the people's railway, and insisted on running the public welfare "slow train" to achieve low fares, stop at stations, and meet the convenient travel of residents along the line. In order to ensure the public welfare of the public welfare "slow train", there has been no price increase for 28 years, and the fare is far lower than the level of the road.

Since the 18th National Congress of

145 counties ended their history of not being connected to railroads

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China Railway has promoted high-quality railway planning and construction, and promoted urban-rural integration and regional coordinated development.

In the old revolutionary base areas, ethnic minority areas, remote areas and other economically underdeveloped areas, the investment in railway construction is 5.4 trillion yuan, and a total of 145 counties have ended the history of no railway, and the railway covers 99% of the country's cities with a population of more than 200,000, fully demonstrating the advantages of the socialist system. As the main artery of the national economy and a major livelihood project, the railway is related to people's livelihood and well-being on the one hand, and economic development on the other.

160,000 kilometers, what changes does it bring to Chinese travel?

"The operating mileage of China's railways has exceeded 160,000 kilometers, and the scale, quality and modernization level of the road network have been significantly improved, creating favorable conditions for serving the people's convenient travel." Zhang Tao, a staff member of the Passenger Transport Marketing Department of the China Railway Group, said in an interview with reporters that he also further interpreted the travel changes brought about by the 160,000-kilometer railway line——

Wider accessibility. The railway network extending in all directions is becoming denser and denser, covering 99% of the country's cities with a population of more than 200,000, the high-speed rail network covers 96% of the country's cities with a population of more than 500,000, and the Fuxing has achieved full coverage of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.

Travel faster. The mainland is the only country in the world to achieve commercial operation of high-speed rail at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, and major high-speed rail corridors such as Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Zhangzhou, and Chengdu-Chongqing high-speed railways have achieved high-standard operation at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, which greatly compresses the distance between time and space and saves people's travel time and cost.

More advanced equipment. Passenger cars and vehicles continue to be upgraded, and are currently equipped with a total of 4,757 standard groups of Harmony and Fuxing EMUs, including 1,774 standard groups of Fuxing, and 43,000 ordinary speed buses, of which the proportion of air-conditioned buses is as high as 94%, making people travel more comfortably.

More travel options. From 160 kilometers per hour to 350 kilometers per hour, the Fuxing family pedigree map with a complete range of categories and reasonable structure has been constructed, and at the same time, it has continued to maintain the scale of ordinary speed passenger trains, and insisted on running a public welfare "slow train" with low fares and stops.

The service is warmer. The mainland has built the world's largest 12306 new-generation passenger ticket system in terms of visits and transactions, and has promoted the implementation of Internet ticketing and e-ticketing. A series of service measures to facilitate and benefit the people, such as mobile payment, Internet food ordering, silent carriages, online seat selection (shops), and barrier-free and age-friendly services, have greatly improved the people's travel experience.

160,000 kilometers, how much does it contribute to the improvement of freight capacity?

"The 160,000-kilometer railway line provides strong support for ensuring the transportation of key materials for the national economy and people's livelihood and serving the smooth operation of the national economy." Xiao Rui, Director of the Freight Price Division of the Freight Department of China Railway Group, interpreted the impact of 160,000 kilometers of railways on the improvement of freight capacity from four aspects——

More capable. In recent years, the opening of the Wari, Haoji and other railways, greatly improved the west coal to the east and north coal to the south of the support capacity, is expected this year, the volume of Wari, Haoji railway will reach 150 million tons and 100 million tons respectively.

More efficient. With the completion and operation of a number of high-capacity and high-efficiency freight corridors, as well as the use of new freight equipment, the efficiency of railway freight has jumped significantly, and the most important indicator to measure the efficiency of railway transportation is the "truck turnover time", which has been compressed from 4.5 days five years ago to less than 4 days at present.

The products are more abundant. There are not only direct trains to ensure bulk goods, but also fast trains to ensure industrial products and daily necessities; There are not only fast trains with a speed of 160/120 kilometers per hour, but also ordinary trains with a speed of 80 kilometers per hour; There are not only rail-sea express, multi-link express and high-speed rail express that serve the domestic circulation, but also China-Europe, Central Asia, China-Laos trains and new land-sea corridor trains that serve the international circulation.

Freight costs are lower. Rail transport is a typical economy of scale, with larger volumes, lower unit costs. In recent years, through the continuous optimization of freight organization, the implementation of logistics general contracting services, the creation of logistics financial products, the reduction of intermediate links in transportation, and the compression of transportation time limit, the reduction of comprehensive logistics costs has been promoted. Since the beginning of this year, the social logistics cost has been reduced by 37.5 billion yuan through the floating freight alone.

160,000 kilometers, big node, new starting point!

Today, China's railways rank first in the world in terms of annual passenger dispatch and turnover, and the world's largest freight volume, surpassing the combined efforts of the United States and Russia, which rank second and third in the world. China's high-speed rail operating mileage exceeds 46,000 kilometers, ranking first in the world, surpassing the combined operating mileage of high-speed railways in other countries in the world.

Up to now, about 80% of the main corridors of the mainland's "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed rail network have been completed and put into operation, and about 15% of the scale is under construction. The relevant person in charge of the China Railway Group said that by 2025, the national railway operating mileage will reach 165,000 kilometers, including 50,000 kilometers of high-speed rail, the railway network covers 99.5% of the urban population of more than 200,000 cities, and the high-speed rail network covers 97.2% of the urban population of more than 500,000 cities.

At present, the CR450 EMU prototype led by the China Railway Group is in full swing development. On the production line of CRRC Changke and CRRC Sifang, the production of CR450 EMU prototypes is progressing in an orderly manner, and it is expected to officially roll off the assembly line by the end of this year, which will fill a number of technical gaps in the world's high-speed rail.

China Railway is a national railway and a people's railway. From 22,000 kilometers in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to more than 160,000 kilometers today, not only is the mileage extended, but the railway network is also becoming more and more perfect, which not only provides a strong impetus for domestic economic growth, but also plays an increasingly important role in international cooperation.

Facing the future, only by promoting the high-quality development of railways, taking the lead in realizing railway modernization, and further consolidating and developing the world-leading advantages of China's railways can we better serve the national strategy and economic and social development, and provide strong support for Chinese-style modernization. [Source: CCTV News Client]