China Europe train has entered the eleventh year!

Life has its limits, but a project has the opportunity to become a century long career. When the China Europe train enters the beginning of the second decade, what thinking does it need?

Since 2017, line congestion has gradually become the norm. Every year, China Europe trains will face a shortage of transport capacity for a period of time. Infrastructure investment is increasing little by little, and the traffic volume is also doubling, but the growth of transport capacity often can not beat the growth of demand.

If the shortage of containers is only caused by the unreasonable distribution of resources during the epidemic, the shortage of transport capacity is actually the crux of railway transportation for a long time.

Behind the shortage of transport capacity, there is not only the "congenital malformation" of long-term infrastructure investment, but also the "acquired deficiency" of unreasonable planning. Is it necessary to ensure the fast timeliness and high-quality service of the train, or to ensure the increase in quantity? There is a joke that "children make choices and adults want them all", but at present, the results of all want are not satisfactory, and the quantity and quality can not go hand in hand under the current state.

The "day after tomorrow shortage" of the plan also contains more detailed problems, such as the lack of a unified whole journey timetable, such as the problem of agreeing on telegrams. It was agreed that the telegraph did not play its role of overall management and overall coordination, resulting in a large number of trains flocking to a line and a station in a short time, adding congestion to the backlog.

Due to the delayed arrival of the train due to congestion, it often fails to arrive at the agreed time. This will also trigger a chain reaction. For example, the follow-up logistics service is not timely, which will bring a bad experience to customers. Europe has many complaints about this. Can timely information exchange solve such problems?

Timely information exchange is simple to say and difficult to do, not to mention that the China EU train involves so many countries, customs systems and operators. Railway transportation cannot face the vast sea of stars like sea ships. There are so many mountains. Should we place our hope on innovative technology?

Such a technology, placed in the picture of the development of China EU trains in the next decade, is undoubtedly digital. Standing on the railway track, we can't see the end at a glance. Can Chinese Internet enterprises known as global giants help us realize our dream of strategizing and winning thousands of miles? Ten thousand kilometers away, containers and locomotives on railway tracks, automated processes and AI robots in warehouses... Are they still as far away from us as they were ten years ago and now? Will the ten-year development big data accumulated by China EU trains have the opportunity to become a new core competitiveness? Or give up the dominance of China Europe train digitization and miss the next decade?

The infrastructure of railway tracks and stations has its national ownership and is inviolable. The boundary of digital infrastructure still needs to be defined by courageous people. Imagine what the China Europe train will look like ten years later - let's describe the digital blueprint of this cause! If you don't start, you'll never catch up with others.

Of course, no matter what technology, it is still a game of politics and people in the final analysis. Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people. What other wisdom is needed for the development of China EU trains? As we enter the second decade, we invite you to offer advice and suggestions.