It is understood that in 2022, the number of China-Europe (Central Asia) trains running through the Horgos Port will exceed 7,000, reaching 7,068. Up to now, the cumulative number of trains passing here has exceeded 26,000.

Why has it become the port with the largest number of Central European (Central Asian) trains for four consecutive years? With doubts, we came to Horgos, Xinjiang.

Since 2023, the number of China-Europe (Central Asia) trains departing from Khorgos has exceeded 1,000.

Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi'an, Zhengzhou... Various brands of China-Europe (Central Asia) trains from major cities in China converge at Khorgos Railway Station. They are arranged on 3 railway lines, composed of 9 huge The advanced gantry cranes transfer the containers carried by the trains to the wide-gauge trains suitable for Kazakhstan.

Connected to the front of the train, the train started again, all the way west.

"Horgos is my country's closest and most convenient window to Central Asia, West Asia and Europe. Since the beginning of the year, Korgos Station has adopted an echelon rotation operation mode to ensure 24-hour uninterrupted train reception and departure." China Railway Urumqi Bureau Cui Peng, deputy director of the Korgos Station Safety Production Command Center of the Group Co., Ltd., said that the railway department closely coordinated with the Kazakhstan railway department to promptly deal with and solve the blockage problem that affects the delivery efficiency.

"The channel of the China-Europe (Central Asia) train is very mature. We can now complete the exit procedures for a train within 20 minutes. And it is carried out at the same time as the vehicle reloading, which will not take up too much time for the train. "Mao Ronggang, head of Khorgos Customs, said that there are more and more China-Europe (Central Asia) trains converging in Khorgos. One of the big reasons is that the joint inspection units at the port are closely coordinating and cooperating, constantly optimizing the overall customs clearance process of goods, and constantly Compress the time and cost of customs clearance of goods.

Since the beginning of the year, the Khorgos Port has implemented the "Tietong Guan" plan to promote the China-Kazakhstan customs cooperation project that uses the data exchange platform to realize the exchange of information such as manifest data, machine inspection images, and inspection results. , Gradually reduce the inspection rate of China-Europe trains, and finally realize the mutual recognition of customs supervision between China and Kazakhstan.

"Through the China-Kazakhstan "Customs and Rail Link" project, freight forwarders no longer need to go through customs clearance and release procedures at the port, which means that one customs procedure is reduced when exporting goods. Subsequent port trains can use this model to cooperate with Kazakhstan. This will shorten the stay time of the train at the port and improve the efficiency of the train operation." Mao Ronggang said.

On March 6, 2023, a line of China-Europe Express trains loaded with daily necessities, textiles, machinery parts and other goods completed the reloading operation from standard gauge to wide gauge at the reloading yard of Horgos Station. The wide-gauge station at the Sri Lanka Station left the country. After the train arrived at the Atengkoli Station in Kazakhstan, there was no need to reload it, and it could be sent directly to Central Europe, Central Asia and other countries, and the transportation efficiency was further improved.

In the past, due to the different gauges of the railways between China and Kazakhstan, outbound cargo containers had to be converted from standard gauge to wider gauge in Kazakhstan. The China-Kazakhstan railway departments have strengthened cooperation and implemented the quasi-width replacement business at port stations. When the China-Europe (Central Asia) train reloading task is busy, it can effectively reduce Kazakhstan's unloading pressure and improve the efficiency of China-Europe trains.

At present, there are a total of 76 train lines running through the Khorgos railway port, covering 18 countries and 45 cities and regions outside the country, playing an important role in ensuring the stability and smoothness of the international industrial chain and supply chain.Editor/Ma Xue