At 2:00 on November 11th, the Lihua freight yard of the Guangzhou Shenzhen Railway Logistics Center of China Railway Guangzhou Bureau was brightly lit, and loading and unloading personnel were working intensively on the platform, quickly loading packages one by one. This is the ninth consecutive year that China Railway Guangzhou Bureau has been serving the "Double Eleven" E-commerce Golden Week transportation. Since the official launch of the "Double Eleven" E-commerce Golden Week on November 1, 2025, the Guangzhou Shenzhen Railway Logistics Center has operated three fixed e-commerce trains daily, running in opposite directions between Shanghai Shilong, Hangzhou Shilong, and Beijing Shilong, all of which have achieved "morning departure and evening arrival".

From 0:00 to 6:00, we completed the loading and shipping of over 200000 packages, "said the on-site operation manager." The three e-commerce trains correspond to important economic regions such as the Yangtze River Delta and the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region, building a fast logistics channel covering major consumer markets

In the security check operation area, the newly introduced intelligent security check system is operating efficiently. All packages must pass 100% machine inspection, and manual sampling will be carried out for key goods. We have increased the overall security check efficiency by 15% while ensuring safety, "said the security guard." Especially for special items such as lithium batteries, we implement dedicated storage and special management to ensure that everything goes smoothly

It is understood that these express freight trains are designed specifically for scattered goods and e-commerce express goods, with fixed departure and arrival stations, train operation lines, and operating cycles and times organized in a passenger car mode. They are the highest operating speed level freight trains except for high-speed trains, with a speed of up to 160 kilometers per hour.

The train has the advantages of not being affected by weather factors, safety and convenience, high punctuality rate, and large batch transportation volume, "said the person in charge of China Railway Express Guangzhou Branch." We fully utilize the inherent advantages of railway transportation to achieve efficient transportation from sunrise to sunset, and fully guarantee the transportation efficiency during the tight logistics period of 'Double Eleven'

The air rail intermodal transportation model that was piloted last year has been further consolidated and developed this year, with more cross-border e-commerce enterprises joining the cooperation. Currently, there are fixed carriages responsible for cross-border e-commerce cargo transportation every day. After arriving in Shanghai through the X107 train, it is transferred to air freight for customs clearance and exit, achieving efficient connection between railway and air transportation. The cross-border e-commerce business volume is expected to grow by 30% this year, "said the on-site person in charge." The air rail intermodal transportation model is becoming increasingly mature and has become an important logistics channel for cross-border e-commerce

Faced with the increasing demand for e-commerce logistics year by year, we have taken measures such as optimizing transportation organization, increasing the number of operators, and implementing phased operations to ensure that the entire process of unloading, security check, sorting, and loading can be completed within 6 hours, "said Yao Gesheng, manager of Lihua Freight Yard at Guangzhou Shenzhen Railway Logistics Center." The 'passenger car' operation mode of three fixed trains has fully utilized the advantages of railway transportation in terms of bulk, efficiency, and stability

At 8 o'clock, another fully loaded e-commerce train sounded its horn and set off. It is predicted that during this year's "Double Eleven" period (November 1-20), the Guangzhou Shenzhen Railway Logistics Center of China Railway Guangzhou Bureau is expected to send over 10 million pieces of goods, weighing about 18000 tons, an increase of 20% compared to the same period last year.