Operation status of Zhoukou small train

The Xuchang-Dancheng small train, which has been running for 43 years and made great contributions, was stopped and officially upgraded to a quasi-gauge railway.

Since 1966, the small train runs on the narrow gauge of 762 mm at the speed of 20 ~ 30 kilometers per hour, and travels between Xuchang and Dancheng every day, with more than 20 stations along the line. For 43 years, this small train has always maintained the old appearance of the 1960s, and the blue and white body is in harmony with the alternating crops. The reporter was lucky enough to enter the cab of the small train and see everything here like a dusty photo album. The hands in the speed dial and the temperature dial kept jumping up and down, the brake lever and joystick were caught smooth and shiny, and the console and seat were all made of pure steel plates, which looked very solid and heavy.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, the train leaves from Xuchang. The earth trembled with the whistle and the crash of the wheels against the rails. The passengers sat on the wooden chairs in the carriage and began to tremble, and their hearts moved eastward with the small train. Master Zhao, who has worked as a small railway for more than 20 years, said, 1966, the state invested in the construction of Xuchang narrow-gauge local railway, which solved the backward traffic problem that restricted social development at that time. It connects Yuzhou mining area and stone production area, and passes through Yuzhou, Yanling, Fugou, Taikang, Dancheng and other places, becoming a golden channel for the circulation of coal, building materials and other goods in these places. Under the traffic conditions at that time, Xuchang small railway quickly became the main traffic trunk line in eastern Henan with its advantages of low cost, large throughput and manpower saving.

Two hours later, the train arrived at Banqiao Station in Taikang County. The station management room covered with blue bricks exudes a quaint atmosphere. On the roof, the railway sign written in cement and the four characters "Banqiao Station" are still mottled with red paint despite 43 years of wind and rain erosion. For many years, Wang Tianmin, a villager in Banqiao Village, took this bus to send grasshopper skins to Huaiyang every summer, delivering 6 sacks at a time, saving more than 30 yuan in business than taking a bus. In this way, his income in one season exceeds 1000 yuan. Mentioning that the small train was about to stop, Wang Tianmin sighed: "It is not convenient to do business now."

"Although the train is small, the sound is not small, and the horn sounds like Astrotrain. For decades, it has become our alarm clock, and now it suddenly doesn't ring. I miss it. " Cui Jianguo, from Jizhong Town, dancheng, has lived beside the railway tracks for decades. Every noon, as long as he hears the train whistle, his wife starts cooking, because it happens to be around noon 12; When the return train whistled again in the afternoon, it was about 3 pm, and the couple began to do farm work in the field. Since there was no sound of a small train, Cui Jianguo's face showed a trace of depression. Every noon, he still habitually goes out to see if the small train has come.

Along the way, the train slowly passed through Xuchang, Yanling, Fugou, Taikang and Huaiyang, and reached its destination Dancheng. Because of the slow speed, passengers on each platform can run and climb the train even if they are late. Someone said humorously, "Trains are not as fast as bicycles." When the train is still two or three kilometers away from Dancheng County, Dancheng people can hear the "crash" of wheels and tracks and the heavy whistle. At Dancheng Station, after a rest of 1 half an hour, the train returned to Xuchang and started the next 6 hours' journey.

For more than 40 years, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, regardless of the number of passengers, the small train can complete every task on time and keep running on the eastern Henan plain.

Popularizing the whole country is an inevitable trend.

The gradual depression of small trains on Xu-Dan Railway is inversely proportional to the rapid development of the times. In fact, in the 1990s, with the rapid development of national railways and the accelerated construction of transportation networks such as highways, expressway was built between counties, between counties and townships, and even between villages. In addition, the cancellation of expressway toll station made expressway transport more dynamic, and the small train gradually withdrew from the historical stage and faded out of the world's sight.

The relevant person in charge of Henan Railway Bureau said that in recent years, both passenger and freight revenues of Xudan Small Railway have shrunk dramatically, and almost no money has been made. The existence of small railways restricts the development of local railways, and "demolition is inevitable". The news came out that the number of people who took the small train to relive their old dreams gradually increased.

Although in the past few decades, Xudan Small Railway has provided great convenience for people to travel abroad and transport goods, and it has had endless glory and glory. However, due to the inability to connect with the national railway trunk line, coupled with factors such as poor system, aging equipment and insufficient funds, it once fell from glory to trough in the tide of market economy. In addition, many crossings along the route are unattended and accidents occur frequently every year. Therefore, the demolition of small railways is also the inevitable development of the times.

According to analysis, the key reason for the demolition of small railways is not the shortage of supply. Pingdingshan Coal Group, Yongmei Coal Industry Group and shenhuo group invested heavily in the development of coal, iron ore, limestone and other resources in Yuzhou, Xuchang and other places, but large enterprises such as Caixin Group and Jindan Lactic Acid in Dancheng need these resources in large quantities. Only enterprises in these two places can make small trains run all day. However, the decision-makers of Xudan Small Railway have clearly realized that we can't keep Jinshan without food, the small train can't adapt to the larger traffic volume, and the operation of "ants moving mountains" can't support the Xu Dan Railway. Only reform can have a prospect!

6.5 billion to build "Shinkansen"

The upgrading and transformation of Xu Dan Railway is a quasi-rail construction project of Chongqing-Ningbo Railway, which is determined as a key project by the provincial government. The reconstructed Xu Dan Railway will start in Yuzhou City and end in Bozhou City, Anhui Province, so it will be renamed as Yubo Railway.

The new line starts from Jiaozi Mountain in Yuzhou City in the west, passes through Xuchang City, Yanling County, Fugou County, Taikang County, Huaiyang County, dancheng, Luyi County, Bozhou City and jieshou city, and extends westward to Jia County in Pingdingshan City, spanning Henan and Anhui provinces, covering four prefecture-level cities (1kloc-0/county-level cities). The gauge changed from 762 mm to 1435 mm, and the capacity of each train increased from 350 tons to about 2,500 tons. After the railway line is completed and opened to traffic, the annual traffic volume reaches 6.5438+million tons, which can save 300-400 million yuan for enterprises along the line every year and promote the resource development and investment attraction of about 654.38+065.438+0 counties (cities) along the line.

The "wide" small railway will undertake the transportation project of Yuzhou cement, sedan chair rock yard, building materials, ceramics, phosphate rock and other items, and even some coal and cement that need to be transported abroad in Jiaxian County, Pingdingshan City can be "eaten". Cheap energy transportation costs will greatly reduce the production costs of industrial enterprises along the line and promote the healthy development of enterprises; At the same time, the line further extends eastward, which can ensure the energy utilization in East China.

Now, the first phase of the quasi-rail reconstruction project of Chongqing-Ningbo Railway has started. Xu Dan Railway will be reborn in labor pains, and start to build a railway traffic "Shinkansen" covering 1 1 counties (cities) and benefiting millions of people!