A New Breakthrough for China Railway Express

Since 2011, over 6,000 China Railway Express(CRE) trains have run between China and Europe, offering freight services for more than 60 cities in 28 Asian and European countries. In 2017 alone, the number of train operations surpassed 3,000, equaling the sum of its operations from 2011 to 2016.

In November, 2017, a batch of cold-sensitive electronic goods were loaded into temperature regulated insulation containers and were delivered from Wuhan to Pardubice Region, Czech Republic.This was the first time for a CRE train in Wuhan to deliver industrial goods by means of cold chain transportation.

It’s estimated that it will take a CRE train 18-20 days to run from Wuhan to the Czech Republic. With diesel-electric hybrid power, the containers prepared by the firms could meet the train’s requirements for temperature control on the 20-day trip. This meant, they had realized the visual monitoring of the transportation of electronic products in winter.

As of today, more than 300 CRE trains have traveled between Wuhan and Europe. Equipped with temperature regulating containers, the trains are able to guarantee that the imports and exports of various fresh agricultural products and industrial products, which are highly sensitive to temperature variation, can be transported rapidly by rail along the Belt and Road.

Transport by train can be completed in less than half the time of normal maritime transport. What’s more, it’s more punctual and more reliable.

According to related data, CRE trains from Wuhan excel in three key areas: the volume of return cargo, the cargo value, and the actual load rate. The average actual load rate of return trains reaches 112%. Moreover, the types of imported and exported cargoes accepted for carriage have expanded from the original electronic products, imported foods, timber and paper pulp to small aircrafts, supercars, top grade liquor, and sporting goods. The additional value of the products carried has continued to rise. (Source:Xinhua.net, Hubei Daily)

中歐班列是中國開往歐洲的快速貨物列車，已連通亞歐28個國家60多個城市。自2011年以來，中歐班列累計開行數量突破6000列。2017年一年，中歐班列開行數量突破3000多列，相當于2011年至2016年六年的總和。

2017年11月，一批“怕冷”的電子產品裝載在中歐武漢班列的冷藏保溫箱中，從武漢發往捷克帕爾杜比采，實現中歐武漢班列首次通過冷鏈運輸工業產品至歐洲。

中歐武漢班列從武漢到捷克全程預計18天至20天。企業自備的冷藏保溫箱運輸擁有柴電混合動力，可滿足漢歐班列單程20天冷鏈運輸的溫控需求，實現電子產品在冬季運輸全程“可視化、可控化”。

中歐武漢班列累計已經發運往返班列300多列。班列配置冷藏箱，保證各類對溫度控制要求較高的生鮮農產品、工業產品的貨物進出口，都能通過鐵路在“一帶一路”沿線快速流通。

相對于海運，班列能節約一半以上的物流時間，而且更準點、更有保障。

相關數據顯示，中歐武漢班列的回程貨量、貨值和實載率3項關鍵性指標全國領先：回程班列平均實載率112%。承運的進出口貨物品種，由原來的電子產品、進口食品、木材紙漿擴展到小型飛機、超級跑車、高檔酒、體育用品等，運輸產品的附加值進一步提升。（綜合自新華社、《湖北日報》）