As of June 7, CRIntermodal Kunming Central Station has launched a total of 186 trains and 4281 carriages of the China-Laos Railway international freight train since the opening of the China-Laos Railway in December 2021, with the value of cargo worth 3.79 billion yuan. 

Kunming Central Station is located in Wangjiaying logistics area of Kunming Area of China (Yunnan) Pilot Free Trade Zone and Wangjiaying West Station of Nanning-Kunming Railway. As the departure station of the China-Laos Railway, Kunming Central Station was put into operation in November 2006. It is the first central station of the China-Laos Railway that started operation, and also the only large-scale container logistics center in Yunnan Province and even the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. 

According to introduction, the China-Laos Railway served as a golden channel of international logistics between China and ASEAN since its operation. The transport time and transport cost are significantly reduced compared with before. The role of the “golden channel” is becoming more and more clear.

As of June 7, Kunming Central Station has launched a total of 186 trains and 4281 carriages of the China-Laos Railway international freight train, with a total shipment of 82,600 tons of cargo worth 3.79 billion yuan. The main shipments include chemical fertilizer, vegetables, cloth, mechanical equipment accessories, monocrystalline silicon, electronic accessories, daily provisions, food, epidemic prevention supplies and cross-border e-commerce goods. The total arrival of cargo reached 44,700 tons and the China-Laos Railway international freight trains reached 1,568 carriages.

Kunming Central Station covers an area of 82.6 hectares and is equipped with a modern warehouse of 26,000 square meters, which handling capacity is about 400,000 TEUs. The storage yard in the station can store 20,000 TEUs of cargo at one time. Kunming Central Station is the core hub of rail-motor transportation. From the aspect of railway, it is connected with Chengdu-Kunming Railway, Shanghai-Kunming Railway and Kunming-Yuxi Railway. From the aspect of highway, it is connected with Kunming-Mohan Expressway, Guangzhou-Kunming Expressway and South Kunming Ring Expressway.

Kunming Central Station has prominent location advantages, which undertakes about 70% of the quantity of shipments of China-Laos cargo via the Yunnan road network. In addition, Kunming Central Station also launched Lancang-Mekong Express. As of June 7, Kunming Central Station has launched a total of 54 trains and 528 carriages of Lancang-Mekong Express.

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(Editors: Lexi, Rachel)