28 hours A spring journey with a bouquet of flowers

Mondo Social Updated on 2024-02-08

At 10:00, in the flower field of Zuosuo Village, Nanyang Street, Yiliang County, Kunming City, villagers are picking carnations, roses and other flowers.

At 19:00, in the new forest flower processing workshop of Yunnan Hongyun International Logistics Port, workers selected, pruned, retained, packaged, and sorted the flowers delivered by large flower farmers, and waited for the express company to pick up the pieces.

At 23:00, at the SF Dounan Flower Logistics Transit Yard, workers sorted flower packages according to the customer's destination. Among them, the flower orders of Chengdu customers were sorted, loaded into the China Railway Express logistics package, and waited for the truck to be pulled to Luoyangzhen Station.

At 1:00 a.m. the next day, the trucks successively pulled the flowers to Luoyangzhen Station and sent them to the platform through the conveyor belt, and the workers carried the packages into the transformed DJ882 train in an orderly manner.

At 4:25 a.m., the DJ882 train departed from Luoyangzhen Station with an average speed of 250 kilometers per hour.

At 10:25, after 6 hours and more than 1,000 kilometers of operation, the DJ882 train arrived at Shuangliu West Station, where workers carried flower packages and sent them to the truck logistics platform through a conveyor belt.

At 13:00, at the SF Express distribution point in Chenghua District, Chengdu, the courier brother was ready to deliver flowers and other goods to customers.

At 14:45, Chengdu customer Long Yinqi received flowers, and she placed an order at noon the day before.

The "Flower Special Train" DJ882 is a dynamic inspection train, consisting of 8 carriages, and the goods are mainly flowers, tea and other special agricultural and sideline products, which will be officially put into operation on July 12, 2023. Since 2024, the "Flower Train" has sent a total of 2 flowers860,000 pieces, 398 tons, an average of more than 800 pieces per day.

DJ882 train arrives at Shuangliu West Station, and workers carry flower packages (photo taken on February 4). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

At Luoyangzhen Station in Kunming, workers move packages into the renovated DJ882 train (photo taken on February 4). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

Chengdu consumer Long Yinqi arranges flowers after receiving flowers (photo taken on February 4). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

Chengdu consumer Long Yinqi arranges flowers after receiving flowers (photo taken on February 4). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

At the first distribution point of SF Express in Chenghua District, Chengdu, the courier brother is ready to deliver flowers and other goods to customers (taken on February 4). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

DJ882 train arrives at Shuangliu West Station, and workers carry flower packages (photo taken on February 4). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

In the DJ882 train, Ma Yunkun, an employee of China Railway Express Co., Ltd., was inspecting the safety of goods, and he had to inspect three times within 6 hours (taken on February 4). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

At Luoyangzhen Station in Kunming, workers move packages into the renovated DJ882 train (photo taken on February 4). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

Logistics trucks deliver flowers and other goods to Luoyang Town Station in Kunming City (photo taken on February 4). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

At the SF Dounan Flower Logistics Transit Yard in Kunming, workers load flower packages into China Railway Express logistics packages ready to be sent to Chengdu (photo taken on February 4). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

At the SF Dounan Flower Logistics Transit Yard in Kunming, workers perform express sorting of flower parcels on the assembly line (photo taken on February 4). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

At the New Forest Flower Processing Workshop in Kunming, a worker seals champagne roses (photo taken on February 3). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

At the new forest flower processing workshop in Kunming, two SF Express couriers load flower parcels into a truck (photo taken on February 3). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

A worker sorts champagne roses at the New Forest Flower Processing Workshop in Kunming (photo taken on February 3). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

Workers retain water from champagne roses at the New Forest Flower Processing Workshop in Kunming (photo taken on February 3). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

A worker packs champagne roses at the New Forest Flower Processing Workshop in Kunming (photo taken on February 3). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

A worker prunes champagne roses at the New Forest Flower Processing Workshop in Kunming (photo taken on February 3). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

In the flower field of Zuosuo Village, Nanyang Street, Yiliang County, Kunming City, villager Tang Guifen picks carnations in the flower field (photo taken on February 3). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

In a flower field in Zuosuo Village, Nanyang Street, Yiliang County, Kunming City, villager Zhu Meifen picks champagne roses in the flower field (photo taken on February 3). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

Villagers Yang Lilan, Li Juxian, Tang Guifen and Guo Qiongfen (from left) pick carnations in a flower field in Zuosuo Village, Nanyang Street, Yiliang County, Kunming City, on February 3. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing.

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