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Shaanxi Railway express e-commerce "road-to-rail" container multi-link express train starts operation
2024-03-26
On the 26th, the X387 container intermodal train, fully loaded with 30 express e-commerce cargoes from SF Express, JD.com, Sinotrans and other express delivery companies, departed from Xi'an International Port Station and headed west to Urumqi Sanping Station, marking the first multi-modal train. The Liankuai (Xi'an-Urumqi) express e-commerce train was officially launched, opening up a new channel to effectively reduce social logistics costs and serve domestic express e-commerce cargo transportation.
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It is reported that in order to effectively reduce social logistics costs, China Railway Xi'an Bureau Group Co., Ltd. acted quickly. In view of the fact that express e-commerce goods have high timeliness requirements, with the strong support of the Shaanxi Provincial Postal Administration, it cooperated with China Railway Container Xi'an Branch Jointly visited express e-commerce companies such as SF Express, JD.com, China Post and Sinotrans Northwest Company, and based on in-depth market research, it was determined to use the existing X387 train as a carrier to launch a multi-link express (Xi'an-Urumqi) express e-commerce class trains to create a "point-to-point" express train brand between Xi'an and Urumqi major cities, focusing on improving the operation efficiency and service quality of the trains, effectively reducing logistics costs in all aspects, and promoting express e-commerce companies to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
According to reports, the X387 multi-link express express e-commerce train launched this time adopts the multi-link express organization model of "trunk railway train + two-end distribution", and implements passenger car operation, with one train per day. The train departs from Xi'an International Port Station at 9:09 every day and arrives at Urumqi Sanping Station 38 hours later, which is about 5 hours shorter than road transportation and improves transportation time by 12%. In addition, the train directly unloads the cars, and the goods distribution begins on the day the train arrives. The courier can deliver the goods to the customer the next day, further improving the timeliness of the train.
In addition, the X387 multi-link express e-commerce train will use the Beidou positioning system for the first time to provide customers with real-time cargo transportation trajectory tracking, further improving the user experience of container multimodal rapid transportation.
According to reports, the smooth launch of this train is a practical action taken by the railway department to strengthen the implementation of "road-to-rail" and effectively reduce logistics costs. It is also a practical measure for China Railway Xi'an Bureau Group Co., Ltd. to actively carry out the construction of a modern logistics system. It is also a practical measure for China The innovative results of cross-bureau cooperation carried out by China Railway Xi'an Bureau Group Co., Ltd. and China Railway Container Company, China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd., China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. and other relevant units.

In the next step, China Railway Xi'an Bureau Group Co., Ltd. will continue to strengthen cooperation with China Railway Container Company and various express e-commerce companies, delve into the multimodal logistics market, develop more convenient, fast and time-effective freight products, and continue to expand In the "road-to-rail" transportation category, study and plan more "point-to-point" express train lines between cities, comprehensively improve transportation efficiency, give full play to the role of railways as the "main artery" in the national economy, and transform railway freight into modern logistics. Reduce the logistics cost of the whole society, improve the efficiency of economic operation, serve the high-quality development of economy and society and provide sufficient transportation capacity guarantee.