The express of "iron old man" is not good for delivery
- 2018-05-14 14:35
- Express railway freight transportation, air transportation, land transportation, high speed rail transportation
The parcel was packed into a high-speed train of 300 kilometers per hour, accompanied by the "iron old man" - the central enterprise of China Railway Corporation, and the endorsement of the express tycoon who had cooperated with the University.
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For express users, high-speed rail transport is a synonym for sex appeal. It meets almost all the needs of modern people for express delivery: fast, safe and advanced. But this sex appeal needs extra payment, and it costs a lot.
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12.7 yuan per capita express price (2016 data) is not enough to enjoy the sex appeal. The private express company, represented by Shun Feng and Tongda department, firmly occupies the market share, and is expanding the gap between the railway transportation and the railway transportation. The first quarter data released by the Ministry of transport show that road freight volume is 8 times the volume of railway freight.
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In 2018, on the 110 day, China Railway Express (main bulk cargo express) dropped by 7% compared with the same period last year. Its performance in 6 cities, including Shanghai, Beijing, has declined significantly. Iron boss asked China Railway Express to strengthen cooperation with Shun Feng, Jingdong and China Post.
A week later, the price of railway freight was lowered, and the notice still came from the iron boss. This will seem to work, but probably not, to regain market share. At home, highway freight prices are almost 3 times the price of railway freight. The 1:3 pricing idea was established after August 2013, when the railway freight market share had dropped to below 10%. So far, the price advantage has not been converted to market advantage.
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At least from the price point of view, high-speed rail is not the most expensive mode of transportation. Within the same period, the price of air freight is almost two times higher than that of high-speed rail. The cost is far higher than the land transport. But now, domestic express companies are more willing to throw money into aircraft and aviation bases.
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Why is the transport of high speed rail unseen? Because the price is not cost-effective, but air freight is more expensive than it is. What is the reason why it is difficult to express the high-speed rail era?
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Product price ratio is general
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Recently, the palm chain media reporter called the China Railway Express customer service and asked them how much money they needed to deliver the high-speed rail from Beijing to Chaoyang District to Shanghai Pudong New Area. The other side said that the first weight was 130 yuan, and the weight was 25 yuan per kilogram.
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Next, the reporter called Shun Feng's service again. Because Shun Feng has recently launched a high-speed rail "handy" product with China Railway Express. After reporting the same position, Shun Feng customer service told reporters that the first time was 70 yuan and the weight was 30 yuan /0.5 kg.
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After knowing that Shun Feng provided the air transportation business, the reporter asked for the air freight price under the same conditions: the first price was 150 yuan, and the weight was 30 yuan / kg.
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Jingdong's logistics "Jing Zun Da" also has cooperation with China Railway Express, but they only provide services to third party merchants in Jingdong mall. Reporters call their relevant department operators, the other refused to disclose the corresponding price before the cooperation. However, the logistics cost of Jingdong logistics under the same conditions is: the first cost is 18 yuan, and the renewal cost is 8 yuan / kilogram. Customer service says that ordinary logistics is also fast.
In contrast, first of all, the cost of high-speed rail transport is much higher than that of ordinary logistics. The price of the products provided by China Railway Express is almost as high as that of SF and it reaches the same level at the same time. But the opening hours are only before 11:00 a.m., and consumers are required to send them to the high-speed rail station. Second, it has a good price advantage to send a low weight object by hand, but if it is too heavy, the price of 30 yuan per 0.5 kilograms will soon make it more than the day by air.
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High speed rail transportation is between land transportation and air transportation, but its product design is hit at two ends. Price sensitive users will not consider high-speed rail transport at all, which means a direct farewell to the electricity suppliers who occupy the 80% market share.
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There is no need for high-end customers to rush to the high-speed rail station. It is a solution to this problem, but it has little to do with China Railway Express. It is the on-site service provided by SF.
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SF currently has a major share in the business piece market, but this figure accounts for only a small part of the express market. In recent years, the average price of express delivery has been declining, and the commercial market of Shun Feng has been eaten up by EMS and Jingdong. In fact, the price performance of SF is pretty good, but if the price is not raised, it is difficult to predict the performance of China Railway Express cooperation with SF.
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Not for freight
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During the double eleven period in 2016, a picture of a high-speed rail car full of parcels was widely distributed on micro-blog. Some people say that this is the whole train that SF has packed, which is to be packed. But this statement is not officially /confirm/ied.
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Shun Feng did cooperate with China Railway Express to try high-speed rail transport very early. At that time, the two sides launched the "high-speed rail speed products" after the operation of the full moon, the official also declared that "the product will be fully loaded on the market in the month".
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It's a full load, but it's similar to today's mobile phone manufacturer's propaganda of full screen mobile phone. In fact, the biggest problem with high-speed rail transport is that the package can not be loaded. Because the high speed rail was used at the beginning of the construction, it was used for passenger transportation. As shown in the picture above, just wrap the package into the seat. Even the luggage rack on both sides is empty because the weight exceeds the standard.
Despite the speed and weather free characteristics, high-speed rail is theoretically an ideal vehicle for transportation. But this is probably not a reasonable cost arithmetic problem. A person close to his job name told reporters that the cost of transporting parcels with high-speed rail is very expensive. Even if it's a heavy SF, it can't be used all the time. Besides, the loading efficiency is not high. "I can only say that at that particular time, SF is willing to exchange money for speed."
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Even the loading of ordinary trains has many limitations. China rail express is the main carrier of bulk cargo express. The popular means of transport in this area is actually a van. It is convenient to meet the characteristics of frequent loading and unloading, sorting and so on. It is another thing to get to the freight train, and despite its mature experience in loading and unloading at home, it is still more likely to be more inclined to transport objects including coal and steel.
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Many years ago, transporting coal and steel was an important revenue for railway transportation. But with overcapacity and economic transformation, these old methods will not be able to perform better. After the price reform, iron boss in order to find the market share, not only lower the price, but also greatly optimize the formalities. Such a low profile is hard to say that it will not work, but it will be far from the decline. If the problem is not in terms of price and policy, it is likely to be limited by the mode of railway transportation.
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High - speed rail dispute
China is the country with the longest mileage and the largest scale of construction in the world. It is also very likely that the country has lost the most in this field.
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The high speed rail loss is a worldwide problem. So far, almost no high speed rail in the world can rely on passenger revenue to pay for construction and operation costs, mostly in the state of loss or by government subsidies. Zhao Jian, a professor at Beijing Jiaotong University, wrote in the column of "fortune new weekly".
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Zhao Jian has been watching the construction of high-speed rail in China. He believes that the high speed rail can only transport people almost impossible, and the cost of construction and operation is much higher than that of the ordinary railway (2~3 times), so the driving effect on the local economy is far lower than that of the ordinary railway.
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Zhao Jian's analysis is not a hole in the hole. The recent development and Reform Commission has also done a lot of instructions in this respect: some local high speed railway stations around the development and construction of different degrees are too large in the initial stage, high function positioning, a single development model, comprehensive incomplete and other problems, the attraction of population and industry is not enough, the foundation of sustainable healthy development is not strong enough, and it is hidden. Certain social and economic risks.
Besides, high-speed rail transport may still distort the original sin of railway transportation. Zhao Jian said in the article, "large-scale high-speed rail construction led to the market share of railway freight turnover in China (excluding ocean transportation) from 50% in 2005, with a rapid decline of 3 percentage points per year, and only 17% of the market share in 2016."
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He drew the conclusion that "the cost of logistics has been greatly increased". The reason is that the absence of railway transportation has led to the extensive use of cheap raw materials for motor transport in China. In fact, the value of petrol consumed by cars is much higher than the value of goods (such as coal). This will lead to deformity development.
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On the other hand, the high speed rail, because of the serious losses caused by passenger transport (the passenger income is not enough to fill the interest in the construction of high - speed rail loans), needs to be made up by the increase in the price of freight. The price of railway freight has undergone 11 adjustments since 2004, and it has increased two times by 2015.
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The absence of high-speed rail freight is due not only to its own limitations, but also to the oppression of transport capacity. Zhao Jian pointed out that "part of the transport capacity of high-speed rail has not been fully utilized. ?Japan's East Sea Road Shinkansen line of 161 pairs of high - speed rail line every day, we are now the busiest Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway did not reach this level, Lanxin high speed railway only open 4 pairs of EMU, high speed rail transport capacity is unused, and Xinjiang a large number of resources to rely on the road.
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In the current 120 thousand km railway in China, 22 thousand km is a high-speed railway which can only be transported by people. "China's high standard railway has huge room for development, but not high-speed rail." Zhao Jian used an example to prove it. In 2013, the US Senate opposed the loan from the Las Vegas West Railway cooperation project, which was written by the US Department of transport.
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The letter said, "we are very worried about the prospect of financing another expensive, wasteful and high-risk high-speed railway project. We need to reject the loan application of the western fast line and guide the funds for the more worthwhile transportation infrastructure projects that provide reasonable returns for the taxpayers. "
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Author Liu Yuhao
Source: palm chain media