CCTV News: A reporter learned from the China Railway Group on April 13 that in the first quarter of this year, the national railway sent a total of 970 million tons of goods, an increase of 3.1% year-on-year. Data shows that in the first quarter, the national railway loaded an average of 179,000 vehicles per day, an increase of 4.2% year-on-year.
The "road to rail" of bulk goods has achieved obvious results. 64 "road to rail" projects have been implemented for Xinjiang coal transportation, and Xinjiang coal transportation has completed 22.01 million tons. In response to the steel transportation needs in southern Shanxi, a general logistics contracting service plan will be formulated. Open up green channels for the transportation of spring farming materials such as seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides.
The freight trains have grown strongly. In the first quarter, a total of 12,600 freight trains across the railway bureau were launched, with an average of 5,000 loadings per day, an increase of 135% and 154% respectively year-on-year. Cross-border cargo transportation has been carefully organized, and a total of 3,582 trains of Central Asia have been launched, an increase of 25.5% year-on-year; the China-Laos Railway has sent a total of 1.513 million tons of cross-border cargo, an increase of 10% year-on-year.
The quality of logistics services continues to improve. In the first quarter, the railway 95306 "one order" function and sea transportation booking system were officially launched, and a total of 3.951 million standard containers of rail-water container cargo were sent, an increase of 19.4% year-on-year. The number of cooperative banks in railway logistics and financial services has increased to 10, serving a total of 738 customers, with a total credit financing of 18.573 billion yuan, helping enterprises reduce financing costs.
