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On December 30, the Yantong High-Speed Railway was officially opened. At 9:23 a.m., the first G8321 train left Yancheng station steadily and headed for Shanghai, arriving at 11:35. At this point, the North Jiangsu region ushered in the first full-line high-speed train with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, and at the same time ended the history of the absence of high-speed trains in Dafeng and Dongtai. The opening of this high-speed train also marks the perfect end of the Jiangsu Railway’s “13th Five-Year Plan” construction task. The main frame of the “three vertical and four horizontal” high-speed train is basically finished.
On the same day, the inauguration of the Yantong high-speed train will be held at Yancheng Station. At the meeting, Yancheng Mayor Cao Lubao spoke on behalf of local governments along the route. He said that the opening of the Yantong high-speed train, the people of Yancheng embark on a new high-speed train journey. Yantong high-speed rail is a golden channel to promote the joint development of coastal cities, paving the coastal channel so that Yancheng “faces the sea, develops towards the sea and empowers the future.” Lu Yongquan, Director of the Department of Transportation of Jiangsu Province and Director of the Provincial Railway Office, reported on the construction of the Yantong Railway and the development of railway construction in the province. He said that the Yantong high-speed railway is the third railway opened in Jiangsu this year and the first high-speed railway with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour in the interior of northern Jiangsu. Jiangsu will scientifically plan and plan the blueprint for the development of the Jiangsu railway, and by 2025, it will basically build a “Jiangsu on the track”, with a high-speed railway covering all districts and cities and more than 90% of the nodes at the county level. “Jiangsu on Track” will be fully completed ahead of schedule for 2035.
On the platform, the passengers of the first bus took photos and registered with smiles; while driving, singing performances, poetry recitations … the ice and snow outside the wagons began to melt, and the wagons laughed and laughed. The passengers spontaneously held commemorative activities in the cars. “The Yancheng High-Speed Train is now open. Welcome everyone to visit Yancheng!” Zhu Wenyi, the conductor of the Nanjing Passenger Transportation Section, welcomed everyone in the “Yancheng Dialect”. He said that he used to run the routes from Shanghai to Chengdu, Beijing and other routes, but now he not only feels cordial, but also convenient and quick to return home. “Next week, Nantong merchants will board the Yantong high-speed train and come to Yancheng to inspect our farm.” Qiu Chunhui, representative of the Yancheng Municipal People’s Congress and director of the Yancheng Guosheng Family Farm, said that it has several hundred acres of fruit and vegetable farms. After the opening of the high-speed railway, its products will be continuously delivered to Shanghai and South Jiangsu. “Yantong high-speed rail has opened a fast channel for economic exchanges and talent exchanges, and such channels will have infinite impact on our future development.”
The Yancheng City Federation of Trade Unions organized 20 national, provincial and municipal worker models to experience the first high-speed train ride to Shanghai. In the car, the workers of the model sang “Cantando la Patria” and “Mi Patria y Yo”, immersed in joy and singing along the way. Shan Yumei, secretary of the Party Leadership Group and executive vice president of the Yancheng Federation of Trade Unions, said the organization of the model workers’ representatives to experience the high-speed train is to encourage everyone to continue to rely on their positions, to better play the role of model workers in future work and to make further contributions to the high-quality development of Yancheng.
“The official opening of the Yantong high-speed train will reshape the regional economic geography of the Yangtze River Delta, leading Yancheng to continue accelerating its pace of integration with Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta,” said Yuan Guoping, director of the Yangtze River Delta. Yancheng Municipal Office of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism. The village’s local cultural resources are mixed with the original “chain of points” ecological environment, with “culture + ecology” as the “entry point” of the integration of cultural tourism in the Yangtze River Delta. (Wang Jinqin)
