In the early morning of the Chengdu Chongqing Railway railing section, the steel rails were polished by the morning light. Several construction workers crouched in front of the 17th turnout, repeatedly calibrating the position of the turnout rail joint with a ruler - this is the most labor-intensive task before welding. After welding this part, the second phase track can be connected into a complete network. From the construction of the first park railway dedicated line in Yongchuan in 2022 to the entrance of the Great Wall Motors factory, to the emergence of customs supervision and container loading and unloading stations, the railing beach has grown from an ordinary freight station to a throat in western Chongqing on the new land sea corridor.

Sprint Conclusion

The project is now entering its final sprint. The main and secondary structures of the station building are completed, and the mechanical and electrical installation and decoration are finished; 96% completion of gantry crane installation; The main building and secondary structure of the customs supervision area have been completed, with 99% of the mechanical and electrical installation and 94% of the decoration and renovation completed; The main body of the pile sheet wall, retaining wall, and flood control frame culvert in the railway area has been completed, and the roadbed is 98% complete, with an overall progress of 88%. The construction team is comparing the initial operation schedule at the end of September and locking each process to the next day.

Connect the Four Seas

This station, which covers an area of about 200 acres and has a total investment of about 420 million yuan, is not just about laying tracks and installing cranes. It is equipped with a customs supervision operation area, 2 container loading and unloading lines, and 1 moisture-proof cargo line, which are linked with the Yongchuan Comprehensive Bonded Zone to achieve immediate release of outbound goods upon inspection. The Langantan Station on the Chengdu Chongqing Railway undertakes the tasks of China Europe freight trains and the Western Land Sea New Corridor all year round. Since the beginning of this year, more than 110 freight trains and 25000 commercial vehicles have been shipped; After the second phase is put into operation, the annual throughput will reach 300000 TEUs and 2.8 million tons, directly reaching the Beibu Gulf through the new land sea channel, radiating to ASEAN countries such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and can also take China Europe freight trains to Europe.

Enterprise benefits

In the past, Great Wall Motors had to first short haul 80 kilometers by road to Tuanjie Village or 10 kilometers to Yongchuan South before transferring to the railway; The pulp and finished products of Liwen Paper are also constrained by road costs. The second phase will completely connect the last mile of the railway into the enterprise, and the whole vehicle and KD parts of the Great Wall Yongchuan base can be directly installed from the production site, saving 100 kilometers of road short haul and one-time loading and unloading, and saving 2-3 days of one-way turnover. The project party has locked in the first shipment of goods with Great Wall and Liwen, as well as advantageous products such as automobiles and motorcycles, paper products, cold chain, semiconductors, etc. from Yongchuan and Yuxi, which can be consolidated and shipped out at home from now on.

The sparks of track welding flickered like a countdown to the opening of Yuxi. By the end of September, the first train will sound its horn and depart, and the railing beach will no longer be just a station in Yongchuan, but a western land sea new channel freight node in the Chengdu Chongqing economic circle that allows enterprises to settle accounts and allows goods to travel further.Editor/Yang Meiling