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The number of inbound and outbound trains at Khorgos Railway Port exceeded 1,000
Seetao 2021-03-03 15:12
  • It broke through the 1,000-column mark in just two months, which was 40 days shorter than in 2020
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On March 2, 2021, with the sound of the whistle, the 2017 China-Europe Railway Express, loaded with commodities such as daily necessities and machinery parts, departed from the Khorgos railway port in Xinjiang, China, and sailed towards Kaliningrad, Russia. This is the 1000th Central Europe (Central Asia) train entering and exiting the Khorgos Railway Port in 2021.

Implementation of capacity expansion and transformation at the two ports

According to reports, in order to make the customs clearance of China-Europe (Central Asia) freight trains smoother, on the one hand, the railway department has implemented capacity expansion and transformation at two ports to improve the port’s capacity for reloading and receiving and dispatching trains. On the other hand, it has continuously optimized the transportation organization process. Strengthen the coordination and cooperation with customs, border inspection and other units, and continue to accelerate the speed of customs clearance.

Since 2020, the Xinjiang Railway Department has successively implemented capacity expansion and reconstruction of the two railway port stations in Horgos and Alashankou. After the expansion and transformation of the Khorgos Port, a pair of new cargo reloading lines were added to the site, and 10 new lines were added or extended to the departure line. The organization capacity of train transportation increased by more than 30%. The daily entry and exit of Central Europe (Central Asia) ) The number of trains is about 15 trains, and the maximum number can reach 18 trains a day.

Close collaboration among various departments

In order to continue to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control and transportation security organization, the Khorgos government coordinated the close coordination of customs, railways, border inspection and other departments to realize synchronous and alternate operations of train reloading, marshalling, inspection, and customs clearance, and reduce non-operation time , To ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the train.

Police station strengthens security control

Recently, the Khorgos Station Police Station of the Kuitun Public Security Department of the Urumqi Railway Public Security Bureau has organized police to strengthen the safety control of the Central Europe (Central Asia) trains operating in its jurisdiction, and increase the frequency of patrols and inspections in the reloading storage area. During the period, the police introduced common sense of epidemic prevention and control, fire safety, and telecommunication fraud prevention to the operators in the reloading storage area, and required all units to strengthen the professional skills and safety knowledge training of employees, and further improve the safety awareness, responsibility awareness of employees. Awareness of prevention.

Arrived by Japanese car, sea and rail combined transport

Recently, 220 cars produced in Japan arrived in Kazakhstan by sea-rail combined transportation. These cars first traveled by sea from Japan to the eastern port of China, and then arrived in Kazakhstan via the Khorgos port in Xinjiang by rail transportation, marking the official opening of the multimodal transport channel from East Asia to Central Asia.

Previously, it took more than 80 days for Japanese-produced cars to reach Central Asia via the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and Russia. Sea-rail combined transportation via China can shorten the transportation time to 30 days, reduce transportation costs, and benefit consumers in Central Asia. . Editor/Tian Zengpeng

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