On the 26th, the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway was officially opened and put into operation. A reporter from Yangcheng Evening News learned that after the operation of the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway, a Guangdong express delivery enterprise has already tested the waters of high-speed railway express freight transportation between Guangzhou and Changsha. Now the opening of the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway will bring new opportunities to China's logistics and express delivery industries.
"After the opening of the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway previously, there was high-speed railway express transportation between Guangzhou and Changsha." The person in charge of a well-known private express delivery enterprise in Guangzhou told the reporter that at present, about 80% of express delivery is transported by road, and about 15% by air. In fact, in terms of both timeliness and cost, high-speed railway has advantages over road transportation. After the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway is opened and put into operation, many node cities along the line are regions with strong demand for express services, and there is great space for development.
It is learned that in mid-December, the State Post Bureau, the Comprehensive Transportation Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, and the China Express Association formed a joint research group, and went to Guangdong Province to conduct on-site research on express delivery enterprises using high-speed railways to transport express items and other related matters.
In addition to the express delivery industry, traditional logistics industries such as bulk commodity transportation are also expected to benefit from the opening of the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway and the improvement of the freight capacity of the Beijing-Guangzhou railway line. Data shows that after the opening of the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway alone, the freight capacity of the Beijing-Guangzhou railway line increased by 10.9%, which improved the transportation demand for materials such as coal, petroleum, and grain, as well as foreign trade freight to and from Hong Kong and Macao, whose transportation capacity had been restricted for a long time.