At the Zhengzhou North Marshalling Station in the late night, an intercity train loaded with e-commerce parcels slowly departed, crossing the mountains and fields. The next morning, the goods were firmly placed on the shelves of supermarkets thousands of miles away. Starting from 18:00 on October 10, 2026, the national railway will implement a new freight train schedule, which will cover more urban agglomerations and bring the benefits of cost reduction and efficiency improvement to more enterprises.

Inter city trains are running

Inter city trains operate point-to-point between urban agglomerations, with fixed schedules and a focus on whole vehicle transportation. After the implementation of the new plan, 8 express intercity trains with a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour, 58 fast intercity trains with a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, and 85 general express intercity trains with a speed of 80 kilometers per hour will be arranged for operation. Among them, 4 express intercity trains from Qiaosi to Daoluokou, Longchuan North to Putian, Zhengzhou North to Xining, and 11 general express intercity trains from Harbin South to Maba, Dashiqiao to Nancang, and Jixi to Baoding will be added to better serve e-commerce, express delivery, and transportation of daily necessities between urban agglomerations.

One box leads to all directions

Multimodal transport trains use containers, one container to the end, and are orderly connected with other transportation methods to provide full logistics. After the implementation of the new plan, 101 express multimodal transport trains with a speed of 120 kilometers per hour and 136 general express multimodal transport trains with a speed of 80 kilometers per hour will be arranged to operate. The demonstration express logistics trains in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, Chengdu Chongqing and other regions will continue to operate, and online booking will be made public. Add 14 express trains from Xi'an International Port to Wuhu East, Huangtang to Qiaosi, Ganzhou International Port to Suzhou West, and 17 general express trains from Baoding to Huangdao, Jining to Nancang, and Dabaodang to Caofeidian. Dynamic optimization of sea rail intermodal trains in the Western Land Sea New Corridor, timely addition of operating lines and arrival stations, serving domestic and foreign trade transportation along the route.

Large scale cross-border dual handed hard work

Direct trains for bulk goods have fixed departure and arrival stations, stable operating cycles, clear train numbers, and stable and reliable transportation capacity. After the implementation of the new plan, 423 direct trains for bulk goods across railway bureaus will be arranged to prioritize and ensure the transportation capacity of key materials such as coal, grain, and spring plowing fertilizers. The China Europe freight train has 96 planned routes, with a focus on optimizing the return journey. Two new return trains have been added, one entering Yulin, Shaanxi through Alashankou and the other entering Jinan, Shandong through Erlian Port; There are 68 routes planned for Central Asia trains, including 3 new trains, namely, Zhejiang Jinhua outbound via Pingxiang, Henan Zhengzhou outbound via Khorgos, and Mohan inbound to Chengdu, Sichuan, to facilitate economic and trade exchanges with surrounding countries. Keywords: New railway freight map, logistics cost reduction and efficiency improvement, China Europe Central Asia freight train

China Railway Group continues to optimize the 95306 platform, promote the single order one box system for iron rail intermodal transportation and door-to-door services for railway and public intermodal transportation, develop logistics general contracting, deepen cooperation between general and general departments, and work with commercial banks to launch logistics finance products such as railway freight loans, building a logistics finance product matrix. After the adjustment, customers can access the railway 95306 website App、 Query CDB information and service information on WeChat official account.Editor/Min Jing