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Global Times: 'Sister Wu' Sells Vegetables by 'Slow Train'
Villagers sell fresh local produce and live poultry on a renovated slow train carriage, generating over 200 yuan in sales before returning home for the Spring Festival.
- A renovated carriage on slow train 5639/5640 operated as a rural market, with villagers selling produce ahead of the Spring Festival, according to railway authorities.
- After years of heavy loads and long walks, villagers welcomed the change since vendors once carried more than 100 jin and walked one or two hours, causing wilted produce and low prices.
- In the afternoon, villagers boarded the slow train with shoulder poles displaying vegetables, chickens, ducks, fish and geese, while train staff promoted products as passengers browsed.
- Villagers sold out goods on the slow train, earning more than 200 yuan, enabling them to buy Spring Festival items like couplets and a new outfit, as Wu Shoufen said she can now be with her child every day.
- Railway staff helped load shoulder poles and promoted sales on the slow train market, which organizers framed as improving livelihoods and easing travel, with Hu Guichuan overseeing the initiative.
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Slow trains transform SW China rural economy
In southwest China, slow trains traveling through Guizhou’s mountains are transforming the local economy. The No. 5639 and 5640 trains cover 337 kilometers at less than 50 km/h, linking 16 stations and more than 100 ethnic villages. Affordable tickets make these trains a vital daily lifeline for villagers and small traders. Locals like Wu Shoufen from Wengdang Village rely on the trains to transport fresh vegetables to Kaili City, generating ste…
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