Express delivery companies will enter the "high-speed rail era"

Recently, China Railway Corporation's cargo organization reform plan put forward that "high-speed rail express delivery" has become one of the main businesses of railway freight after reform, and it has caused applause from express companies that are suffering from the improvement of transportation capacity. “But because high-speed rail currently lacks the supporting facilities in the freight link, the short-term express delivery companies have limited volume through high-speed rail transport, and due to other objective reasons, high-speed rail will not completely replace aviation.”

Logistics costs 1/4 lower than aviation

"The 'four vertical and four horizontal' high-speed rail line is open to the market and express delivery companies are absolutely welcome." The person in charge of the above-mentioned local express delivery company said that in March of last year, three companies including SF Express, EMS and FedEx reached a cooperation with Guangzhou Railway Group and they Guangzhou High Speed ​​Rail Guangzhou South to Changsha South try to run high-speed rail express, from the results, the cost is lower than the aviation mode. “If such a huge network of railways is to be opened up in the future, cooperating with express delivery companies will greatly reduce costs. According to the Guangdong Railway Bureau, last year from Guangzhou to Changsha, the cost of the auto mode was about 0.3-0.4 yuan/kg, and the cost of aviation was About 2 yuan / kg, high-speed rail costs 1.5 yuan / kg, the cost is lower than the aviation 25%.

According to statistics, at present, 80% of domestic shipments of express mail are transported by automobile, 15% by air, and rely on railways and other forms of less than 5%.

Lack of matching short-term hard climate

Although "high-speed rail transportation" has obvious advantages in terms of costs, in the short-term end-users can not enjoy the benefits brought by the decline in delivery costs. It is understood that there is currently only one train that carries goods from Guangzhou Nannan to Wuhan South every day. It usually operates around 4 am, commonly known as the "sweeping vehicle," and is used to check whether the line is safe before the normal operation of the high-speed rail. After the goods arrived at the station, the railway staff quickly removed the goods and quickly installed the car that the courier company stopped outside the station.

"This "Mine sweeper" is also a model of our daily passenger high-speed rail. Limited cargo load, plus only one trip per day, has little effect on actual transportation results." Xu Yong, chief consultant of express logistics consulting network, believes that if "high-speed rail Express "The business must be fully developed, special trains need to be built, and the platforms used for loading and unloading along railway stations must be remodeled. Therefore, "high-speed rail express delivery" will not have a significant impact on the express delivery industry in the short term.

The advantage of high-speed railway is in the "middle and long distance"

Xu Yong said that in addition to cost advantages, the high-speed rail transport capacity is also more obvious. “According to preliminary calculations, the cargo capacity of a high-speed railcar is equivalent to the load of a 737 aircraft, and a train of high-speed rails has at least 6 cars. The cargo that a train can transport is much higher than an airplane.”

"The advantage of air transport is that it has a short time. When it is transported over a distance of over 1,000 kilometers, the aircraft occupies a great advantage. The advantages of road transport are its convenience and its ability to achieve door-to-door logistics services, especially within 500 kilometers. Obviously," said Xu Yong, the area where high-speed rail transportation will have the greatest impact on roads and air transport will be 500-1000 kilometers.