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China Laos Railway Opens Three Year Golden Channel and Opens New Space

2024-12-03   

The reporter learned from China National Railway Corporation that as of December 2, the China Laos Railway had been in operation for three years, and its transportation security remained stable. It has sent more than 43 million passengers and 48.3 million tons of goods in total. The golden channel effect is increasingly prominent, injecting strong momentum into promoting the construction of the China Laos economic corridor and building a community of common destiny between China and Laos. The person in charge of the International Department of China Railway Group introduced that since the opening and operation of the China Laos Railway for three years, China Railway Group has worked closely with the railway department of Laos to focus on the goal of high standards, sustainability and people's livelihood, manage and make good use of the China Laos Railway with high quality, and better serve the convenient and efficient travel of the people of both countries and regional economic and social development. The China Laos Railway has become the road of development, happiness and friendship for the Chinese and Laotian people. The data shows that the passenger traffic volume of the China Laos Railway has continued to grow, and the passenger traffic volume of the whole line in a single month has increased from 600000 person times at the initial stage of opening to 1.6 million person times at present. The daily average number of passenger trains in the domestic section has increased from 8 to a maximum of 86, with a total of 35.6 million passengers transported; The daily operation of passenger trains in the Laos section has increased from 4 to a maximum of 16, and the number of regular speed passenger trains has been expanded to more than 10, with a total of over 7.4 million passengers transported. At the same time, the railway departments of China and Laos have strengthened the organization of freight transportation, improved transportation capacity and efficiency, and increased the daily number of cross-border freight trains from 2 in the initial opening period to 18 currently. The traction tonnage of trains has increased from 2000 tons to 2500 tons, and the cumulative transportation of cross-border goods has reached 10.6 million tons; Actively explore new international transportation modes such as "China Laos Railway+China Europe Express". The direct railway transportation time from Laos, Thailand and other countries to Europe has been shortened to 15 days. Cross border cargo transportation has covered 31 provinces (regions, cities) in China and 19 countries and regions such as Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore, with more than 3000 types of goods. The China Laos Railway has had a significant impact on the transportation cost and logistics efficiency of Laos and even ASEAN countries. The freight cost from Kunming to Thailand via Laos has been reduced by 30% to 50%, and the transportation cost in Laos has been reduced by 20% to 40%, which has strongly promoted the expansion and upgrading of various industries along the line and international economic and trade exchanges, providing a "new engine" for regional economic development. (New Society)

Edit:He Chuanning Responsible editor:Su Suiyue

Source:Xinhua

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