en.Wedoany.com Reported - Since the China-Laos Railway commenced operations on December 3, 2021, as of May 27, the cumulative number of passenger train trips has surpassed 100,000, with 73 million passengers transported, and over 840,000 cross-border passengers from more than 120 countries and regions carried. This "golden corridor," embodying the shared aspirations of the people of both China and Laos, is injecting new vitality into regional economic and social development with its increasingly busy transport capacity.

Passenger flow volume has achieved leapfrog growth. In the nearly five years since operations began, the monthly passenger dispatch volume for the entire line has increased from 600,000 in the initial period to a maximum of 2.25 million, a nearly fourfold increase. On the Chinese section, the daily average number of passenger trains in operation has grown from 8 to a maximum of 86, with a single-day record of over 90,000 passengers dispatched. On the Lao section, the daily average number of passenger trains has increased from 4 at the initial stage to a maximum of 18, with conventional passenger trains expanded to over 10 cars per set, achieving a single-day record of 12,000 passengers dispatched.

The efficiency of cross-border connectivity continues to be unleashed. The number of international passenger trains operating between Kunming, China, and Vientiane, Laos, has increased to 4, with cross-border passenger seats per train rising from an initial 250 to 420. The number of entry-exit passengers has grown from an initial 300 per day to a maximum of 1,640. The fastest travel time from Kunming South to Vientiane is 9 hours and 36 minutes, and customs clearance time at the Mohan railway port has been reduced to around 50 minutes, making "depart in the morning, arrive by evening" cross-border travel a norm. Over 840,000 cross-border passengers have traveled between the two countries by train, driving consumption growth in industries such as scenic spots, hotels, and catering along the route by over 35%. A single railway has activated an entire economic region.

The dividends for people's livelihoods are benefiting thousands of households. Since the beginning of this year, the China-Laos Railway has transported over 9.27 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%. Among them, cross-border passengers numbered 164,000, a year-on-year increase of 35.3%.

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