Sichuan News Network-Home News Chengdu, December 28 (Zhang Lin, reporter Zhou Qiong) On December 28, the section from Qingbai Jiangdong to Zhenjiang Pass of the Sichuan-Qingdao Railway was opened for operation "Full Moon", sending more than 190,000 passengers.
A new choice for travelers.
In ancient times, the Songmao Ancient Road as the only passage from the Chengdu Plain to the Aba Tibetan and Qiang region, connecting the channels of commerce and trade and the link of cultural exchanges, and now there is the Sichuan-Qingdao Railway as the first railway in the northwest of Sichuan, completely rewriting the traffic pattern of this region, and opening a new chapter of Shu Road travel.
The section from Qingbaijiangdong to Zhenjiangguan of Sichuan-Qingdao Railway starts from Qingbaijiangdong Station, passes through Qingbaijiang District of Chengdu, Guanghan City, Shifang City, Mianzhu City of Deyang City, Anzhou District of Mianyang City, Mao County and Songpan County of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, and connects to Zhenjiangguan Station of Songpan County. Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture is the only Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in the country, and it is also the largest Qiang inhabited area in the country.
Aba Prefecture is rich in products and culture, and at the same time, the mountains are high and the ravines are deep, and the river valleys are vertical and horizontal. It is difficult to go to school and seek medical treatment, and inconvenient transportation has become a bottleneck restricting the development of Aba Prefecture. On November 28, Chengdu East to Zhenjiangguan Station achieved through-through operation, taking the bullet train at Chengdu East Railway Station, the fastest 18 minutes to Sanxingdui Station, 31 minutes to Mianzhu Station, 55 minutes to Maoxian Station, 86 minutes to Zhenjiangguan Station. Chengdu to Zhenjiang Pass saves about 4 hours of driving, and the travel time between the two places is shortened to 2 hours.
Ms. Wang, a "post-90s" from Mao County, is currently working in a real estate sales company in Chengdu. In the past, she would only take a car back to her hometown every long holiday, and it would take nearly a day to go back and forth. Now, after work on Friday, she can take the bullet train back to Maoxian County and have a reunion dinner with her family. "The bullet train is open, and it is convenient to go back to my hometown, and now I can often go home to see. In the past, I always felt that I couldn't take care of my parents, and I felt indebted, but now the 'heart knot' can finally be opened!Ms. Wang sighed with tears in her eyes.
The conductor talks to the passengers.
A new engine for the development of cultural tourism.
The Sichuan-Qingdao Railway is rich in tourism resources, and the line passes through or radiates many tourist attractions such as Sanxingdui, China Ancient Qiang City, Jiuzhaigou and so on. On November 28, Sanxingdui Station was officially opened. The continuous explosion of archaeology and convenient and fast transportation have made Sanxingdui the preferred destination for many tourists to "travel fast and slow" on weekends.
Aba Prefecture has launched a "buy one get one free" activity for state-owned 4A-level and above tourist attractions, including popular tourist attractions such as Jiuzhaigou, Huanglong, and Siguniang Mountain, and from November 2023 to March 2024, the preferential policy of free admission to state-owned tourist attractions below 4A-level will be provided.
At this time of the year, there were no more tourists on the streets, and we were all closed for the holidays. Not only is there no holiday this year, but I'm also very busy. Wang Le, who runs a homestay in Songpan, said. In previous years, the peak tourist season in Songpan was generally from June to November. After the opening of the Sichuan-Qingdao Railway, it is faster and safer to enter and exit Songpan, which further lengthens the length of the Songpan tourist season and makes the cold winter of Songpan no longer "deserted".
In order to attract more tourists to Songpan and solve the "worries" of tourists. Songpan County has opened a free shuttle bus from Zhenjiangguan Station to Songpan County, and tourists take the bullet train to Zhenjiangguan Station and seamlessly connect the free shuttle bus to Songpan County.
Most of the passengers at the station take the bullet train to Songpan to travel, and tourists from outside the province account for nearly 50%. Guo Qi, the head of Zhenjiangguan Station, said.
The Sichuan-Qingdao Railway is strung into a chain, connecting a number of tourist attractions along the line into a "first-class tourism belt", effectively promoting the linkage and interaction of various tourist attractions, bringing important growth points for tourism development along the line, and driving the people along the line to increase their income and get rich.
Since the opening of the Sichuan-Qingdao Railway, the demand for passenger flow on weekends has been strong and has been favored by the people. Data shows that in just four weeks, the Sichuan-Qingdao Railway has sent more than 9 passengers over the weekend20,000 person-times, with an average daily delivery volume of 1150,000 passengers, an increase of 45% over weekdays, of which 1380,000 person-times, and the passenger flow continued to show a high trend. In order to further promote the "weekend economy" and meet the weekend travel needs of passengers, more than half of the EMUs of the Sichuan-Qingdao Railway have been reconnected from single groups to reconnection on weekends.
New sales channels for special agricultural products.
Mao County is a large agricultural county in Aba Prefecture. Maoxian rock candy apple is a new type of red Fuji fruit that has been improved and cultivated in Maoxian and other plateau areas, and belongs to China's national geographical indication products. Maoxian Dahongpao pepper has been listed as a tribute to the royal family since the Yuan and Yuan dynasties of the Tang Dynasty with "large ears and many grains, thick skin and rich meat, bright color, rich fragrance and moderate hemp taste", so it is also called "tribute pepper". In addition, Maoxian County is located at the junction of the Sichuan Basin and the western Sichuan Plateau, and alpine yak meat is also a major feature.
The opening of the Sichuan-Qingdao Railway has put Maoxian's agricultural products on the "fast lane" of transportation development, greatly shortening the distance from the "branches" to the "tip of the tongue", and diners from all over the world have flocked to it. "After the opening of the Sichuan-Qingdao Railway, five or six hundred catties of meat are sold every day more than in the past, and each tourist basically buys one or twenty catties, and it sells quickly. Xiao Zhang, who is in the yak meat business in Maoxian County, said happily.
In previous years, when the season came to market, farmers needed to do everything possible to find a market for these agricultural products out of the mountains. Today, Maoxian special agricultural products have "sat on the bullet train and walked out of the mountains". Sichuan peppercorns, apples and yak meat have become the "three treasures" of passengers, and they are indispensable in the luggage of passengers.
Maoxian has cherries, loquats, crispy plums, peppercorns in summer, crispy red plums in autumn, and sugar apples in winter. Ms. Zhang, who lives in Mianzhu, praised the yak meat and apples she bought at the Maoxian market.
The road is smooth, and the melons and fruits are fragrant. Convenient transportation makes Maoxian's agricultural products sell well, quickly and well. The villagers' purses are getting bigger and bigger, and their happy lives are getting better and better.
Photo courtesy of Chengdu Railway Bureau).