Today, one pair of international passenger trains has been added between Xishuangbanna, China and Luang Prabang, Laos, two famous tourist cities, to achieve same-day round-trip between the two places. What are the differences between the newly opened international travel train from Xishuangbanna to Luang Prabang, Laos? What are the new changes on this line in the one year since the international passenger train of the China-Laos Railway has been in operation? Let's take a look.
Reporter Luo Qixin: How can I take the train to Laos without a cup of Chinese-Lao coffee? The cup in my hand is coffee beans from China and Laos, and with the flavor of Pu'er tea and the taste of milk, it tastes mellow and smooth. Now on the cross-border train, scan the QR code next to the seat, and you can also choose from American and special blends, freely choose the sweetness and temperature, and personalize your taste buds.
Both Yunnan and Laos have a common specialty, and that is coffee beans. From April 13, pour-over coffee made from a blend of Yunnan small grain coffee and Lao coffee beans will be sold on several trains on the domestic section of the China-Laos Railway, allowing tourists to taste a different flavor during the journey.
Delicious one step first, special one step to the "stomach". On the occasion of the first anniversary of the opening of the China-Laos International Train, the railway department launched 15 types of special packages, such as "papaya meat slice package, jackfruit stewed rice, Dai Xiang meat foam package, Thai fish package", etc., the price is between 15 yuan and 40 yuan, and the cover packaging is in Chinese, old and English, which is convenient for passengers of different nationalities to read.
Reporter Luo Qixin: The original hot and cold chain packages on the train have also been specially customized and upgraded, such as this cross-bridge rice noodles with rich ingredients, as well as various characteristics of Dai flavor, elephant rice bowls specially prepared for children, and so on.
With the popularity of cross-border travel, many elderly people and children have also increased. For these key passengers, the railway department has also thought of many ways.
Reporter Luo Qixin: When you get on the passenger train of the China-Laos Railway, you can see many Chinese knots of different colors hanging on the coat hooks, which are used to help the crew locate key passengers in a timely manner and provide services.
Yang Bin, conductor of the international passenger train of the China-Laos Railway: You can see the five-colored Chinese knot in the carriage, in addition to keeping the toilet clean and tidy, we have also added fragrance to the toilet, and in terms of hearing, in addition to the regular Chinese, Dai and English trilingual broadcasts, we also provide Chinese, Lao and English trilingual broadcasts for international passengers.
To take an international passenger train, you need to get off at Mohan Station before crossing the border, go through customs and border inspection and then return to the train. In order to strengthen the convenient customs clearance service, the customs department has set up 4 exit channels and 12 entry channels at Mohan Station, equipped with intelligent self-service declaration terminals and other equipment, and provided operation tips in 6 languages to help passengers declare and quickly inspect at their fingertips.
Li Bing, special duty class at the railway port of Mohan Border Inspection Station: Here in the fast lane, after the passengers read the card, they enter the channel according to the prompts to verify their fingerprints and faces. The whole process can be cleared in 10 seconds, and it is three times faster than manual inspection.
Optimize the inspection and customs clearance process. At the customs clearance site, the reporter noticed that a special channel for the "Belt and Road" was also set up to further improve the efficiency of customs clearance.
Li Bing: "The Belt and Road" special channel is mainly a channel for people involved in the construction of the "Belt and Road" project and talks and meetings, and it is a channel for special services to facilitate their rapid customs clearance. Employees and drivers of international passenger trains go through the formalities at the fast track.
Beiqing Net
Editor: Xiang Yanhong