Guizhou launches scheduled freight trains to Guangxi

Guizhou-made products can be transported to Southeast Asian countries in five days with scheduled freight trains. [Photo/colorful Guizhou network]

A rail-sea intermodal train loaded with 2,688 metric tons of fertilizers departed from the Guiyang South Railway Station in Southwest China's Guizhou province on April 15, heading toward the Beibu Gulf Port in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The journey, spanning approximately 2,500 kilometers, is expected to reach Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam in about five days.

This marks the first time Guizhou has operated a ‌full-container freight train‌ on the ‌New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor‌ to the Beibu Gulf Port. By establishing regular operations, Guizhou aims to strengthen its international logistics network‌.

Guizhou has shifted from the ‌"goods-waiting-for-trains"‌ model to a more efficient ‌scheduled freight train system for Beibu Gulf-bound cargo. These fixed-timetable, fixed-route, and fixed-frequency trains are projected to run ‌eight to nine times monthly‌, offering improvements in ‌transit time, cost, and operational stability‌ for foreign trade enterprises in Southwest China.

Plans are underway to add new routes from railway stations like Dashuigou, Dulaying, Xiaozhaiba, and Kaili West to Fangchenggang and Qinzhou Port East.

The freight trains, which pre-assemble cargo and optimize dispatch processes, enhance operational precision and foster deeper collaboration between Guizhou and countries involved in the ‌Belt and Road Initiative‌, the ‌Yangtze River Economic Belt‌, the ‌Greater Bay Area‌, and the ‌Beibu Gulf City Cluster‌.

Guizhou is building an integrated logistics system‌ to integrate Guizhou-made products into global supply chains, providing robust support for high-quality inland open economy development.