For local officials in the 80s, there were not many people who could pay attention to railway construction, mainly because of the difficulty in setting up projects and the lack of financial resources.

And those who dare to take the initiative to mention the double line of the railway are even rarer, and it stands to reason that only more developed areas can have this advanced concept, but today when this idea came out of the mouth of Leng Ziyue, the secretary of the mining area, Zhong Bai was really startled!

The double-track railway is not just as simple as doubling the transportation capacity of rare earth concentrates.

In a traditional single-track railway, because there is only one track, all the trains running on it, whether it is a passenger car or a wagon, cannot go fast because of the concept of "wrong train".

Between each station section, there is at most only one train running on the current section of track, for the simple reason that if there are more than two, they will undoubtedly crash.

Therefore, only after entering the station, there are multiple rails that can make the train in different directions "wrong", so the single-track rail not only can not improve the running speed of the wagons, but also often consumes a lot of time to let each wagon wait for the total dispatch above, which is the main reason for the low capacity of the single-track rail.

The double-track railway, on the other hand, is completely different, with two parallel lines running like an extra lane on a highway, each running in a single line and in one direction, so that more than twice as many trains can run at full capacity at the same time.

Zhong Bai did not think about building a double railway line from the Baiyun Obo mining area to the provincial capital, but this was not within the scope of the most urgent plan.

The construction of the double line not only requires a lot of funds, coordination between the upper and lower levels, construction plans and many other preparations, but most importantly, the attitude of the local ZF towards the construction of the double line.

Zhong Bai had not been in direct contact with Leng Ziyue before, and he didn't expect his strength to be so strong as soon as he came up, but this opened Zhong Bai's thinking......

"Since Secretary Leng has a foresight for the construction of the railway double-track, then I will tell you my opinion."

Zhong Bai replied while pretending to glance at Meng Xiujie who was sitting next to him.

Leng Ziyue immediately understood what he meant, and waved his hand and said, "Xiujie, you can attend the next meeting, in the small conference room on the third floor, you go there first and wait, and I will go over immediately." ”

"Okay." Meng Xiujie immediately got up and left the office.

After Meng Xiujie left, Zhong Bai said with a straight face: "Secretary Leng, in fact, I have also had the idea of building a double railway in the mining area, but ...... I may think a little differently than you do. ”

Leng Ziyue asked with some surprise, "Oh? Not the same? Tell me, what's different? ”

"The double line of the railway you designed should be from the mining area to the provincial capital, and at most to the capital, right?" Zhong Bai smiled slightly and asked.

"That's right, it's to the provincial capital. No matter how long it is, not only is the funds not allowed, but I am afraid it will take too long. For Zhong Bai's uncertain prophet, Leng Ziyue admired it tightly in his heart, and immediately nodded and admitted.

Zhong Bai threw a big shock bomb unhurriedly: "What if I tell you that in fact, this double railway line is not facing east, but towards the south?" ”

"South? Ah, this ......" Leng Ziyue never expected Zhong Bai's idea to be so wild, and immediately asked: "The rare earth concentrate from the mining area is transported to the south?" But there is no outlet to the sea in that direction! Isn't it necessary to supply a large amount of rare earth concentrate to the RB side, in addition to transporting it east to Jinmen Port to go to sea, is there a second customs export? ”

"The second best customs for exporting rare earth concentrates has not yet been formally established, but it should be established within three months, and it is a special free trade customs ...... specially set up for rare earth concentrates in our mining area."

In Leng Ziyue's shocked expression, Zhong Bai roughly told the other party that he had the idea of setting up a small free trade zone in Qiongzhou in the south.

This point of view was undoubtedly unique in the early 80s, not to mention Leng Ziyue, the secretary of the small mining area, even in the competent departments of the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Trade in Beijing.

“…… This...... Section Chief Zhong, this step is a little too big! Do you mean, to the south, build a double-track railway from the Baiyun Obo mining area to the city of Xinzhou in the Central Plains Province? Leng Ziyue gasped and asked.

Xinzhou City, of course, is the hinterland transportation hub of the Central Plains of China.

At present, six of the eight major railway arteries in China have to pass through Xinzhou, and it is also one of the railway stations with the largest railway freight throughput in China except for the coast.

Among the external railway routes in the Baiyun Obo mining area, there is indeed a southward railway, but it has not been the focus of the mining area's railway network, because this line is basically mainly responsible for passenger transportation.

After all, before Zhong Bailai mining area "made trouble", there were almost no purchasers of rare earth concentrate in China, and even if there were, it was a small number of factories in developed coastal areas, and the demand could not be compared with RB, so it was destined that the main transportation direction of the current rare earth concentrate was to go east and arrive at Jinmen Port after crossing the capital.

At this moment, Leng Ziyue suddenly heard Zhong Bai mention the idea of a "small free trade zone on Qiongzhou Island" that he had never even heard of, as well as a southbound double-track railway about it, and the impact of this idea on him was so great that it can be imagined.

"Yes, do you have a map of the whole country here? I'm kind of useful. Zhong Bai thought about it and felt that it was necessary to explain it to the other party in combination with the map, so that he could explain the importance of this design in a short time.

"Yes, I'll give it to you right away."

Leng Ziyue immediately got up, took out an A2 standard-sized map of the country from the bookcase behind him, and spread it on his desk.

Zhong Bai took out his fountain pen, did not take off the cap, and just compared it directly on the map.

"You see, there are currently two lines to the railway station in our Baiyun Obo mining area, and you can go directly to the East Railway Station of Xinzhou City 600 kilometers to the south, and this is also the location of the Xinzhou Railway Freight Station......"

"The line to the south of Xinzhou, 30% of which is a double railway line that has been built, only needs to go further east, pass through Zhangzhou Station, and then turn to the south, across Xiangnan Province, Lingnan Province, you can directly reach Qiongzhou Island!"

"We won't discuss the railway lines outside NSW for the time being, they are all built, and we focus on the section from the mining area to NSW, ......"

"In this section of the terrain, in addition to the more than 50 kilometers of mileage through the Taihang Mountains, there are more bridges and tunnels, the rest of the part is plain, and the difficulty of building a double railway line is not great, and it is entirely possible to build it successfully within half a year!"

"Moreover, this double line of railway is also fully in line with the national 'Sixth Five-Year Plan'!"