Recently, in the waiting hall of Xishuangbanna Station, staff are providing passengers with train information, ticket refund and other services. It is understood that Xishuangbanna Station is an Internet celebrity station on the China-Laos Railway Golden Tourist Line, and has sent a total of 3.45 million passengers since its opening more than a year ago.

During the Songkran holiday from April 12 to April 16, 2023, Xishuangbanna Station will send more than 20,000 passengers per day, and 27,000 passengers will be sent in a single day on April 16, a record high. portrayal.

China-Laos Railway

Since its opening on December 3, 2021, as of April 18, 2023, the China-Laos Railway has been in safe operation for 502 days and has transported a total of 14.43 million passengers. From April 13th, the China-Laos Railway will run international passenger trains. Kunming and Vientiane can be reached by train on the same day, and people from the two countries can travel more conveniently. Over the past six days since international passenger trains have been in operation, cross-border passengers have achieved steady growth, and the number of inbound and outbound passengers has reached 2,326.

Since the opening of the China-Laos Railway, the EMUs of Fuxing and Lancang have operated safely, greenly, quickly and comfortably, and have greatly shortened the time and space distance between cities along the line. They have been favored by the people of the two countries and become the first choice for travel. The railway department scientifically analyzed the changes in passenger flow, accurately deployed transport capacity, enriched the supply of passenger transport products, and optimized station and train service measures, which better met the travel needs of passengers.

On the domestic section, an average of 42 passenger trains are operated per day, with a maximum of 70 trains in a single day, and 74,000 passengers have been dispatched, with a total of 12.19 million passengers dispatched. Multilingual services and a new ticket system for time-counting tickets and commuter tickets have been implemented, and air-rail combined transport products have been launched at 11 stations, effectively improving the travel experience of passengers. Continuously enrich the supply of passenger transport products, gather Yunnan's high-quality tourism resources to launch travel trains from snow mountains to rainforests, and Asian elephants holding hands with giant pandas; implement 30-day regular tickets, 20-time/90-day counting tickets products, and further meet intercity, commuting, business, Travel ticket purchase needs of business and other passengers.

In the Laos section, in response to the travel needs of the Lao people, an average of 6 passenger trains are operated per day, with a maximum of 10 trains in a single day, and the number of passengers sent exceeds 10,000, with a total of 2.24 million passengers. Passenger stations such as Gaxi, Meng'a, and Namoo have been successively opened, and the number of stations handling passenger transport business has increased from 7 to 10 at the initial stage of opening; the Internet mobile APP ticketing system for the Laos section has been launched online, enabling passengers to buy tickets without leaving home , Change the sign. Realize the parallel operation of EMUs and normal-speed trains, open ticket offices in major cities in Laos, and extend the time for pre-sale tickets, which greatly facilitates the travel of Laotian people by train.

Ma Xiaodong, director of the Culture and Tourism Bureau of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, said that the opening of the China-Laos railway international train not only played a positive role in building the golden passage between China and South Asia and Southeast Asia, and the China-Laos community of shared future, but also satisfied the cross-border travel of the vast number of passengers from China and Laos It is of great significance to promote the development of tourism and other industries in the two countries. At the same time, the freight volume of the China-Laos railway has achieved steady growth. Since the opening of the China-Laos Railway, a total of 18.84 million tons of cargo has been transported across the line. Among them, 14.63 million tons of goods were sent by the domestic section, 4.21 million tons were sent by the foreign section, and 3.7 million tons of cross-border goods were transported.

Steady growth in cargo volume

Since the opening of the China-Laos Railway, it has promoted regional interconnection and mutual benefit and win-win results, and injected strong impetus into the economic and social development along the line. The goods shipped from China to Laos are mainly mechanical equipment, household appliances, vegetables, flowers, machinery parts, etc. The goods shipped from Laos to China are mainly metal ore, cassava, barley, etc., reaching 9 provinces, autonomous regions and cities in China.

At present, 25 domestic provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities have successively launched cross-border freight trains on the China-Laos Railway. The goods have covered Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore and other countries and regions jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative. More than 10 types including electronics, photovoltaics, cold chain fruits, etc. have been expanded to more than 2,000 types, forming a stable and efficient domestic and international dual-cycle transportation channel, and promoting the stability and smoothness of the international industrial chain supply chain. Editor/He Yuting