The winter rain was drizzling, nourishing everything. In a corner of Chang'an City, there was a train parked on the railway. On the platform next to it, Yuwen Wen, dressed in casual clothes, helped Yuchi Chifan board the train, entered the "special carriage" and sat down.

After a while, the whistle sounded from the locomotive, and then the train began to move slowly, and the speed gradually accelerated.

There is a gap between the joints between the rails, and the train wheels run over and make a collision sound. Because there are many wheels and the spacing is equal, the rhythm of the sound is repeated. "Besides, let alone..."

This monotonous sound is one of the pulse sounds of the new era. Yuwen Wen took his gaze from the window, looked at Yuchi Chifan beside him, and smiled: "As soon as this sound sounded, it seemed like he had returned to Xiyang."

Yuchi Chifan nodded: "Yes, the track carriage in Xiyang City is the only one in the world."

"That's already a thing of the past. On the tracks in Xiyang City, there are carriages towed by the locomotives, and there are no more carriages." Yuwen Wen said, picking up the teacup on the table, put it to his mouth and taking a sip of tea.

Xiyang, Huangzhou, is where he dreams of taking off, and there are many "firsts", including "public rail transit".

The first railway in this era was the railway from Daye, Ezhou to Xiakou, where there were rail cars running, and the first public transportation railway in the city was born in Xiyang, Huangzhou.

The rail carriages in Xiyang City, Huangzhou have brought convenience to residents' travel. The rails and stations are famous "landmarks" in Xiyang. It can be said that most of the men, women, young and old in Xiyang City have ridden horse carriages.

The rail carriage witnessed the "takeoff" of Xiyang. Now, the glory of the rail carriage has ended and the train has appeared.

The rail transit in Xiyang City has become "trained". The low-power locomotive is dragging a train of cars on the rails in the city. Although it brings thick smoke, it also increases the speed of rail transit, and the efficiency of both cargo and people has been greatly improved.

Related technologies have been introduced to Chang'an now, but this rail train is not open to the public and is only used for the construction of Chang'an Railway Station.

A railway across the east and west of Chang'an was completed and opened to traffic not long ago. The small train driving on it was responsible for transporting a large amount of construction materials from outside the city to the construction site of the city railway station (South Station). This is much more efficient than transporting with a four-wheeled carriage.

At the same time, workers entering and leaving the construction site can also take small trains to transport.

Therefore, the "special train" that Yuwen Wen and Yuchi Chifan took is actually an ordinary construction site commuter car with simple facilities. It is just that because the emperor and empress are going to take it today, some decorations were added temporarily.

Because walls were built along the railway, except for the "road crossing", there were no pedestrians and livestock frequently crossing the railway, and there was no need to frequently whistle sound when the train was driving.

Yuwen Wen and Yuchi Chifan were sitting on the train, as if they were back to the day when the Xiyang rail carriage was officially opened.

Everything is difficult at the beginning. Railways and roads running north and south intersect, and the "road intersection" at the intersection has not yet been built at this time, so when the train is driving, it will have an impact on the north and south traffic in the city.

All of this will improve in the first half of next year, because the planned re-issues will be completed one after another in the first half of next year.

Yuchi Chifan listened to Yuwen Wen's explanation and looked at the "moving" residential area outside the window and asked curiously: "Didn't it mean that the yards along the way have been demolished? Why are there so many houses?"

Yu Wen Wen replied: "That is the family area of ​​the railway station and railway construction workers. The railway station and railway construction projects have lasted for several years. The construction workers' homes all live here to facilitate reunion. This is to stabilize people's hearts."

"The project cannot be stopped at the beginning, and the same is true for the New Year. Therefore, in order to ensure the construction progress and quality, the government specially brought the families of the construction workers to Chang'an to live in such a way that everyone can work with peace of mind."

"When the railway station is completed, there will definitely be a large number of staff in the station, so a family area will be built at that time to facilitate staff to get to and from get off work nearby, and avoid them from living in separate places with their families."

"Also, railway transportation is a huge system, and there are many relevant practitioners. In order to ensure safety and efficiency, these personnel and their families must be managed centrally. Therefore, in each city with railway stations, there must be an independent 'railway yard' in the city..."

Yuchi Chifan asked: "'Railway Square'? Does it mean the railway staff's family area?"

Yuwen Wen nodded: "Yes, just as the army wants to centrally manage military families as much as possible to stabilize military morale, the families of railway staff must be centrally managed, which not only stabilizes people's hearts, but also ensures safety as much as possible."

"A train often takes hundreds or even thousands of passengers, and it is fast. Once an accident occurs during the operation, such as a rushing off the track and overturning, there will inevitably be heavy casualties. Therefore, the 'state' of railway staff is very important."

"The government ensures that they can live with their families and will not be separated for a long time. The family members live in the family area and are not easily harassed by outsiders, which makes the staff feel much more at ease and do not easily get away when working."

"The most important point is that the family members live in the family area, which is like a hostage, and to prevent some staff from tampering with the railway for various reasons."

Yuchi Chifan was a little confused about Yuwen Wen's statement: "Is this really necessary? If someone really wants to think about it, I'm afraid he can't help it?"

Yuwen Wen nodded: "So it's just to reduce the chance of accidents. The safety of railway transportation depends on the system to ensure that it is really too busy to rely on people to keep an eye on people, but as long as the accident rate can be reduced, the necessary investment must be given."

Yuwen Wen knew that railway transportation safety is a very important thing, because railway transportation is different from other transportations.

A railway that is hundreds of miles long is often a single line, and a large number of trains have to travel staggered trains on this railway, so the correctness of each train is very important.

Once a train is in an accident or malfunction, the entire railway will be paralyzed, which will affect all trains running on the railway. In order to ensure that the staff concentrate on their work as much as possible, the family must be properly taken care of so as not to let everyone have any worries.

In addition, it is an external security threat: if someone with ulterior motives lays explosives on the railway subgrade or bridge, and detonates when the special train passes by, the lethality is amazing.

This is an assassination. If there are illegal people along the railway, they will also have many opportunities to rob the train or destroy the railway.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety and smoothness of railway transportation, as a huge organizational structure, the "railway" must have its own system, and personnel, finance, security, and law enforcement must be separated from the "local" and this is very necessary.

This principle is very troublesome to explain, so Yuwen Wen did not say much, but just described the scale of Chang'an Railway Station (South Station) after its completion to Yuchi Chifan.

"The rail transit in Xiyang City, each station is a small landmark in Xiyang. After the completion of Chang'an Railway Station, it will be a new landmark in Chang'an City and a new symbol of Chang'an City."

While talking, the train stopped slowly. Yuchi Chifan looked out the window, but saw a huge construction site outside the window.

A large number of cranes sprayed thick smoke, "pick up" and "put down" countless building materials, and countless workers wearing "hard helmets" were busy between construction sites.

Another newly promoted electric speaker is emitting "vocals" with strange tones, constantly "talking" various construction commands.

Although she had seen the model of Chang'an Railway Station, she could not imagine how grand the railway station would look like after it was built. Yuwen Wen pointed to the huge construction site outside the window and said:

"When Chang'an Railway Station is built, it will not only be a symbol of Chang'an City, but also a symbol of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also a symbol of the new era!"
Chapter completed!