Construction of hunan's first special railway for "combined transport of iron and water" began

Changsha xingang (phase iii) railway private line section 1 broke ground, marking the first in our province “ Combined iron and water transport ” Construction of special railways began. The railway is expected to be completed in 2021, when the beijing-guangzhou railway changsha north station and changsha xingang wharf will be truly realized. Combined iron and water transport ” Seamless docking, changsha xingang thus towards the ldquo; Ten million tons; Port.

Combined transport of iron and water, combining the characteristics of low cost of water transportation and fast railway transportation, is an efficient way of freight organization, which is conducive to reducing cost and increasing efficiency of logistics industry. According to China's railway transportation plan, by 2020, the volume of container molten iron will increase at least 10% annually.

At present, there is no special railway in hunan to serve the collection and distribution of ports.

Changsha xingang (phase iii) railway private line is a key construction project of railway private line approved by the national development and reform commission. The line is 4.48km long and located in jinxia economic development zone, kaifu district, changsha city, connecting changsha north station of beijing-guangzhou railway and changsha xingang port.

According to xie yuehuang, deputy general manager of hunan changsha xingang co., LTD., at present, if goods of changsha xingang need to be transferred to other areas by railway, they need to be transferred to changsha north station of beijing-guangzhou railway by road at the wharf, and then reorganized to take railway transportation.

After the completion of the special railway line, the railway into changsha new port “ The last kilometer. Through, more goods such as containers, steel, commodity Vehicles, grain, ore and so on will be realized through iron-water combined transport, which will promote changsha new port to become a multimodal transport of iron, water and public transport “ Ten million tons; Port.

The port is expected to handle 9.6 million tons of cargo this year, up 18.67 percent year on year, according to changsha xingang port.

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