Notes on the Investigation of Narrow Gauge Passenger Transport from Dancheng to Xuchang, Henan Province
As far as I know, at present, there are mainly three kinds of gauge for domestic railways, namely 1435 mm, 1000 mm and 762 mm, of which the latter two are collectively called narrow gauge. There are not many 762 mm narrow rails, which are basically used by local railways and forest railways, and there are very few 762 mm passenger trains. I am afraid that only Henan and Sichuan still exist.
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17:00, get off work on time and go home quickly. The traffic in Beijing is really bad. There are traffic jams every day after work, especially on weekends. After coming out of the company, I found that the surrounding roads were seriously congested, so I decided to walk, and walked about 1 km. When I arrived in Zhongguancun, the road congestion was alleviated, so I got on a 7565438+. Because I bought the 1625 train at 8: 00 p.m., the time was tight, but the driver of this stupid car 75 1 drove very slowly. It's only a few kilometers away, and there are many cars passing by on other lines in the same direction. I thought it would be nice if this car drove like the 52 1 bus in Wuhan.
P#？ s { F }？ {+Ut5Xm 18:20, I finally got home, packed my bags and set off for Beijing West Railway Station. On February 7th, 2006, at 5438+06438, I left home at the same time 1625 times, but the whole city was paralyzed by heavy snow that day, and I almost missed the train. This time I learned from that day. # l { & ampz]& amp； T
19:20 Take bus No.370 and transfer to bus No.52 to arrive at Beijing West Railway Station. There are still more than 40 minutes left, so I went to Yonghe Soymilk in the north of West Railway Station for dinner, and asked for a family portrait beef rice and a cup of iced soymilk. 19 yuan. It tastes ok, but it's a little expensive. The catering facilities in Beijing West Railway Station are not complete.
j X； Qa 19:45, I went to the waiting room and found that the tickets had been cut and there was no one in the waiting room. It was already in the car when I got down to the platform. Generally speaking, trains originating in Beijing have cars at the front, but 1625 is an exception. Trains from Beijing are grouped into baggage cars (18), hard sleeper campers (17) and hard sleeper cars (16 ~ 65433). It seems that this car is still very attractive to passengers. After all, it is a green leather car, which is cheap. Unfortunately, there are fewer and fewer such cars now. \ }3[0\.m O-f
At 20: 04, the train started on time, and the heating in the carriage burned well, and the speed was faster all the way. I looked at it carefully. There seems to be a Jiangxi elderly tour group in my carriage. It seems that their tour in Beijing is not bad, and everyone is talking loudly. An old man is talking loudly in Jiangxi dialect, and two little girls from Henan next to me are discussing problems in Henan dialect. The carriage is very lively. \/] oM。 XZU
Arrive at Wen 'an Station at 2 1:30, temporarily stop at 10 minute, avoid the late T123rd and 2 1:57, and arrive at Renqiu Station later. I was surprised to find that T 123 times still stopped at Renqiu (it should be 2 1. The flight attendants of T 123 all stood at the door of the car and looked at us gloomily. So are the passengers. The attendance rate of T 123 is good, and the five hard-seat carriages are overcrowded. On this day, T 123 was pulled by two machines, DF4B-3846 (Beijing Railway Station) and DF4D-3024. @+d # Advertising Input and Output
At 22:00, turn off the lights and go to bed. The train broadcast said that the dining car had a snack buffet. The time is from 22: 00 to 5: 00 am. Each 25 yuan has a variety of delicious food for everyone to taste, making it an ideal choice for seatless passengers. Selling teahouses in public seems to be good for everyone. Actually, there is not necessarily food. The key is to buy seats. U f！ W2i[)v3S3BV2M%}p
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Arrive at Bozhou Station in 5: 15, 10 minutes. According to the scheduled plan, I will take a bus from Bozhou to Lu Yi, and then transfer to Dancheng. After getting off the train, I found that the hard-seat car was no longer crowded. It seems that many people got off at Shandong, Henan. After leaving the station, it was still not bright. There are many long-distance buses parked in the square in front of the station. I looked for it and was glad to see that there was a direct bus to Dancheng. Great, I got on this Iveco without changing trains, and many people got off at Bozhou 1625 times. Soon, this Avik got off the bus.
EE-WX: 15:50, I started from Bozhou Railway Station. I didn't go into the city, nor did I go west to Lu Yi, but I drove directly south (Fuyang direction). About half an hour later, I arrived in a small town. From there, I turned and got on the country road. It seems that the driver is familiar with this road. Avik drove on the dirt road between farmland for half an hour before he got on the road. Fortunately, it's still early and there is no one on the road. The road here in Anhui is not easy to walk, the road is full of potholes, the speed can't be lifted at all, and there is a lot of soil. In Henan, the situation has improved a lot and the speed has also accelerated. Finally, we arrived in Dancheng at 8 o'clock. |t/U8Ctn]4c？
Bozhou to Dancheng is a rural area with no big towns. There seems to be wheat planted in the field, which has just grown. The economy here is underdeveloped, the houses on both sides of the road are not good, and the living standards of farmers need to be improved. Every family here has dogs, and there are dogs on the roadside, but unlike what I saw in Beijing, the dogs here are not ornamental dogs, but watchdog dogs, so they look better. Primary schools in rural areas here also have classes on Saturdays, and I saw many such pupils along the way. Another thing happened in the car. I'll take this Evick and get off as a ticket. Finally arrived near Dancheng. The shopkeeper began to collect tickets for the last few people. Bozhou to Dancheng, per person 15 yuan. When the shopkeeper received a young man, he said he didn't have that much money on him, only fifty cents. He wanted to go out to work, but he couldn't find a job and had to go home. There is nothing the shopkeeper can do.
z.n ~ $ K； 7: 50 f @ p, arrive at Dancheng bus station. Dancheng belongs to Zhoukou City, Henan Province. The county seat is very small. There are no buses in the city, only tricycles and noodles. Noodles here are very cheap. Starting price 2 yuan. You can sit for 2 kilometers, and then it is 1 yuan per kilometer. It's nice to meet such a cheap taxi. All my activities in Dancheng are taking a taxi. After getting off the bus, I took a taxi directly to the railway station. Dancheng Railway Station is located in the northeast corner of the county, and the bus station is located in the southeast corner of the county. It's about 2 kilometers from the bus station to the railway station. A few minutes later, I finally saw the narrow-gauge railway station. When I arrived at the station area, I found that the whole railway station was still of some scale. The whole railway station runs east-west, with four rails in the middle and a coal plant in the east. Some gondolas are parked in the station. Upon inquiry, I learned that there are two buses every day, one of which is scheduled to leave Xuchang at 7: 00 every morning and return from Dancheng at 14: 30. The other bus is added temporarily, because there is a Huaiyang meeting from the second day of February to the third day of March in the lunar calendar. In short, it is a folk temple fair, so the subway company added this bus, which leaves from Dancheng at 7: 00 every morning. /kloc-return from Xuchang at 0/5: 30 and arrive in Dancheng at 2150. This extra train is a local train, and all stations stop, while the reservation is an express train, and some stations stop. ! G (D2? f3m#[k D R
Because I missed the bus in Dancheng in the morning and had to wait for the bus in the afternoon, there was nothing to do, so I had to go to Dancheng, but the county seat was too small, and it took only 20 minutes to walk from one side of the county seat. Dancheng has no scenic spots, mainly the Century Square in the west of the county. In the north of the square, there are five groups of buildings, such as the newly-built county government, which are magnificent in momentum and scale. Because it rained lightly in Dancheng this morning, there were not many people, only a group. The business in Dancheng is not very developed. The department store and Xinhua Bookstore seem to have closed down, and the prices here are not high. I found a barber shop to wash, cut and blow 5 yuan, which is much cheaper than Beijing. So is eating at noon. A big bowl of Huimian Noodles is only a few dollars, and it is still a regular shop, but there are some advanced places in the county. Shanghai Hualian Supermarket has three branches in Dancheng, and the food is OK. There are not many Internet cafes in Dancheng, but I took a taxi to find them for a while. 2 yuan is very fast every hour, and it's very fast to visit bus No.52 and other foreign stations.
{5a J3b_-u8l(u 12:30), arrived at the railway station, bought some food at Hualian Supermarket near the station, mainly worried about the long journey and nothing to sell on the bus, and then went to the railway station, where there was a lot of sand piled up, standing on the sand dunes, and saw that someone was waiting for the bus, and several tricycles and taxis also arrived, ready to solicit customers.
VqfG${"z"r 13: 10 With the horn coming from a distance, a train caught my eye and finally saw the real narrow-gauge passenger train. I am very excited. The train is towed by Taihang 52A locomotive, and consists of 1 narrow gauge boxcar and YZz29 narrow gauge hard seat car. It seems that the traffic is very good. After getting off the train, the train suddenly began to retreat. I thought it was back. It was only 1 half past one when I looked at my watch, so I shouldn't have left. So I went after it and looked at it carefully, and found that it was a commutation. Only then can I understand the meaning of river line commutation introduced on the Internet. It turns out that only one end of this kind of locomotive has a cab, so it is not necessary to change from one end to the other like a normal locomotive. The bottom of this narrow gauge train has not been untied. But through a river line to change direction. At the same time, a Cz 15 narrow gauge gondola is added at the rear. When changing direction, the children in the nearby village get on the bus and follow the car when changing direction. It seems that they must play this game every day. After the train changed, it stopped at the station area, the flight attendants went to eat, and the ticket office began to sell tickets. I bought a ticket to Xuchang with a fare of 15 yuan 50 cents, and then I got on the bus. Although the car is small, the facilities are ok. There are lights, toilets and televisions in it (it has not been turned on). H3f9vB#}:K8u
14:28, the train leaves 2 minutes in advance. It feels really good to take such a train, just like going back to childhood, just like taking a small train in the park when I was a child, but the distance is longer. The whole journey from Dancheng to Xuchang is 164 km, and it is planned to run for 6 hours and 20 minutes. There are not many people when leaving Dancheng, and the whole train is about 50 people. Because it is a plain area, the railway track is relatively straight and the line conditions are ok.
, k: o # [[c1zfw # [14: 50] At Jizhong Station, an old man got on the last cable car with a big cow. It seems that the small train really serves the countryside and should be kept. Although each Daniel is charged according to the standard of five people, it is still very cost-effective and the price is very low.
(mzm5a) U: C # J3 ` 15: 06, arrive at Xiaoyan Station, and then pass Dalian Railway Station 15: 18. This Dalian Railway Station is a township in Huaiyang County, also called Dalian. L2\P |A(M$u8|^'R
15:33 Arrive at Huaiyang Station, from Dancheng to Huaiyang 3 1 km. Huaiyang Station is a big station. Many people got on the bus because of Huaiyang Club. Before entering the station, we saw that the platform was completely dark. As soon as the bus stopped, everyone scrambled to get on. The train stopped at this station for 9 minutes before leaving, and about 200 people got on.
@t#xP-h9RN 16:02, get to Anling Station, and many people get off. Narrow-gauge buses are basically short distances. It seems that only a few people are the same as me.
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7\ q-Qw:DR 16:48, arrive at Taikang station. Many students went home at the weekend. The train stopped at this station for 19 minutes, and the flight attendant was checking the condition of the train. After the train left this station, I took a look and found that it was about 40% overcrowded. The aisle was crowded with people and the last cable car stopped there. & ampx E'rN~+U4LK_
17:37 arrived at Xunmukou Station, and many students got off the bus, which greatly eased the congestion. However, there is a person who doesn't know why. Maybe he suddenly fell ill and lay still on the platform. The train stopped at this station 10 minutes.
0@~4Z4j${H%LpH:IX 18:00, arrive at Banqiao Station.
9b-AAP * k [:y] n18:11,arrive at Daxin station.
Z {w "d: rv3y 18: 25, arrive at Lianzhuang Station. At this time, it was getting dark. The conductor turned on the light in the car. Although it was not very bright, he could still see the words in the newspaper clearly. Im3It | Q & amppEz
18:44, we arrived at Weiying Station, which is Fugou East Station. This train doesn't stop at this station, but it will meet. The bus from Xuchang to Dancheng is waiting for us at the platform. There are two trains on the ground floor at present. This train uses a bus made in Harbin, and the extra train uses a car bought from Meixian County, Guangdong Province, with a single window.
E6DCohk% 18:52, arrived at Fugou Station, which has complete facilities. This is the only station with a departure bell on this trip. However, because I sat in the back, I haven't seen clearly whether the road sign is still in use now, because I still see the signal light along the line, and I always feel that it is blocked, which may not be artificial. After the train started from Fugou, there was no one. juol l 1P
19:08, after Shilidian station, the train goes from Fugou to Xuchang, with only one Yanling station in the middle, and other stations don't stop, which is considered an express. Because there were many people in front, I looked for an opportunity to chat with the conductor after the ditch. I sat in the last section. The conductor is a man, who seems to be a conductor and also serves as a conductor. I talked with him for a long time in the last paragraph. Speaking of joint venture, as far as he knows, the joint venture company with Henan Metro is not a very powerful company. It is precisely because their funds have not been remitted that the transformation from Yuxian to Xuchang has not progressed. The conductor specifically asked me to take my camera and record it, because maybe they will soon become history. He also mentioned that there were three people from Hubei who came to sit here specially last year. I guess it was Yu Jiegang and other friends. )F8_K8S|l 1O
In fact, I think such a small train is still very bad, especially at night. I sit in a dimly lit carriage and on a wooden chair. The train is moving slowly and the passengers around me are sleepy. I feel that time goes back in an instant, as if I were sitting on the Beijing-Shanghai night train before liberation. This feeling is really wonderful and wonderful. I will remember this experience. p]%du2Rb
At 20: 37, the train arrived at the terminal-Xuchang Station, and the task of taking a small train was successfully completed. Because I have something to do on Sunday, I left for Beijing at once. Xuchang small railway station is very close to Xuchang railway station. I took a motorcycle, and it took me 2 yuan for a few minutes to get to the train station, but the next journey was not smooth. 1c4c|YS。 \7F"[W
Unfortunately, when I arrived at Xuchang Station, K 158 just left, so I had to take another bus. There seems to be no migrant workers in Xuchang station, and there is no one in the ticket hall. After understanding, it was learned that Xuchang Station had 2232 empty seats, 2546 hard sleepers and 2090 soft sleepers, hard seats and no seats that night. It seems that the air-conditioned car has been changed 2090 times. So I want to buy a through ticket for 2546 to Beijing, but the conductor doesn't sell it. It seems that my professional quality needs to be improved. I decided to try it in Zhengzhou, so I bought a pass of 1628 to Zhengzhou. Later, I felt that this decision was wrong and learned the following lessons:
& new york? Lesson 65438 in the afternoon +0: Buy a sleeper if you can, and don't wait for the next stop.
~%D8nMVw#q Lesson 2: Try not to buy tickets at Zhengzhou Station. There are always many ticket offices in Zhengzhou station, and the service attitude is not good, but you can transfer. Zhengzhou station has more transfer signatures and more spacious and bright windows than the ticket office. 2O@8yljTh
2 1:00, 1628 entered Xuchang station in advance. This is a car in Nanning Railway Depot. There are many people with hard seats, but they are not satisfied. Finally, they found a seat. 1 hour or when I arrive at Zhengzhou station, when I leave the station, the ticket cutter must tear the corner of my ticket. My ticket was originally packed in a transparent monthly ticket folder, so I had to take it out and let her tear it. Buy tickets quickly. This is a difficult thing to ask. On that day, all the northbound trains in Zhengzhou Station had no tickets, so I had to go outside the station to consider the countermeasures. I thought Zhengzhou station would reserve the 2090 train, but it seems wrong. In addition, the 1628 train arrived in Zhengzhou at 22:06, five minutes ahead of schedule. I could have caught the K 180 train at the first platform, but I saw K65438. After thinking for a long time, I finally bought 2232 through tickets to Beijing West, including 2232 tickets to Shijiazhuang.
; X%K| `p4y bought the ticket and got into the station. Zhengzhou opened at 00:24 for the 2232nd time. It's still early I stood at the information desk in the lobby on the first floor of Zhengzhou Railway Station. Many people asked questions, but the people responsible for answering them had a poor attitude. I ignored them and gave them an answer. As a result, many people asked me, stood for half an hour and answered many questions, none of which were very complicated.
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00: 10, finally waiting for the ticket cut. In the process of waiting for the bus, I tried to change my mind several times, because the northbound bus No.2232 is green, and it is estimated that it will be crowded. Besides, I don't like the bus No.2232 in Taiyuan. However, we finally entered the station and there were not many people. Although there are many people standing, it is not crowded, because many people are lying on hard seats, taking up a lot of seats, but in fact they are short of manpower. When I got on the office bus, I saw five people waiting in line to fill the sleeper, but there seemed to be a sleeper. Who knew there would be no sleeper after making up three people? The conductor told me that there was a sleeper behind Xinxiang, and if I had to make up for it, because I avoided the 2232 express train from Xinxiang to Anyang, it would take a long time to drive to Anyang, and it was meaningless for me to make up for it. So I asked if there was a soft sleeper, and the answer was no, and then I asked if there was a teahouse. I answered no, so I had to stand. I have been checking the timetable since the train started, and finally I decided to get off at Xinxiang and change to the next train. %w4SFYDPd
0 1: 18, arrive at Xinxiang station on time. After I left the station, I saw that there was no one in the square and the station. There seems to be no migrant workers here, and there is no one in the ticket hall here. I speeded up K268 times, then got out of the station and walked casually on the road. The street is still quiet at night, and I haven't walked like this for a long time. Finally, I walked around and went back to the train station and the square.
Q7kd 1J%EXd 02:45, the ticket was cut into the station. On this day, only five people took K268 from Xinxiang Station. It seems that there are not many people. After arriving at the platform, just arrived at the station of K 183. After a short stop, a train from the north came soon, really soon. In the blink of an eye, it is t 65438+ from Beijing west to Guangzhou.
2H & amp； j； V8xn3E0Lw3Y 02:54, K268 arrived on time, and the seating rate of the hard seat car was about 70%. After getting on the bus, I'll make up the berth. When I got into the car, I saw that the hard sleeper was empty. After standing for a long time, I went to sleep until I slept in Beijing. This sleeper is still worth it. ! n p & ampO 1s*vw'y A)Bc]B
& a (VN \ 3 ~+JP) The above is my record of taking the small train from Dancheng to Xuchang. I hope this little train can continue to run, and I hope to go there again in the future, because this little train left a really good impression on me. \