Since the opening and operation of the China Laos Railway, the total number of passengers sent across the line has exceeded 70 million, and 780000 passengers from more than 120 countries and regions around the world travel by cross-border international passenger trains. The monthly passenger volume has increased from 600000 in the initial opening period to a maximum of 2.25 million, and this golden channel is becoming an important link to promote regional economic development and cultural exchanges.

Up to now, the China Laos Railway has operated more than 3100 international passenger trains in total. The number of cross-border passenger seats on each passenger train has increased from 250 in the initial stage to 420, and the number of entry-exit passengers has increased from 300 per day in the initial stage to more than 1600 per day. Since this year, the China Laos Railway has sent 5.9 million passengers, up 7.8% year on year; Among them, there were 110000 cross-border passengers, a year-on-year increase of 32.3%, and the demand for passenger travel has been increasing year by year. Keywords: New News Network, New Breakthrough of China Laos Railway

To meet the travel needs of passengers, the railway department has increased its capacity allocation and optimized the train operation plan. The daily average number of passenger trains operating in the domestic section has increased from 8 in the initial opening period to a maximum of 86, with a cumulative passenger volume of over 57.1 million; The daily operation of passenger trains in the Laos section has increased from 4 trains in the initial opening period to a maximum of 18 trains, and the number of ordinary speed passenger trains has been expanded to more than 10, with a total of over 12.9 million passengers sent. The China Laos Railway is writing a vivid practice of connectivity and people to people connectivity with a continuously rising passenger flow.Editor/Gao Xue