With a strong transportation country, the railway takes the lead. As the main artery of the national economy, key infrastructure and major livelihood projects, the railway is an important force that promotes the coordinated development of urban and rural areas in the region, and enhances the attractiveness and radiation of economic development in the areas along the route.
After unloading, the container cargo transported by truck into the international port station will be sent to all parts of the world (Source: People's Daily Online)
On June 8, the interview group "Discover the most beautiful railway, see Shaanxi by train" came to Xi'an International Port Station. Xi’an International Port Station is located in the International Port Area of Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province. It is a first-class station under the jurisdiction of China Railway Xi’an Bureau Group Co., Ltd. It is the departure station and return destination of the China-Europe Express (Xi’an). It mainly handles complete trains. , One-stop direct access to the cargo handling business such as wholesale and containers.
Shaanxi is the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, an important node of the "Belt and Road" and the frontier of opening to the west. Since the establishment of the station in 2006, from a fourth-class station with only 7 lines to a first-class station with 53 lines and yards today, Xi’an International Port Station relies on Xi’an’s unique geographical and regional advantages and takes advantage of the “Belt and Road” construction With the east wind, it has become the largest international logistics hub central station in Northwest China.
According to Li Wei, deputy director of the freight department of China Railway Xi’an Bureau Group Co., Ltd., in recent years, large enterprises such as China Railway Xi’an Bureau Group Co., Ltd. and China Railway Container Corporation have seized the opportunity of “Belt and Road” construction. ) The start of the act, based on the functional construction of Xi’an International Port Station, combined with Xi’an City to build a railway logistics hub in Xi’an International Port District with complete facilities, complete functions, advanced technology, fast and efficient, and first-class service, and was successfully approved nationwide The first batch of dry port-type national logistics hubs and the second batch of national multimodal transport demonstration bases.
At present, there are 15 China-Europe Express (Xi'an) international routes departing from Xi'an International Port Station, covering 44 countries and regions, basically realizing full coverage of the main sources of goods in Central Asia, South Asia, West Asia and Europe. The core indicators of China-Europe freight trains, such as the volume, heavy container rate, and freight volume, rank among the top in the country. In 2020, the China-Europe Express (Xi'an) will operate 3720 trains throughout the year, transporting 2.811 million tons of cargo, a record high.
In order to facilitate the operation of China-Europe Express (Xi’an), China Railway Xi’an Bureau Group Co., Ltd. relies on the advantages of the railway logistics base and container central station in the loading and unloading organization, prioritizes the arrival, delivery, loading and unloading of the freight of the express, gathers high-quality vehicles, and spares no effort to ensure Transportation needs. At the same time, it has established a coordination mechanism with Xi'an International Port Area, Xi'an Customs, China Railway Unio Co., Ltd., etc., continuously optimizes the operation process of import and export goods, reduces the stay time at the station, and strives to build a golden channel to the world, and help the Silk Road Economic Belt The construction will contribute railway power to the opening up of Xi’an to the outside world of "land-sea internal and external linkage, east-west mutual aid".
There are 15 international lines of China-Europe Express trains departing from Xi’an International Port Station, carrying a diverse range of cargo transportation needs.
As a first-class railway port, Xi’an International Port Station has successively been approved as a port for import of grain, meat, and complete vehicles, and a comprehensive pilot zone for cross-border e-commerce. The "Xi'an Port" wher the station is located is the first "inland port" in China to obtain international and domestic dual codes. The port system has a preliminary structure and port functions are becoming more and more complete, which can meet the import and export needs of a variety of goods.
"With the increasingly significant concentration effect of China-Europe Express (Xi'an), Xi'an's geographical advantage as a national geographic center has become more prominent. The three-dimensional logistics channel jointly formed by China-Europe Express (Xi'an), land-sea combined transport, and air-rail combined transport is growing. Unleashing a strong'West Gravity.' With JD Global Purchase, Volvo vehicle import, and Audi vehicle import projects settled in Xi'an Port; TPV Technology, Longji, Shaanxi Automobile Heavy Truck, Shaanxi Tuori and other companies have issued special export trains, and more Many "Made in Shaanxi" are taking the China-Europe Express (Xi'an) to the world." Li Wei told reporters.
(Original title: Xi'an International Port Station creates a new highland for the opening of China-Europe freight trains)
