Freight launches' bus based express trains' to seize the e-commerce and cold chain express markets

       China Railway continues to deepen the market-oriented transformation of freight transportation, and promotes passenger car based express freight trains on a large scale. The benchmark demonstration express train can run at a speed of up to 120 kilometers per hour, with an average travel speed of 75 kilometers per hour. This type of train is included in the unified layout of the national railway timetable, strictly implementing the "five fixed" organizational model of fixed-point, fixed line, fixed train number, timing, and pricing. Referring to the standard departure time of passenger trains, the entire dispatch focuses on monitoring and controlling, greatly reducing the waiting time for intermediate grouping, achieving controllable timeliness and on-time operation, and changing the shortcomings of traditional freight trains with strong uncertainty in arrival and departure time.

       The product is designed for the high efficiency market and is suitable for the transportation of various types of goods such as e-commerce packages, fresh cold chain products, industrial components, light industrial products, and agricultural materials. It widely uses standardized container grouping and is equipped with various types of transportation equipment such as refrigerated and dry cargo boxes to support efficient circulation of large quantities of goods across regions. Relying on the advantage of stable delivery time, the cross regional logistics time has been significantly reduced. A typical case is the North Grain South Freight Container Train from Jiamusi, Heilongjiang to Shaoguan, Guangdong, which has shortened the entire running time from 10 days to 3 days.

       From the perspective of operational effectiveness, in the first half of 2026, China Railway has operated a total of 35800 cross bureau freight trains and shipped 38.56 million tons of goods. Bus based express trains have established differentiated logistics products between highway express and ordinary bulk freight, taking into account the advantages of large capacity, low cost, and stability, providing new logistics options for manufacturing and commercial circulation enterprises, continuously enhancing the competitiveness of railways in the fast white goods market, helping to promote transportation structure adjustment, and reduce the comprehensive logistics costs of the whole society. At the same time, relying on the 95306 online platform to open booking and inquiry functions, we aim to achieve transparency in cabin booking and scheduled shipment, gradually building a multimodal transport service system of "mainline trains+road connections at both ends".