Special Train for Ankai Coaches Dispatched from Hefei

With a long whistle, a special train for Ankai coaches arranged by Hefei International Landport Development Co., Ltd (HILD) left Hefei on March 21 at 16:00. The train, carrying 108 TEUs weighing 461.6 tons and worth over 18.5 million yuan, headed westward along the Silk Road to Kustana, Kazakhstan.

The exported coaches manufactured by Ankai are customized natural gas buses ordered by the city government of Kustana, Kazakhstan, and a total of 70 units (36 units for the first transport) will be transported. Because of the strict requirement for the stability of the freight in the fast-speed running, HILD invited experts in loading reinforcement from Shanghai Railway Administration to Ankai to make special designs for the load reinforcement and packaging at the assembly line.  

Upon approval by Shanghai Railway Administration, the design was put into practice that finally turned out effective in securing safe, smooth and stable transport.

Since the block train to Central Asia was put into operation in June 2014, Hefei has dispatched it 77 times, carrying there 7,294 TEUs of home appliances, vehicles, forklifts, synthetic leather, machinery equipment and chemical raw materials. Now the supply source area has expanded to Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Ankai coaches carried by the block train to Central Asia indicates the value increase of the freight, or the value increase of the exported products made in Hefei and produced in Anhui.

The opening of the Hefei China-Europe block train has enlarged the regional, manufacturing and transportation influence of Anhui to Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Central Europe.

It is believed that the opening of the train will further enhance the economic and trade exchanges between Hefei and its counterparts in Asian and European countries and regions, and the railway route will serve as a fast track facilitating Anhui in building itself into an inland high ground and a new benchmark for opening up.