The steel train departing from Zhengzhou International Land Port, after crossing the border of Mohan Port, runs through the entire Laos and heads south, finally stopping steadily at the port of Linchaban in Thailand.

On September 1, 2026 local time, the first China Laos Thailand scheduled express train arrived at its destination smoothly, with a total running time of 5 days and 9 hours, setting a new speed record for cross-border logistics connecting the central region with the ASEAN market.

Time efficiency significantly upgraded, cross-border logistics set a new record

This train departs from Zhengzhou International Land Port on August 26th, loaded with car parts and other goods, and exits through Mohan Port in Yunnan directly to the core hub of Thailand. The entire journey only takes 5 days and 9 hours, which is 2 to 3 days shorter than the conventional transportation time of the China Laos Thailand freight train. Compared with the traditional sea freight transportation cycle of 15 to 18 days, the overall efficiency has been improved by more than 60%. Combined with the open data of cross-border freight transport of China Laos railway in the first half of 2026, the operation speed of the scheduled trains in this figure has reached the first echelon level of the current China Laos Thailand railway intermodal transport channel.

During the passage of trains through the Moding area, there was a sudden heavy rainfall in the local area, which caused unexpected obstacles to the customs clearance and departure process. The hub company of Zhongyu Port Group, together with multiple units, quickly coordinated and tackled various unexpected problems efficiently, ultimately ensuring the smooth passage of trains as planned, fully verifying the emergency support capability of the scheduled trains.

Central region opens up the southward golden channel

Railway transportation itself has outstanding advantages such as strong stability, minimal interference from natural factors such as weather, controllable supply chain, smooth customs clearance and transportation process. It can provide more reliable and efficient cross-border logistics solutions for foreign trade enterprises, completely solving the pain points of traditional logistics such as slow delivery, large fluctuations and uncontrollability.

The relevant person in charge of Zhongyu Port Group stated that the China Laos Thailand Tuding Express Train, as a speed-up device for China's manufacturing links to the Southeast Asian market, continuously empowers international production capacity cooperation with high timeliness and reliability, significantly compresses the response cycle of cross-border supply chains, effectively reduces enterprise inventory and logistics costs, and opens up an efficient, stable and normalized cross-border logistics golden channel for Henan and central regions to connect with the ASEAN market, further promoting industrial linkage and resource exchange among countries and regions along the route. Keywords: Cross border trains, Cross border logistics

The steel corridor from Zhengzhou to Linchaban Port is continuously narrowing the temporal and spatial distance between the central hinterland and the ASEAN market, injecting a continuous stream of new momentum into regional trade and industrial synergy.Editor/Cheng Liting