At 11:00 on June 28th, a 42 car train carrying 2310 tons of corn, fertilizer and other goods departed from Wuxi Station and headed for Leshan North Station in Sichuan, marking that the railway freight volume in Xinjiang this year exceeded 100 million tons 21 days earlier than last year. Since the beginning of this year, the railway department in Xinjiang has strengthened marketing services, optimized production organization, and continuously improved production efficiency. As of now, the freight volume has reached 100 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.9%, showing a stable and promising development trend.

The railway freight volume is a barometer of economic development. In recent years, Xinjiang Railway has bravely taken on the responsibility of state-owned enterprises and accelerated the pace of railway construction, forming a "one main and two auxiliary" transportation pattern with Lanxin Railway and Lanxin High Speed Railway as the main channels, Linhe Hami Railway as the north channel, and Geku Railway as the south channel. With the opening and operation of the Heruo Railway on June 16th, the circular line of the Taklamakan Desert Railway has achieved a closed loop, and the operating mileage of the Xinjiang Railway has reached 9091.1 kilometers.

The railway line running north and south of Tianshan provides strong support for the transportation of materials such as coal, metal ores, grains, and chemicals. In the first half of this year, we transported nearly 8 million tons of coal by railway, a year-on-year increase of nearly 50%, and the pace of railway transportation has accelerated. "Chen Weifeng, Deputy General Manager of Xinjiang Huadian Coal Industry Materials Co., Ltd., said that the company is responsible for the coal supply of Huadian's 22 power generation enterprises in Xinjiang, which is the key to ensuring power supply. With the rise of temperature, power enterprises have ushered in the peak period of power generation during peak summer. Currently, a coordination mechanism for coal supply guarantee has been established with the railway department, The railway department has established a mandatory list for coal transportation for the company's affiliated enterprises. Coal is prioritized to ensure transportation capacity investment based on the minimum inventory and farthest transportation distance of coal from each household appliance factory, fully ensuring the transportation of electric coal.

In the action of ensuring the supply of electricity and coal, the Xinjiang Railway Department formulates a plan for ensuring the loading of electricity and coal according to the shipping needs of 40 coal supply enterprises in Xinjiang and Urumqi City, and the dispatch department arranges transportation organization according to the urgency level. Since the beginning of this year, the railway department in Xinjiang has shipped a total of 57.23 million tons of coal.

By implementing mutual guarantee of transportation capacity, we strengthen deep cooperation with strategic customers, ensure precise investment in transportation capacity during peak and low seasons, and provide transportation capacity guarantee for the economic development of Xinjiang. "said Li Xing, Deputy Director of the Freight Department of China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

In 2022, the Xinjiang railway department signed strategic cooperation agreements with 33 central enterprises and backbone enterprises stationed in Xinjiang, with an agreed transportation volume of 153.45 million tons, an increase of 7.1% compared to 2021, to provide mutual guarantee transportation for bulk goods such as coal, ore, and steel. The railway freight department interfaces with strategic customers on a monthly basis for transportation needs, dynamically grasps the production, transportation, sales, and inventory situation of the enterprise, and coordinates with the production department to increase the transportation capacity guarantee of vehicle and container sources based on customer shipping needs, ensuring the fulfillment of annual agreed transportation volume.

The railway department in Xinjiang has strengthened communication and communication with upstream enterprises, conducted statistics on the demand for grain supply and fertilizer transportation, and the dispatch department has timely organized air transportation based on transportation capacity, vehicle sources, and other conditions to achieve fast loading and transportation.

"Freight forwarders enter the factory, grasp the transportation demand of potash fertilizer every day, and organize loading in time." Cui Ping, head of the chemical sector of the marketing department of Hami Freight Center, said that potash fertilizer is transported to all parts of the country from Luozhong Station and Hami railway station of the Harbin Luoyang Railway every day. As of now, the freight center has shipped a total of 1.177 million tons of potassium fertilizer, a year-on-year increase of 16.25%.