Shuohuang Railway
World’s First LTE Network in a
20,000-ton Heavy Haul Railway
Voice of Customers
The LTE network has created a
good foundation for the future
transportation capacity of more than
350 million tons, with enhanced
communication and network security.
Cao Yanping, Vice General
Manager, Shuohuang Railway
Development Co., Ltd.
Invested and constructed by Shenhua Group
Corporation Limited, the world‘s largest
coal supplier and a Fortune 500 company,
the 588-km long Shuohuang Railway is the
longest heavy haul railway ever constructed
by Shenhua. To service the coal demands of
the Chinese economy, Shuohuang Railway
is required to increase annual transportation
capacity to 350 million tons; a single train
trip needs to increase from 5,000 tons to
20,000 tons.
Operating such huge, heavy haul trains
needs multiple-locomotive synchronization.
Meanwhile, dynamic operation of the
locomotive is required for the controllable
train tail to solve the longitudinal impulse
problem of heavy haul trains, and extend the
communication distance between the master
and slave locomotives to over 2,500m.
With such advantages as wide coverage, short
delay, and high bandwidth, the Huawei eLTE
solution tailored for Shuohunag Railway uses
a 1.8 GHz TD-LTE network to successfully
implement multiple-locomotive control over
the 20,000-ton trains, extending transmission
distance and reducing latency. To achieve high
reliability, the Huawei eLTE network provides
a full redundancy solution to ensure 99.999
percent system availability. Innovative dual-
network coverage and multiple-priority QoS
mechanisms contribute to zero interruption in
railway operations. Meanwhile, Shuohuang
Railway has also achieved whole-line
dispatch and driver room video surveillance,
significantly enhancing dispatch efficiency and
operation safety.
The success of the Huawei eLTE solution in
Shuohuang Railway marks a major innovation
in heavy haul railway communication and
embodies an exemplary role in heavy haul
railway development in China and the world.